Infineon has got into the Lidar business by acquiring the Dutch company
Innoluce. Infineon’s aim is to reduce the cost of Lidar so far that it
can be widely deployed.
“We have further strengthened our leading position in automated
driving by entering the Lidar market through the acquisition of
Innoluce, a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in the
Netherlands,” Infineon CEO Reinhard Ploss (pictured) told shareholders
earlier this week.
Innoluce has developed solid state laser scanning modules, based on
resonant 1D MEMS mirror technology and integrated ASIC, which delivers a
wide range of applications including holographic imaging, minimally
invasive surgery and lithography..
“Innoluce specializes in MEMS-based scanning mirrors for laser
beams,” said Ploss, “current Lidar systems that will be introduced in
premium cars within the next couple of years are based on mechanical
scanning mirrors which make them bulky and rather expensive to become a
standard feature in all car classes. Lidar systems need to semiconductor
based.”
“Innoluce’s technology, combined with our expertise, allows the
development of compact, cost effective and robust semiconductor based
Lidar systems for mass deployment,” added Ploss.
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/infineon-acquisition-aims-mass-deployment-lidar-2016-11/
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