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| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | December 20, 1994 in Zurich, Switzerland |
| Founder | Thomas Schmid Kurt Schmid Martin Schmid Oliver Egger Klaus Meier |
| Headquarters | Zeughausstrasse 43 Zurich, Switzerland |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | |
| Revenue | CHF 24 – 32 million |
Number of employees | 86 (as of July 2025) |
| Website | speag |
Schmid & Partner Engineering AG (SPEAG) is a Swiss company based in Zurich, Switzerland[1]. SPEAG was founded in 1994 as a spin-off of the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (D-ITET) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich)[2]. SPEAG develops numerical tools and manufactures instrumentation for assessment of radiofrequency (RF) radiation emitted by wireless devices such as mobile phones, tablets, and laptop computers. SPEAG tools[3][4] for measurement of electromagnetic (EM) radiation in the near- and far-field at frequencies from static to millimeter wavelengths are used by the wireless communications industry, research and development (R&D) departments, testing laboratories, government agencies, and regulatory bodies, as well as universities and research institutes. Exports account for around 99% percent of company revenues, and about 30% of the annual net revenue is reinvested in R&D market products for testing the compliance of mobile communications devices with governmental safety limits.
SPEAG employs 50 – 100 people, and, together with its partner organizations – the Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT'IS), ZMT Zurich MedTech AG (ZMT), TI Solutions AG, and the Z43 NetZero Foundation – forms the Zurich43 (Z43) alliance.
History
[edit]SPEAG was founded on 20 December 1994 by Prof. Niels Kuster, Thomas Schmid, Kurt Schmid, Martin Schmid, Oliver Egger, and Klaus Meier as a spin-off of the ETH Zurich. The main objective was to further develop and commercialize the Dosimetric Assessment SYstem (DASY), a robot-based EM near-field scanning platform[5] used for testing the compliance of mobile communications devices with safety limits.[6]
1995−2004
[edit]In 1999, SPEAG became one of the founders of the Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT'IS),[7][8] a nonprofit scientific research institute in Zurich, Switzerland, [SR1] [SR2] and remains a significant funding source for IT’IS projects related to the basic and applied science of EM near-field assessment.
The 3rd generation scanner DASY3 was introduced by SPEAG in 1998, and DASY4 followed in 2002. Also during this period, various physical dosimetry "phantoms" and tissue simulating liquids for filling the phantoms were developed as models of human anatomy to be used in combination with DASY for testing wireless device safety.[9] In December 2000, SPEAG released the Simulation Platform for ElectroMagnetic Compatibility, Antenna Design and Dosimetry (SEMCAD), a computer-aided design tool for the analysis and design of antennas embedded in complex EM environments. SEMCAD V2.0 was released in early 2003.
2005−2014
[edit]Updates to the DASY and SEMCAD product lines continued to be released during SPEAG's second decade. SEMCAD X Jungfrau was introduced in 2007,[10] followed by SEMCAD X Matterhorn in 2014. Additional product lines were added: iSAR and cSAR3D for the measurement of specific absorption rate (SAR); ICEy for automated EM near field scanning to evaluate EM compatibility and interference; the Dielectric Assessment Kit (DAK) for dielectric spectroscopy assessments; POsable Phantom for Electromagnetic sYstems Evaluations (POPEYE) whole body and body part simulators for radiofrequency (RF) testing and the Tissue Simulating Liquids (TSL) used to fill the phantoms; optical Time Domain Sensor (TDS) technology for measurements of electric and magnetic fields.
2015−2024
[edit]During SPEAG's third decade, the DASY platform was split into different modules to meet the need for more varied dosimentric measurements. Module SAR, created to meet the need to measure 4G and 5G devices is used by the Cetacom Advanced[11] testing laboratory for the comprehensive wireless device testing program of the Agences National des Fréquences (ANFR)[12], the French radiocommunication agency.
The latest SEMCAD release, SEMCAD X Matterhorn V20.2, operates on the same code base as Sim4Life, the computational life sciences platform marketed by partner ZMT; SEMCAD has effectively merged with Sim4Life.
SPEAG's cSAR3D and DASY8 product lines were combined to make Module c3D or DASY83D, instruments optimized for high-throughput testing. For assessment of exposures at frequencies above 6 GHz, new probes were developed[13] and integrated into Module mmWave for measurement of the incident power density at frequencies of up to 110 GHz. The technology for measurement of the absorbed power density (APD) in the frequency band 24 – 30 GHz – commercialized by SPEAG as Module APD – was developed during the research project Module APD, funded by Innosuisse, [] [SR2] performed in collaboration with the ETH Zurich and the IT’IS Foundation.
[SR1]Reference needed?
[SR2]From Marisa: Module APD (Innosuisse) and SEAWave (HE)?
References (not sure if they all apply):
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10590163
https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Texte/?ProjectID=47254
https://doi.org/10.46620/URSIGASS.2023.3297.KIRU8566
https://www.ursi.org/proceedings/procGA23/papers/3297.pdf
http://biorxiv.org/lookup/doi/10.1101/2025.05.26.652827
DAK-TL for dielectric measurement of materials in thin layers, including small samples of biological tissues or liquids, was launched in 2016. OH4VNA, a miniaturized optical head for cable-free testing of electrically small antennas, was introduced in 2018. In 2020, SPEAG released the Magnetic Amplitude and Gradient Probe System (MAGPy),[14] developed for safety compliance evaluations of wireless power transfer (WPT) systems. including for emerging 5G technologies.
2025−
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Central Business Name Index". ZEFIX.CH. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "Spin-off companies of ETH Zurich". ETHzürich. 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
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- ^ Schmid, T.; Egger, O.; Kuster, N. (January 1996). "Automated E-field scanning system for dosimetric assessments". IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 44 (1): 105–113. Bibcode:1996ITMTT..44..105S. doi:10.1109/22.481392 – via IEEE Xplore.
- ^ Environmental Health Criteria 137: Electromagnetic Fields (300 Hz to 300 GHz). World Health Organization. 1993. ISBN 92-4-157137-3.
- ^ "Forschungsstiftung für Informationstechnologie und Gesellschaft". StiftungSchweiz. 22 November 1999. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ "Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society". myScience.ch. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ Hombach, V.; Meier, K.; Burkhardt, M.; Kuhn, E.; Kuster, N. (October 1996). "The dependence of EM energy absorption upon human head modeling at 900 MHz". IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 44 (10): 1865–1873. Bibcode:1996ITMTT..44.1865H. doi:10.1109/22.539945 – via IEEE Xplore.
- ^ Foster, Kenneth (June 2007). "Semcad X Jungfrau Marks the Spot (the Hot Spot)". IEEE Spectrum. 44 (6): 73–75. doi:10.1109/MSPEC.2007.369275. S2CID 41720902 – via IEEE.org.
- ^ "cetecom advanced's SAR services and some good news for you". cetacom advanced. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "A look back at Frequencies Workshop #10: curtain-raiser on the issues at stake at WRC-27". ANFR. 2025-01-28. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "Assessment of the Absorbed Power Density". IEEE Xplore. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ Liorni, Ilaria; Lisewski, Tomasz; Capstick, Myles H.; Kuehn, Sven; Neufeld, Esra; Kuster, Niels (August 2020). "Novel Method and Procedure for Evaluating Compliance of Sources With Strong Gradient Magnetic Fields Such as Wireless Power Transfer Systems". IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility. 62 (4): 1323–1332. doi:10.1109/TEMC.2019.2924519 – via IEEE Xplore.
External links
[edit]Schmidt & Partner Engineering AG website