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Date Announced: 07 Mar 2012
Leading supplier of MEMS chips for optical communications hits new milestone.
GRENOBLE, France & DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MEMSCAP (Paris:MEMS), the leading provider of innovative solutions based on MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) technology, including optical components, today announces it has shipped more than 1 million Thermally Actuated Variable Optical Attenuator chips over the last years.
Fueled by the demand for faster internet connection and multiservice solutions, investments in existing and new optical network infrastructures are steadily growing year after year to benefit the optical networking industry. Optical system integrators are looking for long term reliable suppliers with proven continuity of supply of high quality and high reliability components.
MEMS based Variable Optical Attenuators are integrated in complex optical modules operating up to 100 GBits. They continuously gain market share over competing traditional technologies in optical networks applications ranging from optical modules protection to the growing segment of Power Management.
MEMSCAP has supplied multiple customers from the beginning of its innovative photonic road map up to full product release, building a track record for catering to the needs of the optical community and providing state-of-the-art products in production.
“MEMSCAP is the N°1 Supplier of Optical MEMS Chips for Variable Optical Attenuators in optical telecom markets, a segment growing at an impressive CAGR of 28% from 2009 to 2014, as MEMS-based VOAs increasingly displace non-MEMS solutions”, said Jérémie Bouchaud, Director and Principal Analyst for MEMS and Sensors at IHS iSuppli (see iSuppli H2 2010 High Value MEMS Market Tracker).
MEMSCAP’s commitment to high quality over the years has resulted in numerous breakthrough products exhibiting superior performance and reliability. In February 2011, MEMSCAP released die level tests on the Thermally Actuated MEMS Variable Optical Attenuator product line confirming that the MEMS devices operate within all specifications even after 200 millions cycles.
Capitalizing on its optical MEMS Intellectual Property in design and manufacturing, MEMSCAP has developed a wide variety of Thermally Actuated Variable Optical Attenuators in both Normally Open and Normally Closed configurations (MATT VOA), including different die sizes, shapes and attenuation specifications to address customer demands. In 2011, MEMSCAP released multiple Variable Optical Attenuator dies using electrostatic actuation (ES VOA), operating under high or low voltage.
MEMSCAP’s Variable Optical Attenuator dies have been designed to fit most packaging technologies available on the market and in closed loop mode exhibit superior optical power attenuation stability. MEMSCAP’s full complement of Thermally and Electrostatically actuated Optical Attenuators are available today for sampling or production shipments.
Specifications and details for VOA Products can be obtained by contacting MEMSCAP at info@memscap.com or by contacting our office in North Carolina, USA.
Source: MEMSCAP
E-mail: Nicolas.bertsch@memscap.com
Web Site: www.memscap.com
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