Accelerating chip packaging processes for next generation optical motion sensors

加速下一代光学运动传感器的芯片封装工艺

• 批准号: 10019801
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: ZERO POINT MOTION LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10019801
• 关键词: Accelerating; chip; packaging; processes; next

Zero Point Motion creates tiny chips that use optical resonances to detect motion and rotation. Our goal is to improve positioning, stabilisation and navigation by bringing the performance of space and defence grade sensors to industrial and consumer applications. We create our optomechanical devices by combining high volume compatible mechanical chip structures with silicon photonic integrated circuits. Existing sensors like the ones inside your smartphone and car, use a noisy electrical readout which is prone to drift, meaning the sensitivity is poor and the accuracy degrades over time. We improve the noise floor dramatically by using optical resonances that are coupled to mechanical motion, which also resonantly enhances our detection scheme compared to measurements where the motion is only blocking the path of light. The power of optomechanics is best demonstrated by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave observatory, which is now the most sensitive human-made motion detector in the universe.I'm Lia, I'm the Founder of Zero Point Motion and also the inventor of our technology. The company is the culmination of my entire life's research and the opportunities I have been lucky to pursue as a woman of colour; from building lasers at Imperial College, to fabricating sensor chips at BAE Systems, to developing classical and quantum optomechanical systems at University College London. My founding team comprises UK chip entrepreneurs Dr Gordon Aspin and Pascal Herczog, seasoned semiconductor experts who have scaled startups to exit and IPO.Alongside funding the development of an integration process for our sensors that will accelerate our time-to-market, the Women in Innovation award also provides mentorship and publicity. This is important because time-to-market is lengthy for chip companies, with large investment rounds required (£20-50M) and no roadmap to follow as there has never been a high volume (100's millions of units shipped per year) inertial sensor company in the UK. However, our vision is to scale to over 100M units year, potentially generating billion dollar revenues and creating 50+ jobs, which makes our proposition highly desirable and worth striving for. I'm excited to find mentorship to manage the transition from prototyping to production, to understand how to grow our IP portfolio, and to increase customer engagement.

Zero Point Motion创建了使用光学共振来检测运动和旋转的微型芯片。我们的目标是通过将空间和国防级传感器的性能引入工业和消费应用，来改善定位、稳定和导航。我们通过将高容量兼容的机械芯片结构与硅光子集成电路相结合来创建我们的光机器件。现有的传感器，如智能手机和汽车内的传感器，使用的是容易漂移的嘈杂的电子读数，这意味着灵敏度很差，准确性会随着时间的推移而下降。我们通过使用耦合到机械运动的光学共振来显着提高噪声基底，与运动仅阻挡光路的测量相比，这也共振地增强了我们的检测方案。光力学的力量在激光干涉引力波天文台上得到了最好的证明，它是目前宇宙中最灵敏的人造运动探测器。我是Lia，我是零点运动的创始人，也是我们技术的发明者。这家公司是我一生研究的顶峰，也是我作为有色人种有幸追求的机会;从在帝国理工学院制造激光器，到在BAE系统公司制造传感器芯片，再到在伦敦大学学院开发经典和量子光学机械系统。我的创始团队由英国芯片企业家Gordon Aspin博士和Pascal Herczog组成，他们是经验丰富的半导体专家，曾帮助初创公司退出和IPO。除了为我们的传感器集成流程的开发提供资金，以加快我们的上市时间外，创新女性奖还提供指导和宣传。这一点很重要，因为芯片公司的上市时间很长，需要大量投资（2000万至5000万英镑），而且没有路线图可供遵循，因为英国从未有过大批量（每年出货量达1亿台）惯性传感器公司。然而，我们的愿景是每年扩大到超过1亿台，可能产生数十亿美元的收入并创造50多个就业机会，这使得我们的主张非常可取，值得努力。我很高兴能找到导师来管理从原型设计到生产的过渡，了解如何发展我们的IP组合，并提高客户参与度。