WAFERLEVELOPTICS
WaferLevelOptics - Specific Technological Developments to Create an Intelligent and Scalable Production Platform for Glass Optics Manufacturing
| Coordinatore | FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
Organization address
address: Hansastrasse 27C contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Germany [DE] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.waferleveloptics.org/ |
| Totale costo | 3˙737˙159 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙554˙564 € |
| Programma | FP7-NMP
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies |
| Code Call | FP7-2010-NMP-ICT-FoF |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-10-01 - 2013-09-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
Organization address
address: Hansastrasse 27C contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | coordinator | 685˙323.00 |
| 2 |
TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT
Organization address
address: TEKNIIKANTIE 4 A contact info |
FI (ESPOO) | participant | 317˙258.00 |
| 3 |
Trioptics GmbH
Organization address
address: Hafenstrasse 35-39 contact info |
DE (Wedel) | participant | 308˙450.00 |
| 4 |
AIXTOOLING GMBH
Organization address
address: Steinbachstrasse 17 contact info |
DE (AACHEN) | participant | 272˙600.00 |
| 5 |
KALEIDO TECHNOLOGY ApS
Organization address
address: RYTTERMARKEN 15-21 contact info |
DK (FARUM) | participant | 240˙744.00 |
| 6 |
FISBA OPTIK AG
Organization address
address: RORSCHACHER STRASSE 268 contact info |
CH (ST GALLEN) | participant | 233˙200.00 |
| 7 |
CERATIZIT LUXEMBOURG SARL
Organization address
address: ROUTE DE HOLZEM 101 contact info |
LU (MAMER) | participant | 174˙540.00 |
| 8 |
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Organization address
address: LEIBNIZSTRASSE 4 contact info |
DE (REGENSBURG) | participant | 156˙000.00 |
| 9 |
iC-Haus GmbH
Organization address
address: Am Kuemmerling 18 contact info |
DE (Bodenheim) | participant | 103˙800.00 |
| 10 |
SYSTEM 3R INTERNATIONAL AB
Organization address
address: SORTERARGATAN 1 contact info |
SE (VALLINGBY) | participant | 62˙649.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
To meet the future market needs by innovative approaches using state of the art machining equipment the overall goal of the project WaferLevelOptics is the development of a new production platform for wafer scale moulded glass optics.
Introduzione (Teaser)
Miniaturised optical components and systems are revolutionising fields from laser technology to biotechnology. With new high-precision and large-scale manufacturing methods, scientists plan to dramatically increase the EU market share for glass micro-optics.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
EU-funded scientists working on the project http://www.waferleveloptics.org/ (WAFERLEVELOPTICS) have combined glass moulding with wafer-based production to deliver industrial quantities of high-quality glass micro-optics. The scalable manufacturing platform is expected to produce close to 1 % growth in targeted sectors of the European photonics industry within five years of project-end.
Wafer-based manufacturing processes now successfully produce polymer micro-optics on a large-scale and at low-cost, but such methods did not exist for production of glass components. Although glass is superior to polymers for applications requiring increased environmental resistance and biocompatibility, glass components were confined to small lots of high-cost, specialty items.
The conventional glass moulding process produces between 1 and 20 single micro-optical cavities using separate moulds for each cavity. Optical systems typically require three or more different types of optical cavities perfectly aligned. Lastly, manufacturing requires numerous iterations to perfect and align the individual moulds, increasing production time and costs.
With the WAFERLEVELOPTICS technology, 100 or more different and precise micro-optics cavities can be produced on a single wafer using one single monolithic mould rather than 100 individual moulding tools. A new material minimises mould shrinkage and glass breakage ensuring process stability. The cavities themselves are perfectly aligned on the wafer, allowing automatic alignment of wafers for stacking, bonding and dicing into optical systems.
Researchers demonstrated the new technology with the production of a glass lens that was successfully used to accurately collimate (make parallel) rays from a high-power light-emitting diode. The lens was met with great enthusiasm and, given that large-scale production is around the corner, the price should soon be as attractive as the quality.
WAFERLEVELOPTICS technology is poised to establish Europe as a nano-manufacturing technology powerhouse within the photonics industry as a whole, firmly taking the lead from Asian and United States competitors.