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MEMS IP company works with premier MEMS foundry to commercialize first product
LOS ANGELES—September 12, 2023 — Omnitron Sensors, the pioneer in MEMS sensing technology for high-volume, low-cost markets, today announced that it will work with Silex Microsystems on the manufacture of its microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) scanner for LiDAR.
“We’re seeing massive demand for low-cost and reliable LiDAR from manufacturers of automotive ADAS, drones and other robotic systems,´ said Eric Aguilar, co-founder and CEO, Omnitron Sensors. “Our selection of Silex Microsystems—the world’s largest pure-play MEMS foundry—signifies our market-readiness to deliver the first MEMS scanner that meets the accuracy, reliability, size, cost and volume requirements of LiDAR in diverse applications.”
Solving MEMS manufacturing challenges
Manufacturing MEMS devices is notoriously difficult. Problems with size, reliability, durability and repeatability—and the fact that process technology is unique for each new MEMS device—make MEMS manufacturing expensive and slow design-to-delivery cycles. Omnitron’s core IP solves these challenges. As a new topology for MEMS, Omnitron’s IP rearranges manufacturing processes and supports them with new packaging techniques. This speeds volume production of a wide range of small, low-cost, precise MEMS sensors—from scanning mirrors and inertial measurement units (IMUs) to microphones, pressure sensors, and telecom switches.
“Omnitron’s new topology for MEMS—which features the clever rearrangement of silicon process steps and a new packaging method—is a major step forward for the microelectronics industry because it mitigates the manufacturing complexity that has limited the growth of MEMS to date,” said Aguilar. “By leveraging the standard tools and processes already found in the Silex fab, Omnitron clears the way for robust, reliable and affordable MEMS devices that are delivered to market quickly and at high volume.”
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About Omnitron Sensors
Founded in 2019 by a core group of MEMS industry innovators, Omnitron Sensors has invented a new topology for MEMS—IP that improves device performance and reliability, and that streamlines assembly to produce MEMS sensors for price-sensitive, high-volume markets. Learn more at https://omnitronsensors.com.
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Press Contacts
Eric Aguilar, Omnitron Sensors
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Maria Vetrano, Vetrano Communications
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Connect with Omnitron at MEMS World Summit Europe, June 13-14, 2023 in Porto Portugal
Co-founder & CEO Eric Aguilar will join leaders in the MEMS manufacturing industry as he presents Omnitron’s transformative approach to the high-volume manufacturing of rugged, reliable and low-cost MEMS sensors during MEMS World Summit EU 2023.
May 23, 2023 MIT in Cambridge
Don’t miss A New Topology for MEMS
Omnitron Co-founder & CEO Eric Aguilar’s presentation at MSTC
To keep up with surging demand for an enormous range of MEMS sensors in high-volume markets, we need a new topology for MEMS. And now we have one. Omnitron is rewriting the script for MEMS process and packaging techniques—simplifying fabrication to improve capacitance, increase ruggedness, improve yield, speed design-to-manufacture, and to reduce cost.
