RCS - IQE PLC - IQDN-VCSEL™ technology reaches key milestones

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RNS Number : 6091R  IQE PLC  09 March 2021

IQE plc

Cardiff, UK

9 March 2021

 

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IQE reaches key milestones with IQDN-VCSEL™ technology

for long wavelength VCSELs on 150 mm GaAs substrates

 

 

·    IQE has achieved key power and reliability milestones for its
IQDN-VCSEL™ technology for advanced sensing applications at longer
wavelengths on 150 mm GaAs substrates

·    IQE's customers benefit as they can use the same equipment and
processes that were developed for shorter wavelengths to achieve longer
wavelengths

·    IQE is currently engaged in customer-funded development programmes
with key Tier 1 customers to optimise this technology for qualification in
future 3D sensing applications

 

 

IQE plc (AIM:  IQE, "IQE" or the "Group"), the leading manufacturer of
advanced semiconductor wafer products for the global semiconductor industry,
is pleased to announce it has achieved key power and reliability milestones
for its IQDN-VCSEL™ technology for advanced sensing applications at longer
wavelengths (1100-1600 nm) on 150 mm GaAs substrates. IQE is currently
supplying wafers to Tier 1 partners and collaborating with them to refine this
technology for next generation advanced sensing applications.

 

Currently, the longest achievable wavelength for GaAs-based Vertical Cavity
Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) technology is limited to wavelengths of ~1100
nm. It is desirable to increase this wavelength to >= 1380 nm, thereby
allowing this technology to be applied to below screen (BOLED) consumer
applications such as facial recognition systems for mobile devices. There is
significant customer demand for breakthrough technologies like these because
they enable new applications and improve device performance while at the same
time reducing cost.  Additionally, the move to longer wavelengths will make
it even simpler to safely deliver emerging technologies, such as LiDAR for
automotive applications.

 

IQE has addressed demand for a 150mm GaAs-based long wavelength VCSEL with its
IQDN-VCSEL™ technology. IQE has demonstrated that this dilute nitride-based
technology delivers VCSELs with ~1 mW per emitter, each having more than
several hundred hours of reliability. This has met the development
requirements for multiple Tier 1 3D sensing customers. Because IQDN-VCSEL™
is based on the GaAs materials system, it offers a longer wavelength "drop in"
solution for IQE's customers, enabling them to use the same equipment and
processes that were developed for shorter wavelengths to achieve longer
wavelengths.

 

IQE is currently engaged in customer-funded development programmes with key
Tier 1 customers to refine this technology for qualification in future 3D
sensing applications. Coupled with its IQGeVCSEL 150™ technology, IQE has
demonstrated a path to volume manufacture of long wavelength VCSELs on 150 mm
and ultimately 200 mm substrates.

 

Dr Rodney Pelzel, Chief Technology Officer of IQE, commented:

"I am very pleased to announce the achievement of key power and reliability
milestones for our IQDN-VCSEL™ technology. IQE has been able to rapidly
develop an offering that exceeds what was previously possible, and our partner
engagements are a testament to the potential for this technology for next
generation 3D sensing applications. IQDN-VCSEL™ technology is a key
component of a unique VCSEL portfolio that enables IQE's customers to serve a
diverse range of high-volume market opportunities."

 

Contacts:

 

IQE plc

+44 (0) 29 2083 9400

Drew Nelson

Tim Pullen

Amy Barlow

 

Headland Consultancy (Financial PR)

+ 44 (0) 20 38054822

Andy Rivett-Carnac: +44 (0) 7968 997 365

Chloe Francklin: +44 (0)78 3497 4624

ABOUT IQE

http://iqep.com
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IQE is the leading global supplier of advanced compound semiconductor wafers
and materials solutions that enable a diverse range of applications across:

 

·    handset devices

·    global telecoms infrastructure

·    connected devices

·    3D sensing

 

As a scaled global epitaxy wafer manufacturer, IQE is uniquely positioned in
this market which has high barriers to entry. IQE supplies the whole market
and is agnostic to the winners and losers at chip and OEM level. By leveraging
the Group's intellectual property portfolio including know-how and patents, it
produces epitaxy wafers of superior quality, yield and unit economics.

IQE is headquartered in Cardiff UK, with c. 650 employees across nine
manufacturing locations in the UK, US, Taiwan and Singapore, and is listed on
the AIM Stock Exchange in London.

 

 

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