FlexNIR-PD: A resource efficient UK-based production process for patented flexible Near Infrared Sensors for LIDAR, Facial recognition and high-speed data retrieval

近红外（NIR）传感器通常使用III-V族半导体制造，生产成本高，与标准CMOS制造不兼容，主要在远东制造。LoMaRe的专利发明可在硅/CMOS兼容材料中检测近红外光，无需稀土成分和生产步骤，也可用于柔性基板。这将使这种新型传感器不仅是市场上最便宜的，而且还可以在英国生产，建立世界一流的国内生产，提高供应链弹性，降低排放。这种新型传感器在近红外中还具有高光子电流效率，响应时间非常短，使其成为激光雷达，面部识别和光纤电缆高速数据检索的理想选择，LoMaRe与CPI的合作伙伴关系将原型开发成商业版本，这可能会彻底改变英国的传感器制造业，并改变国内和全球的几个行业。

Near-infrared (NIR) sensors are commonly manufactured using III-V semiconductors, are expensive to produce, incompatible with standard CMOS fabrication and predominantly manufactured in the far east. This limits their usefulness and relegates them to low-volume markets.LoMaRe's patented invention detects NIR light in Si/CMOS-compatible materials with no rare earth components and production steps and can also be used on flexible substrates. This would allow this new type of sensor not only to be the cheapest on the market but also to be produced in the UK, building world-class domestic production, improving supply chain resilience, and lowering emissions.The new sensor also has high photon current efficiency in NIR, with very low response time, making it ideal for LIDAR, facial recognition, and high-speed data retrieval in fibre-optic cables, whilst allowing for much reduced fabrication cost and overall higher throughput in terms of manufacturability.LoMaRe's partnership with CPI develops the prototype into a commercial version that could revolutionise sensor manufacturing in the UK and transform several domestic and global industries.