Fully enter the automotive lidar market
Ripple Optoelectronics successfully passed IATF16949 certification
 

Recently, after rigorous review by SGS, an internationally recognized authoritative organization for testing, inspection and certification, Ripple Optoelectronics has successfully passed the IATF16949:2016 automotive quality management system certification. All aspects, including services, meet the stringent quality requirements set by the automotive industry for the supply chain. This is another milestone success achieved by Ripple Optoelectronics in the automotive field after a certain model of lidar 905nm EEL passed the key test items of the AEC-Q102 automotive regulations in 2023.

 

Ripple Optoelectronics has successfully passed the IATF16949 certification to enter the automotive lidar market.

The picture shows an excerpt from the 16949 certification certificate

 

Fully impact on the automotive LiDAR market
Ripple Optoelectronics has successfully passed the IATF16949 certification to enter the automotive lidar market.
    As automobile automation and intelligence progress faster and faster, the role of high-power semiconductor laser chips in automobiles has become increasingly prominent.

 

In the field of sensing, lidar based on 840nm, 905nm, 940nm and other EEL chips has been increasingly used in automotive intelligent assisted driving due to its advantages in cost, performance and reliability. On the other hand, more and more in-cabin display, lighting and sensing applications such as car headlights/taillights, car HUD, car laser projection systems, car interior ambient lights, driver fatigue driving monitoring systems, and passenger monitoring systems have also begun to be used. Using high-power semiconductor laser chips.

 

Currently, cars are advancing in the direction of intelligence, and lidar has become a key sensor in smart driving. According to incomplete statistics, China's lidar shipments will exceed 700,000 units in 2023, and it is expected that shipments may reach 1.5 million units in 2024. magnitude. At the same time, with the large-scale mass production of lidar and the maturity of the industrial chain, the price of lidar has gradually dropped from the high cost in the past, from tens of thousands of yuan to 2,000-3,000 yuan, and then dropped to less than 1,000 yuan. It is expected to further decrease in the next few years, thus accelerating the penetration rate of lidar in mid-to-high-end models and even economical models.

 

The continuous acceleration of LiDAR cost reduction also puts forward high requirements for the cost reduction of LiDAR key materials, especially the cost of launch and detection is the top priority. With the inherent advantages of power density and high repetition frequency, 905nm and 940nm EEL chips can use 4-8 chips to achieve the point cloud effect that can only be achieved by hundreds of VCSELs, helping downstream lidar customers to quickly reduce costs at an extremely low cost per watt. Compressed to less than a thousand yuan. The reduction in the number of transmitter chips also greatly improves the integration of the whole machine.

As the leading domestic supplier of EEL emission chips, Ripple Optoelectronics' product quality meets the strict requirements of AEC-Q102, and the company's production management system meets the requirements of IATF16949, laying a solid foundation for the delivery of subsequent products in the automotive product line.

 

 

Laying out multiple products for the automotive field
Ripple Optoelectronics has successfully passed the IATF16949 certification to enter the automotive lidar market.
     For the field of automotive lidar, Ripple Optoelectronics has a variety of 905nm EEL chips and arrays (Bars) to choose from. The power of a single chip ranges from 6W to 225W. It has mass-produced 4-section and 5-section EEL chips for the first time in the world, and has accumulated data. Millions of hours of reliability data. Ripple Optoelectronics will begin shipping second-generation low-temperature drift chips (wavelength drift <10nm in the full temperature range -40, 125°C) in 2023, and has jointly developed customized products with many domestic first-tier lidar manufacturers and Tier1 and successfully achieved mass production and applications.

 

In the field of automotive lighting and display, Ripple Optoelectronics has mass-produced 638nm high-temperature resistant chips (45°C, CW 0.5W/1W), and is still continuing to improve the performance of 638nm. Manufacturers across the industry chain are welcome to join in joint development.

 

About IATF16949

     The full name of IATF16949 is "Quality Management System - Requirements for the Organization and Implementation of ISO 9001 for Production Parts and Related Service Parts in the Automotive Industry". It is a technical specification for the international automotive industry and an international quality management standard recognized by the automotive industry. Passing IATF16949 means that Ripple Optoelectronics' entire supply chain, including design, production, testing and delivery of products in the automotive field, meets the quality management standards of the international automotive industry and has the qualifications and ability to deliver automotive grade products.

 

About Ripple Optoelectronics

    Shenzhen Ruibo Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. is a national high-tech enterprise specializing in the R&D and production of high-end high-power semiconductor laser chips. It has a full set of core technologies such as semiconductor laser chip epitaxial design, chip manufacturing process, chip packaging, and characterization testing, and can provide high-performance to the market. , high reliability and high power semiconductor laser chips, packaging modules and test characterization equipment, and can provide R&D consulting services.

 

    The company's chip product forms include: ① Single-emitter chips (single-emitter) and bar bars, with power ranging from watts to hundreds of watts, wavelength coverage from visible light to near-infrared bands (635nm-1550nm), and performance reaching domestic leading and some international standards. Leading level, replacing imported high-end laser chips; ② Packaging products include C-Mount, COS (Chip on Submount), TO/SF, etc.; ③ Complete range of characterization testing equipment with high degree of automation, including Bar bar comprehensive performance testing machine, Full- bar comprehensive performance testing machine, fully automatic COS comprehensive performance testing machine, semiconductor laser fiber coupling module comprehensive performance testing machine, high-power semiconductor laser chip device aging/life testing machine, etc.

 

  The company's products are widely used in laser radar, laser display, medical cosmetology, industrial processing, scientific research and other fields. Ripple Optoelectronics' development vision is to become a world-class semiconductor laser chip solution provider, and its mission is "Laser creates a better life and uses cores to achieve infinite possibilities."

The original article was originally posted on the WeChat public account (Shenzhen Ripple Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.): Ripple Optoelectronics has made every effort to enter the automotive lidar market and successfully passed the IATF16949 certification.

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