Semi Conductor Devices (SCD), a global leader in the development and manufacture of a wide range of cooled and uncooled infrared detectors and high-power laser diodes, announced an increase in demand specifically in its commercial and industrial business in FY 2020. As well as delivering detectors to existing OGI customers, SCD received new orders for substantial deliveries in 2021, and signed a contract with a new OGI customer.
The company's detectors are now deployed in various commercial and industrial applications, including OGI, thermographic applications, Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS), commercial space applications, scientific cameras, and more.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized the use of infrared (IR) imaging cameras as a leak-detection tool, enabling implementation of IR-based OGI applications to play a significant role in the detection of petrochemical gases (mostly methane) and greenhouse gases, like SF6. SCD detectors (cooled and uncooled) are found today in different OGI cameras worldwide. Leveraging its advanced HOT technology, SCD enables unique IR detectors for this market, with proven added value for low SWaP-C requirements, in an affordable, highly-reliable hand-held solution suitable for various applications, including OGI and surveillance.
Among its new projects in 2020, SCD delivered a unique SWIR sensor to the Institute for Solar Physics at Stockholm University in Sweden to be installed in the Swedish Solar Telescope on the Spanish island of La Palma. Space and new space have also been a focus, with the company’s InGaAs cooled and uncooled sensors selected for various satellite cameras in diverse applications, such as meteorological studies, fire detection, star trackers and docking sensors. SCD's newly introduced Crane sensor with 5 Mega pixel/5 µm pitch, was selected by one of SCD’s customers for implementation in an advanced industrial application thermographic camera.
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