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First Sensor AG

First Sensor AG (Formerly Silicon Sensor) has over 20 years of experience in the development and manufacture of individual sensor solutions offering highest levels of precision and reliability. Our customers worldwide rely on our high quality solutions and capabilities for their most demanding and strategic production requirements. Our customers include well known industrial groups and research institutes and our industry expertise encompasses medical, life sciences, automotive, industrial, aerospace, mobility and security solutions.

First Sensor develops and manufactures high-precision optical and opto-electronic sensor solutions from a single source and provides long term supply continuity. Available as component, module or system solution First Sensor´s products are an integrated part of our customers' applications.

The closed First Sensor process chain encompasses everything from design to manufacture and integrates all essential key components. The company offers a complete solution ranging from component development and production in cleanrooms of the semiconductor plant to the packaging of integrated circuits and opto-electronic hybrid integration as well as full system development. Thus maximizing the reliability and durability of your developments.

	Components Detectors and emitters for your application.		Modules Hybrid circuits, evaluation boards and evaluation modules.
	Detectors Avalanche photodiodes (APD) and PIN photodiodes; position sensitive PDs (PSD) and quadrant PDs (QP).		Emitters LEDs and Laser Diodes
	Avalanche photodiodes (APD) Photodiodes with internal gain.		PIN photodiodes Photodiodes without internal gain
	Radiation Sensors Ultraviolet (UV) radiation as well as gamma and x-ray radiation,		Research & Development Current in-house developments: Prototype range and product concepts for the optical measuring requirements of the future.
	Sales & Sales Partners Global distribution network.		First Sensor Product Catalog

Contact us to find the perfect sensor solution for your specific application. We will be happy to develop sensors or systems to suit your individual requirements.

First Sensor customers benefit from our capabilities and technology including:

Flexibility and scalability - Thanks to our state-of-the-art production facilities and in-house cleanrooms, our customers can plan flexible lot sizes to suit their own requirements, ranging from – in extreme cases – one to several million items per year.

Complete solutions from a single source, at our own production sites - First Sensor components, modules and sensor products are manufactured on a customer-specific basis at all production locations: at the Berlin headquarters as well as in Dresden and Oberdischingen/Ulm. First Sensor also has a US sales office with its own cleanroom in Westlake Village (California).

Experience breeds reliability - At First Sensor, tradition and innovation go hand-in-hand. For over 20 years, the highly specialized development and production expertise of more than 400 employees across the globe has allowed us to focus on the implementation of individual customer requirements with highest levels of technical excellence, precision and reliability.

Capabilities and Core Competency
First Sensor holds the technology, experience and capacity to develop and manufacture custom sensors from chip up to the complete measurement system. The highly experienced and resourceful engineering team offers substantial customization capabilities in development and manufacturing for:

Front end customization
We can optimize our front end processes to fit your sensor application:

Back end customization
To fit your environmental situation our back end customization capabilities include:

Opto-electronic integration
First Sensor offers optoelectronic modules to simplify the integration and evaluation of your application. We tailor solutions to meet your needs:

Technology and industry competence

First Sensor possesses innovative, integrated expertise in the fields of optoelectronics and MEMS sensors, microsystems technology and hybrid electronics.

Pacific Silicon Sensor Inc. is now called First Sensor Inc.

First Sensor Inc.

Founded in 1999 in California U.S.A. as Pacific Silicon Sensor, First Sensor Inc. uses the extensive First Sensor technology base to produce a wide range of standard and custom photodetector products. The company offers a full custom design and manufacturing service to meet specific application needs and customer requirements.

Modules incorporating avalanche photodiodes (APDs), position sensing photodiodes (PSDs) and wavelength sensing photodiodes (WS) are available to provide an economical and rapid route for customer product development.

Standard products include:

• PIN photodiodes and arrays
• Avalanche photodiodes and arrays of wavelengths
• Position sensing photodiodes (PSD)
• Wavelength sensitive diodes

Whatever your light sensing needs………choose First Sensor group.

International Sales First Sensor AG Peter-Behrens-Str. 15 12459 Berlin Germany T: +49 30 639923-99 F: +49 30 639923-33 sales.opto@first-sensor.com

USA Sales First Sensor Inc. 5700 Corsa Avenue, #105, Westlake Village, CA 91362 T: +1 818 706 3400 F: +1 818 889 7053 sales.us@first-sensor.com

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•Application Note: APD Detector Arrays For LIDAR Systems