TowerJazz and Lumotive Demonstrate True Solid-State Beam Steering for Automotive LiDAR Systems
June 26 2019 - 6:00AM
NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT
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New IC is based on Lumotive’s innovative
Liquid Crystal Metasurface (LCM) technology, enabled by TowerJazz
unique process development capabilities
MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, and Seattle,
WA, June 26, 2019 – TowerJazz, the global
specialty foundry leader, and Lumotive, the Bill Gates-funded
startup developing LiDAR systems for autonomous vehicles, today
announced the successful demonstration of the first beam steering
ICs for automotive LiDAR systems that are fully solid-state
(without any moving parts). Based on Lumotive’s unique liquid
crystal metasurface (LCM) technology, the advanced IC is expected
to deliver superior performance, reliability, and be more compact
than competing beam steering solutions while providing longer
range, fast response, high resolution, and wider projection
angle.
“Lumotive’s unique solution to beam steering,
based on liquid crystal metasurface technology, enables a truly
solid-state LiDAR system with unprecedented range, resolution and
frame rate, all crucial requirements for the fast-growing
autonomous vehicle market,” said Bill Colleran, President &
CEO, Lumotive. “Our partnership with TowerJazz enabled us to
achieve this important milestone and will allow us to bring our
revolutionary technology to production thanks to both companies’
highly skilled engineering teams and deep domain expertise.”
Lumotive’s breakthrough beam-steering ICs uses
TowerJazz’s 130 nm Cu Back-end-of-Line technology, customized to
meet specific optical performance requirements with optimized
lithography and custom dielectrics. Lumotive’s complete LiDAR
system based on this beam steering chip coupled with a custom SiPM
(Silicon Photomultiplier) sensor, utilizing TowerJazz’s cutting
edge SPAD (Single Photon Avalanche Diode) technology, will be
available for prototype testing in late 2019.
“We are excited to announce our unique
collaboration with Lumotive on their innovative beam-steering
technology to achieve a fully solid-state LiDAR. Our extensive
automotive solutions and development capabilities, ranging from
state-of-the-art SPAD technology, best-in-class power management as
well as our advanced SiGe and Silicon Photonics (SiPho) platforms,
comprehensively support producing a full suite LiDAR system. Our
strong presence in automotive radar, battery management and body
power controls, along with a long-term customer aligned roadmap,
bring the most advanced foundry solutions for the automotive market
needs. We have firm confidence in Lumotive’s proficiency and vision
in this breakthrough solution for the Lidar industry,” said
Dani Ashkenazi, Vice President and General Manager of Transfer,
Optimization and Development Process Services Business Unit (TOPS),
TowerJazz.
Research firm Yole Développement estimates that
the ADAS and autonomous vehicle LiDAR markets will grow
dramatically in the coming years, increasing from $721 million in
2018 to $6.3 billion in 2024, with a CAGR of nearly 45% during that
period.
For additional information on TowerJazz’s
technology, please visit here.
About Lumotive Founded in 2018 with funding
from Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, Lumotive is a Seattle-based
company developing high-performance LiDAR systems for autonomous
vehicles. The company’s LiDAR solutions leverage revolutionary
beam-steering technology based on patented Liquid Crystal
Metasurfaces™ to deliver an unprecedented combination of high
performance (as measured by range, resolution, and frame rate) and
readiness for mass adoption (measured by cost, reliability, and
size). Lumotive’s beam-steering chips enable this unique
combination because they are optically large, enabling high
performance, and manufactured with mature semiconductor processes,
enabling low cost and high reliability. For more information,
please visit www.lumotive.com.
About TowerJazz
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM, TASE:
TSEM) and its subsidiaries operate collectively under the brand
name TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader. TowerJazz
manufactures next-generation integrated circuits (ICs) in growing
markets such as consumer, industrial, automotive, medical and
aerospace and defense. TowerJazz’s advanced technology is comprised
of a broad range of customizable process platforms such as SiGe,
BiCMOS, mixed-signal/CMOS, RF CMOS, CMOS image sensor, integrated
power management (BCD and 700V), and MEMS. TowerJazz also provides
world-class design enablement for a quick and accurate design cycle
as well as Transfer Optimization and development Process Services
(TOPS) to IDMs and fabless companies that need to expand capacity.
To provide multi-fab sourcing and extended capacity for its
customers, TowerJazz operates two manufacturing facilities in
Israel (150mm and 200mm), two in the U.S. (200mm) and three
facilities in Japan (two 200mm and one 300mm) through its
partnership with Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions Co. LTD. For
more information, please visit www.towerjazz.com.
Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking
StatementsThis press release includes forward-looking
statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual
results may vary from those projected or implied by such
forward-looking statements. A complete discussion of risks and
uncertainties that may affect the accuracy of forward-looking
statements included in this press release or which may otherwise
affect TowerJazz’s business is included under the heading "Risk
Factors" in Tower’s most recent filings on Forms 20-F, F-3, F-4 and
6-K, as were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) and the Israel Securities Authority and Jazz’s most recent
filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as were filed with the SEC,
respectively. Tower and Jazz do not intend to update, and expressly
disclaim any obligation to update, the information contained in
this release. ###
Lumotive Media Contact: Lynda
Kaye |+ 250-266-5293 | lynda@kayepr.comTowerJazz Company
Contact: Orit Shahar | +972-74-7377440 |
oritsha@towersemi.comTowerJazz Investor Relations
Contact: Noit Levi | +972-4-604-7066 |
noit.levi@towerjazz.com
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