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1 10 Vision 2016 Highlights Contributions to the Press map. Jan Vermeiren, Business Development Manager

2 Your Presentation Title 2 Caeleste Mission Statement THE Supplier of Beyond state-of-the-art Custom designed CMOS Image sensors

3 Caeleste ID card Rapid growing SME Located in Mechelen, B Global coverage Employees (incl independents and interns) Revenue excl Profit Profit after taxes Your Presentation Title 3

4 Caeleste: Main Markets Industrial vision Scientific Imaging & Spectroscopy Rad-Hard image sensors for Space Medical Imaging incl. X-ray Life science application Professional imaging solutions Your Presentation Title 4

5 Caeleste: Technological highlights High Dynamic range: :1 Global shutter operation Low noise operations: 2 e - rms Stitched design up to wafer scale sensors Frontside and backside illuminated imagers Proprietary high accuracy AD converters Energy resolved single photon X-ray counting Your Presentation Title 5

6 Caeleste: Vision show innovations European Low Flux CMOS image sensor for ESA ROIC for low dark current M/LWIR detectors for ESA A backside illuminated, Global shutter, low noise, High Dynamic range 4k class imager Your Presentation Title 6

7 European Low Flux Your Presentation Title 7 CMOS image sensor for ESA For The European Space Agency (ESA) it is vital to master all key technologies for space operations, including Earth observation and Science missions. Although Europe has a very strong legacy in the design and the qualification of CMOS type image sensors; most of these devices were fabricated on other continents, making Europe susceptible to changes in the geo-political situation. With this in mind, ESA has awarded and funded a contract (TRP contract number /16/NL/BJ) to a European industrial consortium, led by Caeleste, with developing a new CMOS Image Sensor entirely designed, manufactured and tested within Europe. A High-Performance CMOS Image Sensor will be developed, aimed at demonstrating the capability to meet future ESA mission requirements (in terms of spectral sensitivity, signal to noise ratio and environmental durability) for scientific space applications. Caeleste, contributes to the project with over 250 man years of experience with the custom design and realization of CMOS image sensors for various application domains, including space and astronomy applications. LFoundry, with its wafer fab facility at Avezzano, Italy, is responsible for the manufacturing of the image sensor. LFoundry is able to manufacture sensors that respond to very stringent specifications such as cryogenic environment (at low temperatures degrees). Since 2006, the Avezzano site has been manufacturing imaging process technologies and products using technology nodes from 180nm down to 90nm technologies on 200mm wafers, including volume copper Back End of Line (BEOL), Back Side Illumination processes (BSI) and extensive testing capabilities. Airbus Defence and Space, one of the world s largest space company, will provide its 15 years experience in CMOS Image Sensors development for Space Applications and perform a characterization campaign in parallel to the one performed at Caeleste. The collaboration with ESA makes us very proud declares Patrick Henckes, CEO at Caeleste since we can play a strategic role in shaping the future of Europe s space capability for image sensors, in accordance with the mission of ESA. Moreover, having LFoundry and Airbus Defence and Space as partners brings in their enormous expertise in this field and this will contribute considerably to the outcome and to the quality of the project.

8 ROIC for low dark current MWIR and LWIR detectors Europe has always plaid a pioneering role in the development of Infrared detectors and Focal planes based on HgCgTe (or MCT) detectors. Nowadays the European products are recognized to be amongst the most perfroming and versatile For The European Space Agency (ESA) it is vital to master all key technologies for space operations, including Earth observation and Science missions. Although Europe has a very strong legacy in the design and the qualification of CMOS type image sensors; most of these devices were fabricated on other continents, making Europe susceptible to changes in the geo-political situation. With this in mind, ESA has awarded and funded a contract (TRP contract number /16/NL/BJ) to a European industrial consortium, led by Caeleste, with developing a new CMOS Image Sensor entirely designed, manufactured and tested within Europe. A High-Performance CMOS Image Sensor will be developed, aimed at demonstrating the capability to meet future ESA mission requirements (in terms of spectral sensitivity, signal to noise ratio and environmental durability) for scientific space applications. Caeleste, contributes to the project with over 250 man years of experience with the custom design and realization of CMOS image sensors for various application domains, including space and astronomy applications. LFoundry, with its wafer fab facility at Avezzano, Italy, is responsible for the manufacturing of the image sensor. LFoundry is able to manufacture sensors that respond to very stringent specifications such as cryogenic environment (at low temperatures degrees). Since 2006, the Avezzano site has been manufacturing imaging process technologies and products using technology nodes from 180nm down to 90nm technologies on 200mm wafers, including volume copper Back End of Line (BEOL), Back Side Illumination processes (BSI) and extensive testing capabilities. Airbus Defence and Space, one of the world s largest space company, will provide its 15 years experience in CMOS Image Sensors development for Space Applications and perform a characterization campaign in parallel to the one performed at Caeleste. The collaboration with ESA makes us very proud declares Patrick Henckes, CEO at Caeleste since we can play a strategic role in shaping the future of Europe s space capability for image sensors, in accordance with the mission of ESA. Moreover, having LFoundry and Airbus Defence and Space as partners brings in their enormous expertise in this field and this will contribute considerably to the outcome and to the quality of the project. Your Presentation Title 8

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9 Raven A BSI HDR sensor for scientific imaging 0,18um pinned diode process Back side illumination 4k resolution (3840x2160 pixels) Pixel pitch 6,5µm Snapshot & CDS & HDR 2 e- noise RMS >100,000:1 dynamic range 1Mpixel WoI Your Presentation Title 9

Your Presentation Title 10 Caeleste Contact Information Jan Vermeiren, Business Development manager Hendrik Consciencestraat 1-b BE-2800 Mechelen Belgium Tel: +32 (0)15 71 05 03 E-mail:

10 Your Presentation Title 10 Caeleste Contact Information Jan Vermeiren, Business Development manager Hendrik Consciencestraat 1-b BE-2800 Mechelen Belgium Tel: +32 (0) Website: Booth: Hall 1 Stand C-74 German representative: Eureca Messtechnic Eupenerstrasse 150 DE Köln Tel: +49 (0) info@eureca.de Website:

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