SMART OPTICAL SENSOR Mixed signal ASIC （聪明的光学传感器信号混合ASIC）.pdf

1 FUSE demonstrator document FUSE Application Experiment EPC1 EU No. 23086 Monitoring TTN: IAM FE GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany SMART OPTICAL SENSOR Mixed signal ASIC-based photo sensor allows cost reduction of more than 50%. Abstract VISOLUX Elektronik GmbH is one of Germany’s leading companies for development, production and marketing of a wide variety of non-contact sensor systems. VISOLUX is a manufacturer with high quality level and excellent performance. The main business is in the sector of opto-sensors. The company sells ist products world-wide. Our customers mostly are OEM’s, operating in the markets: Industrial Automation, Material-Handling, Move and Traffic, Safety. The products are used in automation of industrial applications like folding machines, filling machines and others. The aim of the application experiment is to start using Mixed-Signal ASIC technology, to improve competitiveness, to overcome barriers which have prevented the company to adopt new technologies, to enable the company to replicate the experiment and to gain knowledge and experience in the new technology. The results are to see in a new improved product and in the increase of certain know-how. The existing product is a photo electronic sensor. The used technology is standard assembly of discrete components on PCB’s. The existing products are too expensive to manufacture and not longer competitive in their market: With the new developed Opto-Asic a cost- reduction and size-reduction with more than 50 % is possible. But the use of a special transparent package is absolutely necessary, which is not a standard-package. The size-ratio for the mixed signal ASIC are about 25 % for the photodiode, 55 % digital and 20 % analogue. This AE has it’s general benefits in realising of innovation, economically we expect increased profits. The forecast for the payback p