Sensichips

Sensichips is an Italian microelectronics company founded in 2011 by experienced entrepreneurs from the semiconductor industry together with Arescosmo SpA, a company active in aerospace and defense. The company is headquartered in Anzio, where it operates a chemical laboratory, application development, administration and management, while its engineering design centers are located in Pisa and Cassino. Sensichips positions itself at the intersection of sensors, robotics, electrification, wearables, healthcare, automation and the internet of everything, aiming to set new performance standards for sensing systems. The company's core offering is SENSIPLUS, a microelectronics platform for integrating multiple heterogeneous sensors into a single chip or into miniature Multi-Sensor-Microsystems (MSM). At the heart of SENSIPLUS is a highly precise and versatile analytical microchip that includes a Wideband Electrical Impedance Spectrometer (EIS) based on a frequency-programmable architecture. This allows the platform to combine heterogeneous functional materials with CMOS microelectronics into a single-chip sensor — a microsensor. Sensichips markets several product families built on this technology. Its Battery Cell Management Unit (CMU) performs multiple measurements of battery cells, supercapacitors or fuel cells while in operation. The Air Sensor is a multi-sensor air monitor measuring 5.5 x 3.9 mm, consuming 2.5 mW and weighing 364 mg. The Water Sensor is a multiparametric liquid analysis microsystem measuring 12 x 15 mm, consuming 3 mW and weighing 412 mg. The company also offers Filter Residual Life Indication for all materials-based filtration systems and a Micro-Analytical Tool functioning as an LCR meter, impedance spectrometer, potentiostat and galvanostat. Target application areas include water quality, air quality, health diagnostics, chemical and biological sensing, structural integrity and energy storage. Sensichips also provides SLM-Studio, the SENSIPLUS Learning Machine Studio, which allows users to train Sensichips' sensors to detect compounds of interest in three easy steps without requiring IT or sensor skills. The company describes its mission as enabling sensing, perceiving, learning and reasoning with one chip and one milliwatt. Sensichips participates in collaborative research and innovation projects. It is part of the RHE-MEDiation team, which aims to reduce chemical pollution in the Mediterranean Sea; it is combining CMU sensors with high-voltage spinel LNMO||Si/C cells in the HighSpin project; it is helping develop subcutaneous implantable devices for chronic migraine patients; and it is collaborating on the MATISSE project to deliver battery cells and sensors for climate-neutral aircraft. The company is privately held and based in Italy.

Sensichips was founded in 2011 by experienced entrepreneurs from the semiconductor industry together with Arescosmo SpA, a company active in aerospace and defense. The founders intended to capitalize on megatrend growth drivers involving sensors, such as robotics, electrification, wearables, healthcare, automation and the internet of everything. From the outset, the company's thesis was that such systems perform and are reliable to the extent that their sensors are, and that its technology could set new performance standards and enable new applications. The company established its headquarters in Anzio, where it located a chemical laboratory, application development, administration and management. Engineering design centers were set up in Pisa and Cassino. The team was formed by engineers and researchers in microelectronics, firmware, artificial intelligence, material science and electrochemistry. Sensichips developed SENSIPLUS, a microelectronics platform for integrating multiple heterogeneous sensors into a single chip or into miniature Multi-Sensor-Microsystems (MSM). The platform's core is a highly precise and versatile analytical microchip that includes a Wideband Electrical Impedance Spectrometer (EIS) based on a frequency-programmable architecture. The company's stated challenge was to combine heterogeneous functional materials with CMOS microelectronics into a single-chip sensor — a microsensor. Over time, Sensichips built a product portfolio around the platform, including a Battery Cell Management Unit (CMU) for measuring battery cells, supercapacitors or fuel cells in operation; an Air Sensor multi-sensor air monitor; a Water Sensor multiparametric liquid analysis microsystem; Filter Residual Life Indication for filtration systems; and a Micro-Analytical Tool functioning as an LCR meter, impedance spectrometer, potentiostat and galvanostat. It also introduced SLM-Studio, the SENSIPLUS Learning Machine Studio, which lets users train the sensors to detect compounds of interest in three steps without IT or sensor skills. The company has participated in collaborative research and innovation projects. It joined the RHE-MEDiation team, which aims to reduce chemical pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. In the HighSpin project, it combined CMU sensors with high-voltage spinel LNMO||Si/C cells. It has helped develop subcutaneous implantable devices for chronic migraine patients and collaborated on the MATISSE project to deliver battery cells and sensors for climate-neutral aircraft. Sensichips remains a privately held Italian company.

• 2011

  Sensichips founded by semiconductor industry entrepreneurs and Arescosmo SpA.

• Development of the SENSIPLUS microelectronics platform for heterogeneous multi-sensor integration.

• Introduction of SLM-Studio (SENSIPLUS Learning Machine Studio) for training sensors to detect compounds of interest.

• Participation in the RHE-MEDiation project to reduce chemical pollution in the Mediterranean Sea.

• Collaboration in the HighSpin project combining CMU sensors with high-voltage spinel LNMO||Si/C cells.

• Contribution to subcutaneous implantable devices for chronic migraine patients.

• Collaboration on the MATISSE project for battery cells and sensors for climate-neutral aircraft.

Developer of learning microsensors and heterogeneous multi-sensor microsystems for environmental, health, energy and industrial sensing applications.

• SENSIPLUS

  Microelectronics platform for multiple heterogeneous sensors integration into a single chip or into miniature Multi-Sensor-Microsystems (MSM).

• Battery Cell Management Unit (CMU)

  Performs multiple measurements of battery cells, supercapacitors or fuel cells while in operation.

• Air Sensor

  Multi-sensor air monitor measuring 5.5 x 3.9 mm, consuming 2.5 mW and weighing 364 mg.

• Water Sensor

  Multiparametric liquid analysis microsystem measuring 12 x 15 mm, consuming 3 mW and weighing 412 mg.

• Filter Residual Life Indication

  For all materials-based filtration systems.

• Micro-Analytical Tool

  Functions as LCR meter, impedance spectrometer, potentiostat and galvanostat.

• SLM-Studio

  SENSIPLUS Learning Machine Studio for training Sensichips' sensors to detect compounds of interest in three easy steps, without IT or sensor skills.

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