VANCOUVER - Zecotek Photonics Inc. ("Zecotek" or the "Company") (TSX-V: ZMS) (Frankfurt: W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for healthcare, industrial and scientific markets, is pleased to announce that it has initiated the manufacturing of its new generation series of solid-state micro-pixel avalanche photo diodes and transistors (MAPD/T) at the Malaysian Institute of Microelectronics Systems.
A portion of the funds raised in the divisional equity financing announced in June 2018 have been allocated to the manufacturing of the new generation series of solid-state MAPD/T. The Company will move to full production and commercialization to meet the increasing demand for medical imaging, high-energy physics and other industrial applications including an expected increase in joint sale with the LFS scintillation crystal for advanced positron emission tomography (PET) medical scanners.
"We are very pleased to have the Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems begin the production of our patented high dynamic range photo detectors," said Dr. A.F. Zerrouk, Chairman, President, and CEO of Zecotek Photonics Inc. "This is the first phase to the commercialization of the new generation series of solid-state MAPD/T before moving to full production and commercialization. We are experiencing increased demand from medical imaging, high energy physics and other industrial sectors for applications such as LIDAR for electric and self driven vehicles, due to the significant performance advantages of our MAPD/T."
Zecotek's patented series of solid-state MAPD/T have been modified to improve performance parameters and reduce the cost of manufacture, and now offer significant performance-cost advantages over competing photomultiplier tubes (PMT) and other solid-state, silicon-based photo detectors known as SiPM. Recent changes have reduced the manufacturing cost and improved timing resolution and photon detection efficiency - key characteristics for the new configurations of high resolution PET medical scanners. The solid-state MAPD/T also offer superior recovery time, unique radiation hardness and display of the highest possible linearity, making them prime components for the improved detector designs required in high energy experiments at the Chinese Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) and CERN.
Also reported, as part of the recently announced strategic review undertaken by the board of directors and senior management of the Company, each subsidiary of the Company has been tasked to enhance their intellectual property portfolio to target those markets with immediate needs in fast growing industries. This review has identified new and exciting applications for the solid-state MAPD/T in emerging industries such as self-driving automobiles, agriculture and genomics.
Source : Zecotek Photonics Inc