Autor: Kofi Makinwa

Professor Gerard C. M. Meijer, Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Professor Meijer is currently a full professor of the Laboratory of Electronic Instrumentation at Delft University of Technology and since 1972 he has been a member of the Research and Teaching staff of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. His main areas of research concern smart sensor systems and analog interface electronics. He has performed application-oriented research on sensor-interface circuits and fundamental research on the accuracy of voltage references, integrated temperature sensors, effects of mechanical stress in integrated circuits and the effects at high temperatures in integrated circuits. Professor Meijer chairs the national organization „Sensorplatform” of the Dutch Technology Foundation STW, and the program „Autonomous Sensor Systems” a national research program. His work has been published in over 280 papers and he has won numerous awards including „Simon-Stevin Meester” honouree degree in 1999, and the „Anthony van Leeuwenhoek” chair at TUdelft in 2001. Contributors: Bernhard Boser, University of California, Berkeley Jan Bosiers, Dalsa, the Netherlands Tim Denison, Medtronic, USA Johan Huijsing, TUDelft, the Netherlands Kofi Makinwa, TUDelft, the Netherlands Michiel Pertijs, Holst Centre, the Netherlands Roland Thewes, Infineon, Germany Tim Tiek, Sensata, the Netherlands Albert Theuwissen, TUDelft, the Netherlands