Date and Time: Wednesday, January 15, 2024. Networking and Pizza for those interested starting at 6pm. First tour starts at 6:30 pm. Second tour starts at 7pm. Location: The tour is being held in an applications laboratory in Cupertino, just off DeAnza Boulevard, and south of Stevens Creek Blvd. The exact address and information on parking will be sent to all registered tour participants. This tour is limited to the first 30 participants to register. Please cancel at least 48 hours before the event if your plans change. Note: Registration required – no unregistered walk ins will be allowed on the tour!! Presenters / Tour Guides: Dwight Evard, Business Development Manager, Edmund Optics Nitin Sampat, Vision System Engineer, Edmund Optics Matt Hori, Field Application Engineer for Allied Vision, Jim Clark, Senior Manager Applications Engineering, Cognex Corporation Abstract: Tours are some of our most popular Photonic Society events. In a first for the IEEE Photonics Society, we are offering a “triple header” applications lab tour, including an optics lab, and two machine vision labs. Tour of Edmund Optics: - On the tour of the EO-SV Solution Center people will see: - Solutions targeting specific customer applications, e.g. finding defects in semiconductor devices, microscopy, detecting water in well plates - Solutions requiring different parts of the spectrum, e.g. UV, VIS, VIS-NIR, SWIR - Lighting options to optimize the solution, e.g. DoAll light with six options to easily select the best lighting - System to measure image quality - Videos showing the manufacture of imaging lens assemblies and aspheres Tour of TKH / Allied Vision: TKH Vision overview (1D, 2D, 3D hardware and software) · Cameras and sensors for various applications (UV to Extended SWIR) · Camera interfaces and application examples (embedded to industrial machine vision) · Case studies · Demo—EO's lab will host a few Allied Vision and SVS-Vistek demos. I can add a couple to this office as well. Tour of Cognex: (No detailed information available at this time – the tour is expected to include an overview of Cognex’s machine vision inspection systems) Information on the participating companies: Edmund Optics: Edmund Optics worldwide has been a leading global optical solutions provider that has served a variety of markets, including Life Sciences, Biomedical, Industrial Inspection, Semiconductor, R&D and Defense since 1942. The company employs 1250+ employees across 18 global lcoations and continues to expand, with 8 manufacturing locations. Edmund Optics – Silicon Valley Solutions Center is a local portal to the global world of Edmund Optics. We have workstations where engineers can evaluate solutions with complimentary consultation with vision experts. The loaner library of a wide variety of lenses, lights, cameras, filters, accessories and test targets allows engineers to test solutions at their facilities. TKH / Allied Vision: TKH Group is a global technology company developing machine vision, manufacturing, and connectivity systems. TKH Vision is a group segment comprised of eight brands focusing on 1D, 2D, and 3D vision technology. · Allied Vision - Cupertino offers consultation and support for 2D vision projects, primarily focusing on Allied Vision and SVS-Vistek brands. · TKH Vision - Cupertino is a new solution and experience center that offers consultation and support for all brands. The grand opening is on November 14th, 2024, and is located 5 minutes away from the Allied Vision Cupertino office. Cognex Corporation: Cognex is a machine vision company offering automated inspection imaging systems. Cupertino, California, United States

ABSTRACT This presentation will provide a description of III-V semiconductors and their use in commercial communication satellites. The focus will be on Geo-synchronous (GEO) type satellites, but the discussion will be relevant to Middle-Earth-Orbit (MEO) and Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite products. To this end a comparison of reliability requirements for these orbital types will be given showing their differences. The focus on GEO will allow the presentation to talk about the more stringent requirements for qualification of these devices which encompasses the other product types. Additionally, this presentation will compare these material types against others to justify their usage for these products and provide insight into where Si type devices may be useful. The need for high performance, high reliability RF electronics (typically referred to as “the payload”) in Commercial Communications Satellites comes from both the products environment and it’s mission. The environment for GEO satellites is 36,000km from the earth’s surface encompassed in a distant, harsh radiation and thermal background. The mission is for high performance communications systems that can last for many years. For these applications, it is required to supply radiation hardened electronics while also providing the demanding performance required to meet the payload’s mission. To this end the use of III-V semiconductor technologies has enabled many of these missions. This presentation will provide an understanding of what are commercial communications satellites and their payload architectures. This will provide insight into their need for III-V RF active semiconductors. A brief history of communication satellites will be given to allow an understanding of how the commercial and non-commercial (military/government) products are related, and what are the possible trends. Additionally a review and comparison of the various device types against other semiconductor materials like silicon will be discussed. Subsequently a look at some present requirements will be given to show the state of this technology in this application, a description of the qualification process for these devices will be given to show how the performance is guaranteed over the lifetime in space, and a view of the future usage for this technology will be presented. [] Speaker(s): Jim Sowers, Room: RM 4021, Bldg: SCDI, Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation, Santa Clara, California, United States, 95053, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/453332