Palomar Technologies' high precision equipment selected by Digital Optics to automate production of optical components

Fiber Optics Weekly Update, March 1, 2002

Palomar Technologies, a manufacturer of automated high-precision assembly systems for broadband communications, announced that Digital Optics Corp. (DOC) has selected Palomar's LDA Laser Diode Assembly Cell to automate optical component assembly.

The LDA will expand DOC's optical integration and packaging capabilities to meet volume production requirements for several strategic customers in the telecommunication industry. DOC is a developer of Photonic Chips, optical sub-assemblies (GSA) that integrate optics and active components at the wafer and die level using high-speed automation for volume manufacturing.

Palomar's Laser Diode Assembly Cell (LDA) is a high-precision assembly system that fully automates complex laser diode component assembly. The LDA eliminates manual processes, precisely placing and attaching microchips to their sub-assembly, and then performing the interconnect to attach these assemblies to their packaging. The system uses a patented heat process that controls the temperature required for proper die attach. The result is high yield, with high placement accuracy.

In addition to its high-precision assembly systems, Palomar Technologies offers expert assistance to emerging and established broadband component manufacturers for process development, prototyping and pilot production.

Through assembly process development and precision metrology services, Palomar helps customers to rapidly prototype new designs and performs precision measurements on optical and high-frequency wireless devices to ensure the highest level of performance in the assembly process.