JePPIX Pilot Line launches its design and manufacturing services for indium phosphide (InP) photonic integrated circuit (PIC) production. The JePPIX Pilot Line offers commercial InP PIC production based on mature Process Design Kits (PDKs), that are embedded in industry-standard design environments. JePPIX Pilot Line is open now for companies that need to prepare for commercial production.
The JePPIX Pilot Line provides a single point of contact for all the services needed for InP PIC product qualification, including:
- functional PIC modelling with manufacturing tolerances.
- design for test (DFT)
- design for manufacturing
- automated die testing with customizable scripting and test services.
The value of Indium Phosphide PICs
Indium Phosphide (InP) PICs offer great benefits as they are small in size, low weight, and have a very low power consumption. Moreover, the possibility to integrate lasers, detectors, interferometers, photodetectors, modulators, filters, waveguides and other (electro-)optical technologies all on a single chip has a huge impact on material resources needed, circuit level reproducibility and the overall cost of the system.
Applications areas for Indium Phosphide PICs
Photonic Integrated Circuits offer many advantages over traditional approaches for implementing optical functionalities in a wide array of application domains. PICs provide the engines for high performance metrology, quantum technology, microwave signal processing and LIDAR. This offers huge potential for markets like optical communication, automotive, life sciences, agriculture & food, environmental monitoring, defence and security, and many more.