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EU project enables high-volume VCSEL production
The capability to manufacture vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL) using high- volume semiconductor manufacturing techniques has now been made possible, thanks to the completion of a €23 million EU project. The ‘VIDaP’ project (VCSEL
Pilot Line for Illumination, Datacom and Power Applications) opens up the potential of solutions such as high-speed data transmission, 3D recognition, optical sensors such as lidar, and digital industrial thermal processes. VIDaP was launched in 2014
with the aim of developing automated production processes for VCSELs. It was jointly sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the EU, and executed under the umbrella of the European ECSEL programme. The project has focused on significant advances in highly automated manufacturing, bringing VCSEL production to the same level of maturity as the LED industry. Philips Photonics led the project, which included IQE, Sidel, Sick, STMicroelectronics, Mellanox Technologies, and the Technical University of Eindhoven. VCSELs are key components
that drive and enable the advancement of numerous fast-growing digital technology markets. Global revenues for the VCSEL market are expected to rise to above $1 billion in 2022, according to analysis by Yole Développement. According to Philips Photonics, prior to the project, VCSELs were only manufactured in small quantities, through largely unautomated processes. Now, Philips and its consortium partners have demonstrated the capability to manufacture VCSELs to the same standards as other high-volume semiconductor components. Following the announcement
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last year that Philips was expanding and doubling the capacity of its laser-diode facility in Ulm, Philips has produced a cumulative 700 million VCSELs. This fast growth in demand has triggered
follow-up investments that will lead to another doubling of capacity by early 2018. ‘With the digital revolution
firmly underway, the market need for VCSELs is rapidly accelerating. Anticipating this
demand, over the past few years we have invested consistently in research, product development and efficient manufacturing processes,’ said Joseph Pankert, general manager, Philips Photonics.
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