NORWOOD, Mass. -- (Business Wire)
Analog
Devices, Inc. (ADI) today announced the acquisition of a solid-state
laser beam steering technology from Vescent Photonics, Inc., a privately
held company based in Golden, Colorado. Vescent’s innovative
non-mechanical beam steering technology enables more robust integrated
LIDAR1 systems that overcome many of the major drawbacks
associated with today’s bulky mechanical offerings such as reliability,
size, and cost. This acquisition strengthens ADI’s position as a major
automotive safety system technology partner for next generation ADAS and
autonomous driving applications and builds on ADI’s 20-year history in
advancing automotive safety.
“From inertial MEMS sensors used in airbag and electronic stability
control applications2 to 24 GHz and 77 GHz automotive RADAR,
ADI solutions have helped save lives for over two decades,” said Chris
Jacobs, general manager of Automotive Safety, Analog Devices. “And now,
this innovative technology will play an important role in making LIDAR
systems more compact, more robust, and an affordable feature in every
new car worldwide.”
Today’s ADAS systems must rely on a suite of sensor technologies that
include cameras, RADAR, and LIDARto effectively provide
advanced safety features such as forward collision warning, blind spot
detection, pedestrian detection, and autonomous driving functions.
Cameras are used widely for object recognition while RADAR uses
radio-frequency electromagnetic waves to measure distance. LIDAR uses
laser beams to measure the distance and can also recognize objects.
Scanning LIDAR systems can be used to detect objects on or near the
roadway and fill the blind spots known to exist when using RADAR &
cameras.
About Vescent Photonics
Vescent Photonics, Inc., a privately
held company founded in 2002, specializes in developing and
manufacturing electro-optics, tunable lasers, and electronics for
precision laser control. Visit: http://www.vescent.com
About Analog Devices
Analog Devices (NASDAQ: ADI) designs
and manufactures semiconductor products and solutions. We enable our
customers to interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the
physical and digital with unmatched technologies that sense, measure and
connect. Visit http://www.analog.com.
1LIDAR (Light Imaging, Detection, And Ranging)
is a surveying method that measures distance to a target by illuminating
that target with a laser light.
2 In 1991, ADI sampled the industry’s first single chip high-g
MEMS accelerometer using its innovative surface micromachining
technology. In 1993, ADI achieved the first volume shipments for airbag
safety systems.
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Contacts:
Analog Devices, Inc.
Linda Kincaid, 781-937-1472
linda.kincaid@analog.com
or
Porter
Novelli
Andrew MacLellan, 617-897-8270
andrew.maclellan@porternovelli.com
Source: Analog Devices, Inc.
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