Ibeo and ams Solid-State LiDAR Technology Used by Prominent Automotive Manufacturer Great Wall Motor to Enable Future Autonom...
August 06 2020 - 10:10AM
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ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high performance
sensor solutions, and Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH, the German
specialist and the global technology leader for automotive LiDAR
sensor technology and the associated software, confirm, that ams
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) technology is a core
component of Ibeo's newly-developed solid-state LiDAR solution,
ibeoNEXT. Ibeo's industry leading LiDAR system will be used in
Level-3 automated driving on production vehicles at Great Wall
Motor Company starting in 2022.
Leveraging 20 years of automotive experience -- including ISO
26262 -- and a significant footprint in 3D consumer electronics,
ams is an industry leader when it comes to VCSEL technology. The
ams VCSEL array has best-in-industry power density, conversion
efficiency, and pitch. ams R&D provides enhancements around
integrated functional-safety standard and eye-safety features,
leading to a highly-robust technology. The specially-designed VCSEL
manufacturing technology allows for great flexibility in layout
design regarding number of pixels, their size and pitch, and
specific addressability patterns. In addition, ams has the required
capabilities to co-develop emitter, current driver, and optics. The
company's high-power VCSELs can differentiate in scan and flash
applications as they are less sensitive to individual emitter
failures, are more stable in temperature ranges, and are easy to
integrate.
Ibeo's flagship ibeoNEXT will be used in Great Wall vehicles to
enable a highway pilot to drive semi-autonomously at Level 3. The
ibeoNEXT takes the company's technology leadership in LiDAR sensors
further. The ibeoNEXT solid-state LiDAR offers best-in-class large
detection range, high resolution, and large vertical angle. Through
coupling Ibeo expertise in both software and technology, Ibeo's
solid-state LiDAR sensor is a milestone on the road to fully
automated driving.
LiDAR systems emit laser pulses and then evaluate the light
reflected from various objects. From the so-called time-of-flight,
or the time it takes for the reflected laser pulse to reach the
sensor again, software calculates the distance to the surrounding
objects. Modern LiDAR systems can process many laser pulses in
parallel: The result is a 3D model of the environment that
recognizes crash barriers and road markings as well as cars,
cyclists, and pedestrians, their position and movement. In
combination with a long-range and a high spatial resolution, this
accuracy is a key advantage of LiDAR technology. Unlike other
LiDARs, the solid-state solution means no moving beam-steering
mechanism, such as mechanical or MEMS mirrors. This brings
significant benefits in terms of reliability and complexity.
About the partnership
ams and Ibeo commenced joint LiDAR development in 2018 with the
aim of providing solid-state LiDAR to the automotive market first
for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and moving toward
autonomous driving adoption.
For more information about ams solid-state LiDAR illumination
solutions, go to https://ams.com/lidar
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