Fraunhofer HHI does research on communications since nearly 90 years. Nowadays, about every second bit transported in the internet touches HHI technology on its way to the receiver. With a strong focus on InP, we also develop polymer waveguide based hybrid integration and silicon photonics. We focus on Telecom and Datacom, with strongly increasing activities in sensor systems. HHI offers foundry services with or without design support in InP, and custom designed Polymer Hybrid PICs.

VPIphotonics provides professional design software and services for integrated photonics, optoeletronics and fiber-based components, optical transmission systems and networks. VPIphotonics off-the-shelf and customized solutions are valued for their powerful and comprehensive simulation capabilities and high degree of flexibility. They are applied in research and development, product design and marketing by hundreds of companies, and for teaching and research at over 160 academic institutions worldwide.

Angel Business Communications was established in 1981 and is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media, conference, awards and exhibition organiser. Serving a wide range of markets worldwide, our creative and highly skilled teams provide quality service to many high tech industries.

We pride ourselves on customer service and business retention, with our forward-thinking approach to marketing solutions utilising leading-edge platforms. These include everything from mobile apps and technology, to online, digital and traditional print media.

Compound Semiconductor magazine (alongside compoundsemiconductor.net) is the primary information resource for professionals working with compound semiconductor materials and devices. Each issue of the magazine is distributed in print and digitally to over 60,000 professionals worldwide. Compound Semiconductor magazine is also distributed at various global industry events throughout the year. Our global and qualified audience of buyers is the largest and most diverse served by any compound semiconductor focused magazine. Our readers rely on our strategic articles and reviews to help make decisions that will influence supplier choices.

The PIC portfolio (magazine, website, newsletters, and event) provides multiple platforms to strengthen the links between all major players within the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) ecosystem. The magazine explores advances by major manufacturers that focus on photonic integration as well as the work of researchers and PIC start-ups. PIC magazine regularly chronicles new research including initiatives sponsored by the European commission and international institutes. PIC magazine details exciting new products while offering insightful market analyses and details about ways that existing and emerging standards are helping to create a development environment built to help PIC research and manufacturing to thrive. we explore underlying technological advances tied to silicon photonics (SiP), III‐Vs, photonic materials science, test & measurement as well as manufacturing automation.

SILICON SEMICONDUCTOR MAGAZINE provides unique insights into the global design and manufacturing supply chain. As a fundamental enabling technology, semiconductors play essential roles in every aspect of modern electronics including the Internet of Things (IoT) and its manufacturing counterpart, the industrial IoT. Whether transforming a device or system by connecting it to the internet, or by adding sensors with advanced capabilities, the semiconductor market continues to expand at an accelerated pace.

Although experts debate the long-term potential of IoT devices to reshape semiconductor manufacturing, most agree that delivering on its market-changing potential will depend upon many factors aligning to affect the IoT. To handle billions or trillions of data-transmitting devices, IoT networks need to shift toward unlicensed spectrum. This in turn will necessitate more secure communications protocols and device-level security along with greater integration, lower maintenance, and ultra-low power requirements. Tomorrow’s growth hinges on new technologies, 2022 is certain to bring excitement as the world continues to grow its appetite for products made possible by next-generation semiconductors. What opportunities will we see? Could growth reverse course? Will AI and machine learning drive (or deflate) IoT expectations? Will new European or North American centres emerge as power players? Silicon Semiconductor magazine delivers keen insight into new and evolving technologies. Whether the topic is growth, reversals, or product and process innovation, look to Silicon Semiconductor for greater appreciation of ways that markets and technology interact to shape tomorrow’s futures, and fortunes.

Compound Semiconductor magazine (alongside compoundsemiconductor.net) is the primary information resource for professionals working with compound semiconductor materials and devices. Each issue of the magazine is distributed in print and digitally to over 60,000 professionals worldwide. Compound Semiconductor magazine is also distributed at various global industry events throughout the year. Our global and qualified audience of buyers is the largest and most diverse served by any compound semiconductor focused magazine. Our readers rely on our strategic articles and reviews to help make decisions that will influence supplier choices.

SILICON SEMICONDUCTOR MAGAZINE provides unique insights into the global design and manufacturing supply chain. As a fundamental enabling technology, semiconductors play essential roles in every aspect of modern electronics including the Internet of Things (IoT) and its manufacturing counterpart, the industrial IoT. Whether transforming a device or system by connecting it to the internet, or by adding sensors with advanced capabilities, the semiconductor market continues to expand at an accelerated pace.

Although experts debate the long-term potential of IoT devices to reshape semiconductor manufacturing, most agree that delivering on its market-changing potential will depend upon many factors aligning to affect the IoT. To handle billions or trillions of data-transmitting devices, IoT networks need to shift toward unlicensed spectrum. This in turn will necessitate more secure communications protocols and device-level security along with greater integration, lower maintenance, and ultra-low power requirements. Tomorrow’s growth hinges on new technologies, 2022 is certain to bring excitement as the world continues to grow its appetite for products made possible by next-generation semiconductors. What opportunities will we see? Could growth reverse course? Will AI and machine learning drive (or deflate) IoT expectations? Will new European or North American centres emerge as power players? Silicon Semiconductor magazine delivers keen insight into new and evolving technologies. Whether the topic is growth, reversals, or product and process innovation, look to Silicon Semiconductor for greater appreciation of ways that markets and technology interact to shape tomorrow’s futures, and fortunes.

Angel Events emerges as a creation of Angel Business Communications, a reputable presence in the publishing and events industry since 1981.

Our proprietary, feature-rich platform, meticulously developed in-house, empowers your event team to seamlessly upload, oversee, and instantaneously print attendee badges at the event site. Bundled with excellence, Angel Events boasts an array of great features:

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Since 1967, Photonics Spectra magazine has defined the science and industry of photonics, providing both technical and practical information for every aspect of the global industry and promoting an international dialogue among the engineers, scientists and end users who develop, commercialize, and buy photonics products. Visit www.photonics.com for more information and to subscribe for free.

Power Electronics (PE) refers to devices that convert electrical energy from one form to another, such as DC to AC inverters, or from one voltage to another. Power electronics is used in various industries such as automotive, electricity generation and distribution, ICT, consumer electronics, aviation/aerospace and defence; consumer electronics and power distribution infrastructure are key growth segments. The global power electronics market is expected to reach USD $39.22 billion by 2025, according to Grand View Research, Inc.

Technological advancements offering greater power efficiency and increasing applications for power electronics are driving widespread PE market growth. On-going digitilisation programmes enabling greater PE adoption, paired with growth in renewable energy (power inverters/grid connectivity, etc.) are additional growth drivers. The increasing demand for higher density power devices in consumer and commercial electronics are also positively impacting growth.

The applications of power electronic devices are expanding across various sectors, especially in the automobile industry. The evolution of electric vehicles (EVs), higher EV adoption levels to curb greenhouse gas emissions, and their use in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) are important factors increasing PE demand by automotive manufacturers. In addition, the increase in infotainment and ADAS applications within automobiles creates greater demand for sophisticated on-board energy and control systems. Power electronics continues to play key roles in defence and aviation sectors in addition to healthcare, datacom and telecom applications.

Today, global PE manufacturers expect real breakthroughs and growth opportunities to come from the continuing development and evolution of wide bandgap (WBG) technologies including Silicon Carbide (SiC), Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Gallium Arsenide (GaAs), with most PE expansion utilizing GaN and SiC technologies. GaN is expected to be the major WBG semiconductor for the replacement of silicon-based applications less than 600 volts, while SiC-based devices are already seeing widespread applications at higher voltages. GaN products are expected to gradually replace incumbent silicon technologies within radio frequency (RF) and power supply applications. At the same time, IC manufacturers focused on new silicon PE solutions continue to improve their offerings. While some challenges remain in bringing the high efficiency/smaller size promise of GaN and SiC solutions to market with high reliability at competitive costs, the hurdles that held back GaN and SiC are rapidly falling by the wayside.

PEW will reflect the changing industry through its feature article, webinars and news coverage.

Based in France, SET is a world leading supplier of Flip-Chip Bonders, excelling in high-end and demanding applications.

Since 1975, we have accompanied laboratories and industries looking for a high precision and an important reliability in the assembly of their components. 

We accelerate their developments of the chips of the future thanks to our robust and precise Flip-Chip Bonders.

With equipment installed worldwide, we are globally renowned for the high post-bond sub-micron accuracy and the high flexibility of our Flip-Chip Bonders.

Ranging from manual loading version to fully automated version, our systems cover a wide range of applications and offer the unique ability to handle both fragile and small components onto substrates and wafers up to 300 mm.

What we do and a brief company history

ficonTEC is an innovative high-tech company that has rapidly established itself in a highly-specialized market. With continued growth and innovative development since 2001, we are the recognized market leader when it comes to automated assembly and testing of opto-electronic components and (hybrid) photonic devices.

The core team at ficonTEC consists primarily of development engineers from the specialist fields of optics and photonics, from electrical, mechanical and mechatronic engineering, as well as from software development. These developers are supported by experienced technicians possessing a wide variety of skills.

Our technical competence, global customer base, and – importantly – the will to understand our customer’s needs and to find individual and optimum solutions, together make us a competent business and development partner.

EV Group (EVG) is a leading supplier of equipment and process solutions for the manufacture of semiconductors, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), compound semiconductors, power devices, and nanotechnology devices. Key products include wafer bonding, thin-wafer processing, lithography/nanoimprint lithography (NIL) and metrology equipment, as well as photoresist coaters, cleaners and inspection systems. Founded in 1980, EV Group services and supports an elaborate network of global customers and partners all over the world. More information about EVG is available at www.EVGroup.com.

Founded in 2013, scia Systems is the technology leader in thin-film process equipment based on advanced ion beam and plasma technologies. The systems are used for coating, etching, and cleaning processes with nanometer resolution. That enables our customers to design new and innovative products with unique functional properties. Machines made by scia Systems have been successfully implemented in various high-tech industries worldwide, including microelectronics, MEMS, and precision optics industries.

At Luceda Photonics, we enable photonic IC designers to enjoy the same power as electronic IC designers.

We automate and integrate the complete photonic design flow. Our Python-based platform enables design teams to easily share and reuse their photonic design IP using a standard language.

We leverage more than 50 years of photonic experience to help our customers create manufacturable designs. Our design products bundle our expertise to enable our customers to quickly achieve their first tape-out and get their design right the first time.

Accelerate your path to innovation with confidence and ease using Ansys Optics. Accurately and quickly solve multi-scale and multiphysics optics and photonics problems via a comprehensive, interoperable, consistent tool flow powered by best-in-class optical, thermal, electrical, and quantum physics solvers.

Elevate final product quality with accurate and efficient design of complex optical systems and photonics devices, such as lasers, waveguides, photonic crystals, lens modules, and more, considering component optimization, system integration challenges, performance trade-offs, and tolerance analysis. Optimize and appraise virtual prototypes of high-accuracy lithography processes and optical metrology for smart manufacturing, a wide range of laser-based systems, optical sensors and machine vision systems, and more – all with the diversity Ansys Optics offers.

From chips to modules to systems--to production testing at scale, VIAVI provides testing platforms that enable HPC and optical networking applications and technologies including Quantum Computing, AI/ML, 1.6Tb, PCI Express/CXL and Silicon Photonics. VIAVI delivers insightful and precise solutions required by R&D labs and manufacturing facilities within communication service providers, data centers/hyperscalers, and network equipment manufacturers.

EPIC is the industry association that promotes the sustainable development of organisations working in the field of photonics in Europe. We foster a vibrant photonics ecosystem by maintaining a strong network and acting as a catalyst and facilitator for technological and commercial advancement. EPIC publishes market and technology reports, organizes technical workshops and B2B roundtables, coordinates EU funding proposals, advocacy and lobbying, education and training activities, standards and roadmaps and pavilions at exhibitions.

Founded in 2014 and based in Ílhavo (Portugal), the company has been developing disruptive and unique solutions for the telecommunications market through its multidisciplinary team, offering innovative products and services such as design, development, and testing in the different components of electronics, optics, photonics, digital signal processing and packaging, to several national and international clients. Through its full stack innovation, PICadvanced aims to provide cutting edge solutions for the PON market starting with NG-PON2 transceivers - including innovation in the optics, electronics and in the blending of the two - while maintaining a compromise with quality and high performance.

Yole Group is an international company recognized for its expertise in the analysis of markets, technological developments, and supply chains, as well as the strategy of key players in the semiconductor, photonics, and electronics sectors.

With Yole Intelligence, Yole SystemPlus and Piséo, the group publishes market, technology, performance, reverse engineering and costing analyses and provides consulting services in strategic marketing and technology analysis. The Yole Group Finance division also offers due diligence assistance and supports companies with mergers and acquisitions.

Yole Group benefits from an international sales network. The company now employs more than 180+ people.

More information on www.yolegroup.com.

Keysight delivers advanced design and validation solutions that help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Keysight’s dedication to speed and precision extends to software-driven insights and analytics that bring tomorrow’s technology products to market faster across the development lifecycle, in design simulation, prototype validation, automated software testing, manufacturing analysis, and network performance optimization and visibility in enterprise, service provider and cloud environments. Our customers span the worldwide communications and industrial ecosystems, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general electronics markets. Keysight generated revenues of $5.4B in fiscal year 2022. For more information about Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS), visit us at www.keysight.com.

Additional information about Keysight Technologies is available in the newsroom at https://www.keysight.com/go/news and on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.

Siemens EDA, and represented by EDA Solutions, is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions for the world’s most successful electronic, semiconductor, and systems companies.

The pace of innovation in electronics is constantly accelerating. To enable customers to deliver life-changing innovations faster and become market leaders, we are committed to delivering the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of electronic design automation (EDA) software, hardware, and services.

The company's IC Design solutions includes the speciality silicon photonics solution L-Edit Photonics which is complemented by the Calibre Platform for equation-based design rules.

Photonic simulation is supported though integration with our partners: Ansys, Luceda, Optiwave, and VPIphotonic

Contact

• https://eda.sw.siemens.com
• https://www.eda-solutions.com/integrated-photonics/
• +44 1489 564 253
• info@eda-solutions.comEDA Solutions Limited, A5 Segensworth Business Centre, Segensworth Road, Fareham, PO15 5RQ, UK

Vanguard Automation (VA) combines a decade of research in integrated photonics with 20 years of experience in building high-precision assembly machinery to propel photonic integration and packaging. Headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, VA develops process technology and machines for creating low-loss photonic connections between passive and active optical components leveraging its unique IP portfolio for Photonic Wire Bonding and facet-attached micro-optics. Augmenting nano-print technology, VA’s solutions enable high packaging density, increased design flexibility and fabrication throughput.

With the exponential rise of PICs, VA serves a growing global customer base helping to solve next generation photonic integration and packaging challenges.

Pioneers in Next-Generation Test Equipment. Since 2001, APEX Technologies has been at the forefront of developing and manufacturing ultra-high-performance test equipment tailored for fiber optic telecommunication applications. Our journey began with the creation of an ultra-high-resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzer that quickly became a market leader. Building on this success, we have continuously evolved, crafting our own Tunable Laser Source (TLS) spanning from 750 nm to 1900 nm

Our latest innovation, Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry (OFDR), provides precise reflection and transmission measurements. With a market-leading dynamic range, it excels in accuracy and reliability.

Our versatile solutions find applications across diverse sectors, including Telcom applications and Photonic.

The Leading Website for the Photonics Industry: News, White Papers,

Articles, Products, Directory, Events and more

GoPhotonics is the leading website for the Photonics Industry. We keep users up to date with the latest news, information on new products, upcoming events, webinars, calculators, white papers, etc. The website has created a unique product search tool that helps users find products based on their requirements.

ISP System is a machine builder with more than 25 years of experience in high precision mechatronics system. We can provide you with both standard and customized photonics packaging & micro-assembly equipment based on leading-edge technology.

The PHOTOMATIQ equipment is a customizable assembly platform which perfectly suits the requirements of demanding photonics systems. It includes active alignment, glue dispensing, in situ UV curing, eutectic soldering, as well as high precision positioning capabilities (+/-0.1µm resolution).

Typical applications are laser module assembly, laser diode stacking, LIDAR manufacturing, optical components such as lenses, filters, prisms alignment, optical connectors assembly and so on.

Ciposa expands into photonics

Ciposa SA has recently implemented a long-term strategy to expand the industry sectors served with its high-precision assembly technology. With Photonics being a highly stable and well recognized key technology market – and one that continually exhibits sustained high growth – a new business unit has been created within Ciposa to transfer existing capability as well as integrate further requisite technologies into a viable and reliable product offering for high-precision integrated photonic device assembly.

Optica serves and represents organizations engaged in the business of optics and photonics—from start-ups to Fortune 500s. In support of our member companies, we promote and protect the business of optics and photonics in driving innovation, creating jobs, and accelerating growth around the world. We provide exclusive roadmap reports and market data for the industry, serve as the voice of the industry to government and academia, act as a liaison with several trade associations worldwide and provide a network for the exchange of ideas and information within the optics and photonics community.

SYLEX, established in 1995, is a reputable mid-size company renowned for its high-quality fiberoptic interconnect solutions and monitoring systems. Its collaborative efforts with universities and research centers continually enhance its production capabilities, ensuring swift integration of cuttingedge products to meet clients' evolving needs. With a focus on efficiency and excellence, it is equipped to handle even the most demanding requests, from small-scale projects to large series. As a leading provider of fiber optic termination solutions, SYLEX specializes in designing and manufacturing fiber optic assemblies tailored to various industries. Its range includes assemblies with standard single-fiber and multi-fiber connectors, lensed connectors, fiber arrays and specialized connectors for diverse applications such as telecom, datacom, defense, avionics, and PIC’s. SYLEX also offers automated monitoring solutions based on modernized FBG technology. These systems are instrumental in monitoring the structural health and operational conditions of infrastructure objects across industries including civil engineering, geotechnical, energy, transportation, chemical, oil & gas, and process control. 

Imec is a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. The combination of our widely acclaimed leadership in microchip technology and profound software and ICT expertise is what makes us unique. By leveraging our world-class infrastructure and local and global ecosystem of partners across a multitude of industries, we create groundbreaking innovation in application domains such as healthcare, smart cities and mobility, logistics and manufacturing, energy and education. As a trusted partner for companies, start-ups and universities we bring together more than 5,500 brilliant minds from almost 100 nationalities. Imec is headquartered in Leuven (Belgium), and has research sites across Belgium, in the Netherlands and the USA, and representation in 3 continents. In 2019, imec's revenue (P&L) totaled 640 million euro.

PHIX supplies the photonics industry with assembly and packaging services for Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs). We specialize in the manufacturing of hybrid assemblies, using multiple chip materials and fiber arrays to create maximum functionality. By offering our knowledge in the chip design stage, we ensure ease of scale up for volume manufacturing. Chip-to-chip and fiber-to-chip interfaces, polarization maintaining fiber assemblies and high-power applications are among our core competencies. From PIC prototype to assembly and scale-up to high-volume manufacturing: PHIX is your partner in photonics. We offer a one-stop-stop fully tailored to your needs. That’s how we prepare your products for tomorrow’s society, today.

The Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) can fabricate devices in a variety of materials including:

• gallium arsenide (GaAs);

• indium phosphide (InP); and

• gallium nitride (GaN).

We offer foundry services or end-to-end fabrication of photonic devices, photonic integrated circuits and gallium nitride electronics. The CPFC can also develop new process technologies for our client's devices.

The CPFC is a 40,000 square foot facility with 11,000 square feet of class 100/1000 clean room space providing a comprehensive suite of key processes and supporting activities.

ASMPT AMICRA GmbH is a worldwide leading supplier for ultra-high precision die attach systems. The AMICRA systems specialize in submicron placement accuracy to ±0.2μm@3s for the photonics and semiconductor market. The systems also support die attach, flip chip, eutectic, epoxy, and X-Celeprint’s Micro Transfer Printing (MTP) processes. Markets served include silicon photonics, optoelectronics, active optical cable (AOC), VCSELs, laser diodes, 2.5D/3D ICs, wafer level packaging (WLP), large panel fan-out/embedded wafer level packaging (EWLP), and automotive sensors/LiDAR. Headquartered in Regensburg, Germany, ASMPT AMICRA is a subsidiary of ASMPT Ltd., a leading global supplier of hardware and software solutions for the manufacture of semiconductors and electronics that is based in Singapore.

Lightium AG is a Swiss startup offering Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) foundry & design services based on its proprietary, production-grade, thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) platform. Our unique solution facilitates and accelerates the photonic breakthroughs of our customers, enabling ultra-fast modulation and reduced power consumption. As Europe’s first production-grade TFLN foundry, Lightium empowers the next generation of photonic solutions in a wide range of industries, including Telecom, Datacom, Quantum Computing, AI, and Space. 

As a foundry for integrated photonic circuits, SMART Photonics offers solutions for data and telecommunication, as well as for sensing – such as Lidar – and medical applications. And it doesn’t stop there.

SMART Photonics aims to be the leading foundry for integrated photonics, creating innovative products that improve people’s lives.

Datacom & Telecom

- High Speed Coherent C-band/O-band

- Narrow Linewidth Tunable Laser (ITLA)

- Integrated Coherent Transmitter

- O-band DCN Solutions

Sensing

- Structural Health Monitoring

- LiDAR - for Automotive

Quantum

- Quantum Key distribution

CCRAFT manufactures photonic chips on a cutting-edge thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) platform, built on over six years of R&D at CSEM. Now scaling production through an expanding in-house manufacturing facility, we offer monolithic TFLN PICs, TFLN chiplets for heterogeneous integration, and processing of TFLN-enhanced silicon photonic wafers. Our technology, supported by robust process design kits (PDK), combines proprietary innovations with proven scalability to deliver superior optical performance. By matching technology push with market pull through a clear roadmap, CCRAFT empowers breakthroughs in telecom, datacom, quantum computing, AI, 5G/6G and aerospace, delivering next-generation photonic solutions with exceptional quality and reliability.

As the pioneer and market leader in high-precision additive manufacturing, we are your reliable partner for microfabrication systems, software, and solutions. Our 3D Microfabrication technology with high-precision alignment capabilities is driving photonic packaging by auto-aligned printing freeform microoptics directly onto optical fibers or photonic chips. Founded in 2007 as a spin-off of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), we are a vibrant, award-winning company and part of the BICO Group since June 2021. With our field-proven systems, straightforward 3D printing workflows and all-in-one solutions, our more than 3,000 system users are driving future-shaping applications that are published in over 1,300 peer-reviewed journals. 

PhotonDelta is an ecosystem that researches, designs, develops, and manufactures solutions with integrated photonics technology. Connecting pioneers in the field with investors, and viable markets, PhotonDelta helps to take the industry forward with funding, investments and R&D roadmaps. PhotonDelta is located in the Netherlands but connects and collaborates around the world.

ALTER TECHNOLOGY is the leading provider of micro and optoelectronics services in engineering, procurement, assembly, and test of semiconductor devices. Our company develops and offers complete turn-key solutions covering wafer probing, wafer sawing, packaging, final test & screening and qualification.

Alter UK provides sub-contract package design and assembly services for devices such as ASICs, MEMS, Sensors, Laser diodes, LEDs, PICs and VCSELs.

Our Fast Turn IC packaging service helps customers with rapid evaluation of new designs, reducing cost and accelerating time to market before ramping volume production.

For volume run-rate production, our state of the art, automated assembly equipment can support millions of dies per year and now includes a plastic encapsulation capability for QFN packages.

In 2021 Alter Technology announced a €6m investment in a Photonics Design Centre, located in Scotland, which will focus on supporting the Group’s development of highly integrated, miniaturised and robust photonic products to be used in quantum-enabled positioning, navigation and timing systems and photonic-based satellite optical communications.