Phlux: Next generation infrared APDs

Phlux：下一代红外 APD

• 批准号: 43075
• 金额: $ 26.47万
• 依托单位: PHLUX
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Study
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=43075
• 关键词: Phlux; Next; generation; infrared; APDs

VisionAutonomous cars and laser scanning systems have much in common; they rely on the precise detection of infrared light. Our company, Phlux, will introduce a next generation infrared light detector, with five times higher sensitivity than current state-of-the-art. Our proprietary low noise technology will enable autonomous cars to see further with extremely high accuracy and reduce the time of geospatial (environmental) mapping of flood basins, forestry biomass, and coastal erosion mapping from months to days. Our technology could also provide superfast and ultra-secured optical communication and super-resolution imaging in the future.InnovationThe connection is LIDAR, a widely used range measurement technique. The light detector is the key component of LIDAR that enables it to "see" an object. Our novel detectors can detect infrared light with virtually noiseless gain, as large as 50 (5 times higher than currently available technology and with lower noise).By far the largest identified opportunity for our technology is in autonomous vehicles (AVs) where LIDAR systems provide the eyes. Despite all of the vision systems in demonstration AVs cannot see well enough, in adverse weather such as fog and rain, to enable the full potential of driverless car revolution. Phlux's ultra sensitive detectors working in the infrared can largely eliminate this problem.Focus and ObjectivesThis project will translate Phlux's technology from lab demonstrator to enabling components in LIDAR systems, ready for deployment.This project's main aims are:* Prototype development to support customer engagement* Building a supply chain to support the anticipated market volumes of 3.1M units/yr by 2024* De-risk the technology to secure additional £750k of private investment in Q1 of 2021Phlux will develop prototype devices meeting requirement specifications provided by several major players. Working with partners in the field, these devices will be trialled in real systems. Our central objective is to achieve a level of system demonstration and overall risk reduction that can attract the large scale funding needed to achieve the required level of business growth.Phlux has the technology to transform LIDAR performance. With a low switching cost for OEMs, we expect rapid adoption and acceleration of product development, enabling us to commercialise this exciting new technology.

视觉自动驾驶汽车和激光扫描系统有很多共同之处；它们都依赖于红外光的精确探测。我们的公司Phlux将推出下一代红外线探测器，其灵敏度是目前最先进水平的五倍。我们专有的低噪音技术将使自动驾驶汽车能够以极高的精度看到更远的地方，并将洪水流域、林业生物量和海岸侵蚀地图的地理空间(环境)地图绘制时间从几个月减少到几天。我们的技术还可以在未来提供超快、超安全的光通信和超分辨率成像。创新连接的是LIDAR，一种广泛使用的测距技术。光探测器是激光雷达的关键部件，它使其能够“看到”一个物体。我们的新型探测器可以探测红外光，几乎没有噪声，增益高达50(比目前可用的技术高5倍，噪音更低)。到目前为止，我们的技术最大的已确定机会是在自动驾驶汽车(AV)中，激光雷达系统提供眼睛。尽管演示中有所有的视觉系统，但在雾和雨等恶劣天气中，AVs的视力不够好，无法充分发挥无人驾驶汽车革命的潜力。该项目的主要目标是：*支持客户参与的原型开发*建立供应链以支持到2024年预期的310万台/年的市场容量*降低技术风险以确保在2021年第一季度获得额外的750K GB私人投资；Phlux将开发出符合几家主要厂商要求规格的原型设备。与该领域的合作伙伴合作，这些设备将在真实系统中进行试验。我们的中心目标是实现一定程度的系统演示和总体风险降低，以吸引实现所需水平的业务增长所需的大规模资金。由于原始设备制造商的转换成本较低，我们预计产品开发将迅速采用和加快，从而使我们能够将这项令人兴奋的新技术商业化。