Artilux exhibits at CES for the first time, showing the world's first GeSi process sensor

As topics such as self-driving cars, intelligent manufacturing, and intelligent robots continue to develop fever, 3D sensing technology, which plays the role of a robot eye, has received much attention. Artilux announced that it will exhibit the Explore series of 3D sensors at the 2020 US Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which is the world ’s first broadband 3D time-of-flight (ToF) transmission based on innovative silicon germanium (GeSi) technology. Sensor technology can effectively reduce the potential damage caused by laser light to the human eye and increase safety by more than 10 times. It is a revolutionary innovation in the 3D sensor industry.

CES will be held from January 7, 2020 to January 10, 2020 in Las Vegas, USA. Artilux will be exhibiting for the first time this year. The Explore series products expected to be displayed include RGB-D cameras for logistics and machine vision, as well as the first 3D sensing system operating in the long wavelength band. This series of products will officially enter mass production in the first quarter of 2020, and will be expanded to key areas such as mobile phones, automotive lidar systems (LiDAR), and machine vision.

It is worth noting that Artilux uses the innovative GeSi process technology developed in cooperation with TSMC. Unlike the current industry-leading 3D sensors, they are mostly concentrated in the two bands of 850 nm and 940 nm. ToF sensors up to 1550 nm. The use of long wavelength bands can effectively block sunlight from interfering with light sensing and achieve consistent sensing performance outdoors and indoors.

Artilux further explained that, because most of the current mainstream 3D sensing solutions operate under the wavelength of 850 or 940 nanometers, sunlight will cause significant interference to light in this short wavelength band, which will greatly reduce the 3D sensing performance outdoors.

In addition, if the 3D sensing system is operated in the 1200 to 1400 nanometer band, the safe laser power that the human eye can withstand will be more than 10 times higher than the 940 nanometer band. Therefore, according to the current international standard IEC 60825 specifications and related calculations, even if the distance between the laser and the human eye is only a few kilometers, it can still maintain a very high security.

Artilux is the first to develop broadband 3D flying time sensing technology because of its unique and innovative GeSi process technology. Today, the GeSi process technology has been favored by the International Solid-State Circuits Conference, and related papers have been selected for ISSCC 2020, showing that this innovative technology is recognized by the industry and academia and will become the future trend of 3D sensing technology.