News : innovation

Leti’s 200 mm and 300 mm research wafers, which until recently have been ground up and disposed of after use, are now sent to an aluminum foundry for recycling. The foundry was audited and its procedures for managing confidentiality were validated, and the recycling program went live in September. The nature of the advanced components […] >>

Tomorrow’s autonomous vehicles could use infrared (IR) imagers to scan the road and surrounding environment. The EU Heliaus project, coordinated by LYNRED*, is investigating the potential of this technology. The project’s eleven partners, which include Leti, will receive EU funding of more than €8 million over three years. Ultrasound, radar, LiDAR, and visible-light cameras are […] >>

FLUOPTICS©, located in the High-tech Building (BHT), is getting encouraging feedback on its FLUOBEAM®LX imaging system for thyroid surgery. The system allows surgeons to clearly identify the four tiny parathyroid glands adjacent to the thyroid at the start of the surgery. This reduces the risk of accidental injury to or removal of the parathyroid glands, […] >>

IRIG’s pulse tube cryocoolers were developed in the early 2000s and transferred to Thales in 2005. But the tiny devices are still making news! The 30 sensors that make up the DESI* spectroscope, which will create a giant map of the sky, is cooled by the cryocoolers. Five years from now DESI will have produced […] >>

The brown-bag lunches provided at the Midi MINATEC lunch talks no longer come with bottled water. The new measure came into force on September 20 and will eliminate 7,000 single-use plastic bottles per year! While this may seem tiny on a planetary scale, every little bit helps. To raise awareness of this environmentally-responsible initiative, 1,000 […] >>