Primoceler, ON Semiconductor to Provide Hermetically Sealed CMOS Sensors for ESA

Laser glass-welding firm Primoceler has teamed up with ON Semiconductor to provide hermetically sealed CMOS sensors for European Space Agency orbital missions.

Based on ON Semiconductor’s HAS3 hermetic design, the sensors are encased in an impermeable seam of glass using laser welding technology, which helps to avoid any problems due to pressure and temperature changes and the vacuum of space.

Glass offers a fully hermetic seal of all components, the company said, along with an extremely small heat affected zone during the welding process.

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