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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 12, 2021, /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

ActLight, the Swiss technology firm known for its best-in-class signal-to-noise

ratio photodiodes, announced today that it has signed the second service

agreement based on its Single Photon Sensitivity technology with a leading

company in the sensors market.

'This agreement is the natural continuation of the customer project started in

2020 and successfully completed earlier this year. We are very pleased to

continue the joint activities with a market player of this caliber and to add

value to their technology roadmap,' said Serguei Okhonin, Co-founder and CEO at

ActLight. 'The adoption of Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) array in 3D

sensing applications is today a growing reality and the markets are demanding

performance improvements (e.g. pixel scaling, higher QE at near IR and higher

performance/costs ratio). ActLight technology is developed to address these

specific needs and, thanks to its unique features such as tunable sensitivity,

low voltage and digital read-out, is perfectly suited to become the sensing

solution of reference for 3D systems used in smartphones, cars and other

mainstream products.'  

'The 3D sensing market will reach US$15 billion by 2026 (1),' commented Richard

Liu, Technology & Market Analyst at Yole Developpement. 'This market is showing

a substantial growth with a 14.5% CAGR (2), mainly supported today by the

smartphone rear side applications. The 3D sensing market is developing rapidly

and offering great business opportunities. In addition to the smartphone

application, automotive ADAS (3) are set to be a big 3D sensing application.

Recently, the impressive growth of electric vehicles with very high

intelligence and ADAS brings LIDAR adoption forward.'

1.  Source: 3D Imaging and Sensing – Technology and Market Trends report, Yole

    Developpement, 2021

2.  CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate

3.  ADAS: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

About ActLight SA

ActLight SA, the start-up company founded in 2011 and based in Switzerland,

focuses on the field of CMOS photonics by developing a new type of

photodetector, the Dynamic PhotoDiode (DPD). Being a fabless company, ActLight

specializes in the Intellectual Property (IP) of this area and operates

primarily in the IP licensing business model.

The patented CMOS-based photonics technology allows the substantial improvement

of the efficiency and accuracy of various light sensing applications, such as

Time Of Flight (TOF) based range meters, vital signs monitoring, 3D/2D cameras

and much more. ActLight operates in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, with a

focus on mobile and wearable devices, healthcare/medtech, autonomous driving,

drones and robotics.

More info about ActLight available at http://www.act-light.com

Contact: Roberto Magnifico

         +41-792108313

         magnifico@act-light.com or

         info@act-light.com

SOURCE:  ActLight SA