The partnership will bring Singular’s next generation image sensors based on single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) to customers in key European markets and industry sectors.
The collaboration means that AMS becomes Singular’s primary distribution and support partner for the European market and brings decades of experience in photonics. AMS said that it will look to leverage its extensive sales network to deliver Singular’s breakthrough SPAD technologies to OEMs, research labs, and system integrators across Europe.
Singular is one of the first companies to bring advanced on-chip computation to SPAD-based image sensing. The company’s single-photon detection technology enables the extraction of significantly more information from light by leveraging real-time processing of photon-level signals.
This helps to unlock a range of new capabilities across multiple fields, including:
Robotics and machine vision – enabling direct time of flight depth sensing for vision and low-light imaging for inspection and control.
Biomedical imaging – supporting highly accurate, real-time detection of conditions such as cancer and blood flow monitoring.
Scientific and quantum research – enabling time-resolved Raman spectroscopy and fluorescent lifetime imaging with low photon budgets.
“Partnering with AMS Technologies is a pivotal moment in our growth and marks a major step toward global commercialisation of our sensors,” said Shahida Imani, CEO at Singular Photonics. “Our SPAD sensors are enabling entirely new imaging applications across many fields, and AMS’s deep market knowledge, customer relationships and trusted support infrastructure will be invaluable in bringing these innovations to European partners.”
