Karlsruhe, Germany, May 15th, 2024 — Vanguard Automation (VA), a Mycronic company, is delighted to announce today that the vanguard SYMPHONY has been successfully commissioned at C2MI, Canada’s largest electronic system research and development centre.
This equipment installation shall complement C2MI’s already existing state-of-the-art infrastructure for semiconductor assembly and advance C2MI’s mission to accelerate the commercialization of critical components for digital technologies. C2MI plays a leading role in offering access to core manufacturing technologies, enabling small and large companies to develop innovative new products from prototype phase to market launch.
The vanguard SYMPHONY is a next generation technology platform, enabling automated photonic integration and packaging. The solution is scalable from low volume R&D and prototyping work, up to volume production applications. VA’s SYMPHONY is comprised of a 3D lithography-based nano fabrication unit and an automated pre- and postprocessing unit, with integrated material handling. The equipment can print virtually any micro-optical element and can fabricate Photonic Wire Bonds™ (PWB), providing low loss interconnects between photonic components. The solution removes the need for high-precision mechanical alignment and the use of additional micro-optical elements for mode-matching.
C2MI clients and industry partners will benefit from using this system to both advance and speed up their research and development activities. The vanguard SYMPHONY enables reliable and repeatable fabrication of multi-chip photonic subassemblies for various market segments such as telecom / datacom, optical and quantum computing.