December 1, 2021
Hans Rins, who also headed the European chipmaker’s research division, will join TriEye’s advisory committee, which has developed a SWIR frequency infrared sensor for the automotive industry and other applications.
[בתמונה למעלה: מייסדי TriEye (מימין לשמאל): עומר קאפח, אבי באקאל ופרופ’ אוריאל לוי. צילום: מקסים דינשטיין]
The sensor manufacturer TriEye from Tel Aviv, France, is a senior figure from the global semiconductor industry. Hans Rijns, who served until 2016 as Chief Technician (CTO) and VP of research at European chipmaker NXP, will join the company’s advisory committee. In his early career, in the 1990s, he worked at Phillips. Twente in the Netherlands Last month, TriEye completed a $ 74 million round, including Porsche, Intel, Samsung and Marius Nacht.
Rins commented on the appointment, saying: “I am pleased to join the TriEye team that is working to refine technologies to solve global problems. The company is one step ahead and offers innovative technologies to a range of end markets. I am pleased to join the company as it expands its product portfolio and global deployment.”
TriEye was founded in 2017 by CEO Avi Bekel, VP of R&D Omer Kapf and Prof. Uriel Levy, and developed SWIR (short-wavelength infrared) sensors, based on CMOS technology. Production with CMOS technology makes it possible to lower the cost The production of the sensor is of a significant size compared to the industry-accepted process based on complex and expensive InGaAs technology, which makes it possible to implement the sensor in many and varied end systems, such as mass-produced vehicles.
The company has already adapted its technology to two major applications in the automotive world: driver monitoring systems (DMS) and safety auxiliary systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving. The company estimates that its sensor provides ADAS systems with a high-resolution image while overcoming challenging lighting conditions, such as darkness, glare at sunrise and sunset, and harsh weather conditions such as rain, fog and dust. These are the conditions under which existing car cameras find it difficult to function efficiently. In addition, the sensor makes it possible to produce a depth map of the environment at a high resolution, similar to the depth maps of LiDAR sensors, but at a significantly lower price. The company plans to expand into additional applications such as biometric identification, automation of production lines, agriculture and security.
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