Leti to demonstrate consumer technology breakthroughs at CES 2016

The three demonstrations at Eureka Park in the Sands hotel mark Leti’s first formal participation at CES, and reflect the institute’s growing focus on applied technologies for consumer market solutions. 

The demonstrators includes the DiamonDisplay, the world’s brightest augmented-reality display with the first demonstrator of a high-density micro-LED array that is scalable to a standard microelectronic large-scale fabrication process. This micro-LED display provides brightness that is 100 to 1,000 times higher than current micro displays, enables very high definition, very sharp contrast in daylight and is suitable for compact, lighter products that consume less power.

Another demonstration will be the G-Link, a low-power, wireless connection that enables ultra-high-speed transfer of gigabits of data between two devices a few centimeters apart. For consumers it provides a wireless connection between two mobile devices to share, for example, HD videos, between a movie camera and a video display, or between a kiosk and a tablet to download HD videos, etc. G-Link uses a very compact and low-cost package, integrating the entire system, including antennas. The 2^nd gen will be available in 2016 and will provide increased data rate (5Gbps) at lower power consumption (50mW).

The other demonstration will be the TV White Space modem, the world’s first wide-area, wireless technology based on the IEEE 1900.7 standard, providinghigh-speed Internet service over long-distances from just one access point. Leti’s demonstration shows a new wireless-network solution that uses adjacent spectrum bands to provide broad coverage indoors and out: up to 64km range in open spaces. The technology can help reduce the digital divide by providing broadband access in underserved rural areas.

“Leti is well known in the industry as a strategic partner for companies that come to us to help them apply tomorrow’s microelectronic technologies in their products, ranging from consumer markets to biotech, security, transportation and the IoT,” said Marie Semeria, CEO, Leti. “But we also encourage our teams to imagine how our expertise can enhance consumers’ quality of like. This focus on innovation is a pillar of Leti’s successful startup programme and these demonstrators provide a sample of the results.”

Three recent Leti startups also will demonstrate technologies at Eureka Park:

• Aryballe Technologies will show the diversity of its biochemical sensors in a universal detector able to identify several thousand odors listed in olfactory-signature databases. Its first product is a portable odor-detection device, Neosmia, for people with smell disorders. Booth 81234.

• eLichens develops services and miniaturised sensors for consumers and professionals to detect, monitor and predict air quality. The sensors continuously measure the CO, CO2 or CH4 values in local ambient air. Booth 81233.

• The AirBoard is an Arduino-compatible, wireless, open-source computer for rapidly prototyping smart connected objects for the IoT. Booth 81232.