Wire bonding is a common, but very important, process for connecting photonic integrated circuits (PICs) with their surrounding electronics. The recently acquired Royce Instruments 620 pull-shear tester allows PHIX to pinpoint weaknesses in the process and materials...
PHIX is ready for the next phase of growth through additional investments and expansion of facilities
Enschede, The Netherlands, July 27th 2022 To continue to support our customers, PHIX is proud to have secured €3 million in new capital for the short term and €20 million for the long term from the National Growth Fund. In addition, PHIX will occupy a new building to...
PHIX secures additional funding through PhotonDelta National Growth Fund
April 14th 2022 PhotonDelta, a cross-border ecosystem of photonic chip technology organizations including PHIX, has, subject to conditions*, secured €1.1 billion in public and private investment to transform the Netherlands into the leader of the next generation of...
PHIX launches silicon nitride spot size converters
PHIX introduces silicon nitride spot size converters for efficiently coupling light between fiber arrays and photonic integrated circuits. They complement our existing offering of IONext spot size converters and lensed fiber arrays.Silicon nitride (SiN) spot size...
PHIX partners with Nanoscribe to enable high precision 3D printing of microlenses
In a collaboration with Nanoscribe, PHIX introduces lensed fiber arrays manufactured by high precision 3D printing Our new lensed fiber arrays (LFAs) are v-groove optical fiber arrays with 3D printed lenses at the ends of the fibers. They are suitable for free space...
PHIX appoints Silicon Valley expert Erwin Vergeest as business developer
Seasoned inventor, business manager and creator of opto-mechatronic solutions Erwin Vergeest has moved from Silicon Valley to The Netherlands to join PHIX as a business developer. He is excited to play a part in the volume scale-up of integrated photonics...
Bronkhorst and PHIX partner to enable volume manufacturing of sensors for mass flow controllers
June 30th 2021 PHIX has partnered with Dutch flow meter/controller manufacturer Bronkhorst High-Tech B.V. to enable volume manufacturing of thermal mass flow sensors using PHIX’s micro-assembly know-how and technology. While Bronkhorst’s expertise is to develop a...
Qmode project with QuiX
QuiX Quantum and PHIX started a collaboration in the project Qmode to overcome the packaging challenges of connecting large-scale quantum photonic processors to the outside world. Within the Qmode project, QuiX Quantum and PHIX work together to connect a large quantum...
New fully automatic hybrid assembly machine
PHIX just unwrapped a brand new Finetech Fineplacer Femto 2 machine, a flexible fully automatic flip chip assembly workhorse that will further increase our manufacturing throughput. Furthermore, we are the first commercial company to obtain a customization within the...