AP Technologies Ltd - Silicon Detectors and Photodiode Suppliers, LED Light Emitting Diode Arrays

Welcome to AP Technologies

AP Technologies distributes high performance optoelectronic components from Ultraviolet to near infrared. Our capabilities include:-

• High power LED Light Emitting Diode arrays and LED arrays
• Silicon Detectors & photodiode suppliers
• Photodiode-preamplifier hybrids
• Silicon Photomultipliers (SPMs) and Photon Counting systems.

We have twenty years experience supporting OEMs and have been able to help many customers find the ideal standard product, or develop a cost-effective bespoke solution, for the most demanding of applications.

APT offers LEDs from Opto Diode Corporation, Lumex, Inc. and The Fox Group Inc. - all leaders in their own particular field:-

Opto Diode Corporation:
ODC are based near Loa Angeles and have 30 years experience as a vertically integrated LED Light Emitting Diode Arrays manufacturer with in-house semiconductor growth, wafer processing, packaging and test facilities. They became part of Illinois Tool Works (ITW) in August 2008, so have the financial strength of a group with around 700 companies and total sales in the region of $16 billion.

ODC’s product range covers ultraviolet to near infrared in a wide variety of formats from single-chip TO package to extremely high power “Multi Reflector Arrays” (MRAs).

MRA technology combines low thermal resistance substrates, leading-edge chip technology and high optical efficiency beam-shaping reflectors. The latest MRAs use 1mm power chips to produce extremely high power devices with world-leading brightness and efficiency.

ODC’s engineering capability and manufacturing flexibility give them a unique capability to develop cost-effective customised LED solutions and APT’s 20 year relationship means we are well-placed to discuss applications and provide guidance on how ODC can help customers meet their objectives.

Lumex, Inc:
Lumex are based in Chicago, USA and are also part of ITW. They offer a huge range of surface mount and thru-hole LEDs, from UV to NIR. Lumex’s SMT product range extends from tiny 0206 packages through to their “TitanBrite” 5W white LEDs. Their “OctoLED” technology combines the optical performance of 5mm moulded LEDs with a unique SMT package.

Thru-hole parts from 3mm to 12mm diameter are available along with a wide range of mechanical choices such as triangular and rectangular designs. Lumex also offers Alphanumeric LED Light Emitting Diode Arrays; LED backlights; Lightpipes and an extensive range of Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs).

The Fox Group, Inc:
Fox have UVA LED technology at 350 to 365nm. Their proprietary HVPE manufacturing process results in extremely accurate wavelength control resulting in a peak wavelength specification of ±1nm and also yields LEDs with very narrow spectral width of only 10nm FWHM. Fox offer their LEDs in a variety of SMT, moulded thru-hole and TO-style metal packages.

APT are Silicon Detectors and photodiode suppliers, from Opto Diode Corporation and SensL Technologies Limited.

Opto Diode Corporation:
ODC’s silicon photodiode wafer fabrication is believed to be the only North American facility capable of processing 6” wafers and is supported by state-of-the-art photolithographic equipment.

ODC produce a range of standard silicon photodiodes from 1mm² to 42mm² active area in UV, visible and NIR-enhanced formats.

They have worked with many world-leading equipment manufacturers in the medical, military, scientific instrumentation, aerospace, space and industrial markets to provide bespoke single-element and multi-pixel photodiode solutions.

ODC also supply a range of standard hybrid photodiode-preamplifier assemblies and can optimise these to meet the requirements of each application.

Finally ODC’s range of narrowband Silicon Detectors detectors at 470nm, 525nm, 660nm and 880nm offer system designers the opportunity to eliminate the cost and bulk of optical filters from their system.

SensL Technologies:
SensL are at the forefront of a new technology which is rapidly displacing conventional vacuum PMTs in a wide range of low light applications. Their Silicon Photo Multiplier (SPM) technology combines the benefits of solid state technology (spectral range, immunity to magnetic fields, ruggedness) with the sensitivity of a PMT.

SensL’s SPM technology is used in many direct photon detection applications and is also making significant inroads into scintillator-based applications such as medical imaging, high energy physics and radiation detection.

SPM components are offered from 1mm diameter to 6x6mm in a range of ceramic, TO-style and ceramic packages. Also available are complete SPMMini modules designed to get a user up-and-running in matter of minutes. These modules combine the cooled SPM, power supply, cooler controller and preamplifier with optional C-Mount and optical fibre coupler.

For imaging applications SensL offer 16-element arrays in a 4x4 configuration which are designed for 3-side and 4-sided tiling - and there is also a complete 256-channel SPM system supplied with power supply, preamplifiers and XY cross-wire readout. [IMAGE SPMArray4 Scalable - - - .jpg]

SensL also offer Photon Counting Detector (PCD) modules with cooled PCD, power supply, cooler controller, high speed preamplifier and timing electronics with active quenching of the Geiger Mode avalanche and a USB communications board providing easy integration with PCs running the provided SensL Integrated Environment (SIE) software.

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