Award for Photonic Integrated FMCW Single-Chip LiDAR

AMA Innovation Award Award for photonic integrated FMCW single-chip LiDAR

2024-07-12 Source: AMA Verband für Sensorik und Messtechnik e.V. | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

The Scantinel Photonics GmbH's photonic integrated FMCW single-chip LiDAR was awarded the AMA Innovation Prize this year at Sensor+Test in Nuremberg

The winning team of 2024 from left to right: Prof. Andreas Schütze (chairman of the AMA jury), Jin Wang, Dr. Michael Richter (Scantinel Photonics GmbH), Peter Krause (chairman of the AMA board).(Image: AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement e.V.) — The winning team of 2024 from left to right: Prof. Andreas Schütze (chairman of the AMA jury), Jin Wang, Dr. Michael Richter (Scantinel Photonics GmbH), Peter Krause (chairman of the AMA board).
(Image: AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement e.V.)

The AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement (AMA) awarded the development team around Stanislav Aksarin with the AMA Innovation Prize at the Sensor+Test 2024 trade fair in Nuremberg on June 11. The photonically integrated FMCW single-chip Lidar from Scantinel Photonics GmbH impressed the jury with its high technological level and clear market relevance.

The winner reduces the cost, size, and weight of complete Lidar systems

The single-chip FMCW Lida is based on a photonically integrated platform. This technology takes autonomous mobility to the next level by solving the challenges of existing Lidar sensors, using CMOS-compatible photonic integration platforms, and significantly reducing the cost, size, and weight of the final Lidar system.

Peter Krause, AMA Association Board Chairman, and Professor Andreas Schütze, Jury Chairman, presented the winning team, consisting of Stanislav Aksarin, Vladimir Davydenko, and Andy Zott, with the prize money of 10,000 euros for their outstanding achievement.

New applications and new market potentials

"On behalf of the entire jury, I congratulate this year's winning team, which demonstrates a very high level of technology with its photonically integrated FMCW single-chip LiDAR," explains Professor Andreas Schütze, chairman of the jury from the University of Saarland, on this year's decision. "With the integration of the optical function compatible with standard CMOS electronics, the cost, size, and weight of complete LiDAR systems can be significantly reduced. This opens up new applications and new market potentials. These are exactly the criteria our jury uses. We consider the novelty, the level of innovation, and the originality of the technical solution, as well as market chances and patent situation. With the photonically integrated FMCW single-chip LiDAR, everything comes together, a high level of technology forms the basis, it is a true invention, which has very good market chances. Congratulations to the whole team!"

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