Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany SFH 7051 has launched an integrated optical sensor that consumes very little power (maximizing battery life and reliability), designed especially for heart rate monitoring in fitness ...
Tags: Osram, Wearables Sensor
In booth 1947 at the Optical Fiber Communication conference & exposition (OFC 2015) in Los Angeles (24-26 March), M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, ...
Tags: Laser Driver, Next-Gen PON
Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) is ramping up production of its 100G LR4 CFP4 client-side transceivers. Oclaro says that, having previously delivered CFP and ...
Tags: Oclaro CFP2, Transceivers
ProPhotonix Ltd of Salem, NH, USA, a designer and manufacturer LED illumination systems and laser diode modules for OEMs and medical equipment companies (as well as a distributor of laser diodes for Panasonic, Ushio, Osram, QSI, and Sony), ...
AUREA Technology of Besancon, France has launched its newly designed SPD_NIR_OEM_120MHz fast NIR single-photon-counting OEM module, which is claimed to be the most compact and fastest near-infrared [900-1700nm] single-photon-detection ...
Tags: single-photon-detection module, quantum technology, Electrical
In hall A4 booth 260 at the Electronica 2014 trade fair in Munich, Germany (11-14 November), Firecomms Ltd of Cork, Ireland and Tongxiang, China (which manufactures fiber-optic solutions and optical transceivers for communications networks) ...
Tags: fiber-optic, Electronics
Texas Instruments Inc (TI), which develops analog ICs and embedded processors, has introduced its first transimpedance amplifier (TIA) for the 100G optical networking market. TI says that, as a key component of the system, the ONET2804T ...
Tags: TIA, TI, Electrical
The technology employs the high-frequency modulation capabilities of light-emitting diode (LED) engines used in commercial lighting. It achieves throughputs of up to 10Mb/s at a range of three meters, suitable for HD video streaming or ...
Tags: Li-Fi Prototype, LED lamps, Leti
In booth #3645 at the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC 2014) conference & exposition in San Francisco (11-13 March), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has demonstrated several new ...
Tags: Finisar, Electrical, Electronics, optical module ecosystem, Optical Fiber
In booth #1531 at the Optical Fiber Communication conference & exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2014) in San Francisco, CA (11-13 March), GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog ...
Tags: coherent optical link design, live demonstration, VCSEL driver
PixArt Imaging Inc.,a leading provider of human-machine interface(HMI)solutions,today announced a design engagement with Pantech to offer a first of its kind gesture motion capability for their IM-A880S(VEGA LTE-A)smart phone.The phone will ...
Tags: Pixart, human-machine interface, HMI
Excelitas Technologies Corp of Waltham, MA, USA, which provides customized optoelectronics to OEMs, has announced the availability of an enhanced series of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) that provide high responsivity for ultra-low-light ...
Tags: Excelitas APD
Yole sees $13BN CMOS image sensor market by 2018 20 Jan 2014 Consumer and automotive applications to boost market as pixel resolution improves. High-performance CMOS Analysts at Yole Développement have updated their forecast for ...
Tags: Yole, Technical challenges, CES, CMOS
Researchers at Japan’s Ishinomaki Senshu University have developed a new photodiode that can detect in just milliseconds high-energy deep-ultraviolet (UVC) light, which is powerful enough to break the bonds of DNA and harm living ...
Tags: Gallium Oxide, Silicon Carbide, UVC Light
Gigahertz-Optik's new BTS256-E Bi-Tec Sensor Light Meter provides all necessary illuminance, color and spectral data to fully qualify SSL, CFL and any other type light source. Its Bi-Technology sensor includes a filtered photodiode and ...