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HSINCHU, Mar. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire =KYODO JBN / --

Announcing world's 1st ultra-sensitive CMOS-based NIR/SWIR sensing platform to

advance versatile applications development in wearables for digital health

- Artilux present the industry-leading CMOS-based SWIR sensing module featuring

GeSi technology with compact form factor and ultra-low power

- The new all-in-one sensing platform satisfies immediate market needs for

solutions covering versatile event, vital sign monitoring & skin detection for

true wireless stereo  (TWS) and wearable devices

- Demonstration aims to accelerate the ecosystem growth through cost-effective

and multi-spectral optical sensing solutions for digital health applications

Artilux, the leader in CMOS-based SWIR optical sensing technology, demonstrated

a multi-spectral optical sensing module equipped with NIR/SWIR vertical-cavity

surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays, light emitting diodes (LED), and

CMOS-based GeSi (Germanium-Silicon) sensors. This compact optical sensing

module is the industry-leading solution targeted to embrace the rapidly growing

TWS and wearables markets in addition to unlock diversified scenarios in

digital health.

In light of the increasingly popular wide spectrum (NIR/SWIR) optical sensing

applications starting from vital sign monitoring in smartwatches to skin

detection in TWS earbuds, cost-effective and energy-efficient optical

components including LED, VCSEL, Edge-emitting Lasers, and SWIR sensors have

become the crucial factors to meet such rising user demands. The widely

discussed skin detection function in TWS earbuds requires SWIR sensors to

perform precise in-ear detection and to deliver seamless listening experiences,

while at the same time sustaining long battery life. Such product requires

stable wavelength, lower power-consumption, lower cost, smaller size with

higher sensitivity. The announced demonstration aims to achieve a compact and

cost-effective multi-spectral optical sensing solution, by incorporating

Artilux's CMOS-based ultra-sensitive SWIR GeSi sensors with the capability to

integrate AFE (analog front end) and digital function into a single chip,

together with high-performance VCSEL arrays at 940nm and 1380nm supplied by

Lumentum.

"We are pleased to work with Lumentum on this demonstration for the

multi-spectral optical sensing industry," said Elvis Lin, General Manager of

Business Operation and Product at Artilux. "Through continuous technology

innovations, a variety of wide spectrum NIR/SWIR applications are being adopted

into the mainstream consumer product. To address this rapidly growing market,

we have launched the Artilux Aware Series as the best cost-competitive SWIR

optical sensing platform, which will complement nicely with both VCSEL and LED

to enable in-ear and skin detection for TWS and wearables. We are looking

forward to serving this booming SWIR market in the near future."

"We are excited to work with customers like Artilux to expand the use of VCSEL

technology," commented David Cheskis, Lumentum Director of Product Line

Management, 3D Sensing. "Since developing the first high-volume VCSEL array

manufacturing capabilities for NIR 3D Sensing applications, we continue to

innovate next-generation technologies and solutions for emerging consumer

applications. Our 1380nm VCSEL demonstration is a key milestone as the SWIR

market evolves with new sensor technologies."

Through the popularity in the demand of TWS earbuds and smartwatches, hearables

and wearables are expected to become more human-centric, with more built-in

non-invasive biosensing functions in the future. Consequently, SWIR sensing

offers optical characteristics, including diversified biometric detection,

materials identification, better eye-safety compliance, low interference, and

more, is poised to play the key role in the differentiations of hearables and

wearables on the markets. Driven by the technological innovations and deep

market understanding, Artilux is expanding the ecosystem, by delivering compact

and cost-effective CMOS based SWIR sensing solutions from 850nm to 1550nm,

working with LED, VCSEL and EEL components to improve multiple legacy and offer

new features including heart rate, blood oxygen measurement, hearing and sleep

aid, blood lipid, and even blood alcohol and glucose levels monitoring in the

future, empowering an ever-prospering ecosystem of multi-spectral sensing and

imaging for consumer and digital health markets.

More information please visit www.artiluxtech.com

SOURCE: Artilux

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