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TI presents its European Analog Design Contest prizes

A team of students from RWTH Aachen University in Germany has won the second TI European Analog Design Contest with its project titled "Non-Contact System for Thoracic Activity Monitoring."
The team, made up of Daniel Teichmann, Jerome Foussier and Jing Jia, took first place despite tough competition from 155 teams across Europe. The other winners were:
• Second place: University of Freiburg, Germany, for "Weather in a Box."
• Third place: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, for "Biofeedback Device."
• Fourth place: University of Lodz, Poland, for "Patient Activity Monitor for Holter Examination."
The Analog Design Contest offers students a chance to work on a design project while using TI’s broad range of high-performance analog ICs. Teams consisting of a minimum of two students can participate with projects using three different TI analog ICs or two analog ICs and a TI processor.
Judging criteria include engineering analysis, originality, quality and creativity in designs featuring TI analog integrated circuits." The top 20 teams automatically progress to the second level of judging and compete for the "Engibous Prize for Innovation in Analog.” The winners received their awards during the Engibous Prize Giving Ceremony on Nov. 22 2011 at TI’s Freising, Germany wafer fab and design centre. As part of the event, the audience had a chance to see the four winning teams present their projects and conduct live demos.
Jean-François Fau, president of TI Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), presented the awards to the winning teams. The first-place team received $10,000, the runner-up received $5,000, and third- and fourth-place winners each received $2,500. Additionally, the top 20 teams in Round 1 each received $1,000.
"It is exciting to see what these bright students are capable of achieving by using TI high performance analog products," Jean-François said, "TI Analog Design Contest provides the opportunity for future analog engineers to unleash their creativity and not only in using TI analog products but also MCUs and LPRF,” adding, “The contest is important because as the world leader in Analog technologies, TI must nurture the culture of innovation [which] is of paramount importance in today’s highly competitive environment."

Contest 2011 highlights
This year, students from 44 countries were eligible to participate in the contest: 27 European Union (EU) countries and 17 non-EU countries. A total of 155 teams entered from 76 universities in 26 countries.
"More than 400 students participated in the Analog Design Contest this year," said Djordje Marinkovic, EMEA University Program manager. "We are also very pleased with the high quality of projects.
"We are still raising the bar - already preparing some surprises for the next year's contest (ADC3)."
For more information, visit www.ti.com/adc.