Project description
Towards smaller, more efficient light sensors
Advances in sensors and the rising use of consumer electronics, automotive, information technology and telecommunications products are expected to fuel the growth of the sensor market. With this in mind, the EU-funded ActLight project aspires to fundamentally change the approach to light sensing. By developing cutting-edge photonics sensor technology, it aims to significantly enhance the efficiency and accuracy of light sensing applications. Through the technological advances it has planned, the project will be able to meet customer and end user needs for high-performance, low-energy consumption sensors in next-generation applications.
Objective
ActLight specializes in the developing cutting-edge photonics sensor technology and licensing the intellectual property (IP), as well as providing supporting services like design and technology advice to customers.
Our team consists of experts in the fields of devices, materials, integration process, characterization techniques, circuits design, marketing and business development. IP protection and sales are performed by top experts located in US, Japan, and Switzerland. Our advisory board includes leading industrial and scientific experts.
ActLight’s Dynamic Photodiode technology represents a paradigm shift in light sensing. Its deployment will substantially improve the efficiency and accuracy of various light sensing applications such as Time-Of-Flight-based distance measuring and gesture control, heart-rate monitoring, 3D cameras and much more. ActLight operates in diverse markets-smartphones and wearable devices, healthcare, autonomous cars, drones and robotics, and more.
We are in initial negotiations to conduct pilot programs with leading semiconductor companies, for the next-generation light sensing components required by their OEM customers.
The sensors market is very fragmented. In this phase 1 project, we aim to identify the market verticals which can be reached first, and where we will have a significant advantage with respect to competitors. We need to understand which new applications will be still relevant in 3 years, when we will launch our new technology. We are implementing a product-feedback development loop with target customers currently at the vanguard of their market segments.
The advances we are developing on our existing technology will allow it to more easily move into target market verticals that require increasingly smaller and more powerful light sensors. Our largest potential customers and end users require high-performance, low energy consumption sensors for next-generation applications.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringautonomous vehicles
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensors
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcomputer hardwarequantum computers
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsmobile phones
- natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsphotons
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinator
1015 LAUSANNE
Switzerland
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.