Teledyne DALSA

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Teledyne DALSA
Company typeSubsidiary of Teledyne Technologies
IndustryElectronic Equipment
Headquarters
Waterloo, Ontario
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Canada
Key people
 Edwin Roks
Number of employees
1,000 [1]
Parent Teledyne Technologies (Canada)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website www.teledynedalsa.com

Teledyne DALSA (formerly DALSA Corporation) is a Canadian company specializing in the design and manufacture of specialized electronic imaging components (image sensors, cameras, frame grabbers, imaging software) as well as specialized semiconductor fabrication (MEMS, [2] high voltage ASICs). Teledyne DALSA is part of the Teledyne Imaging group, the leading-edge imaging companies aligned under the Teledyne umbrella.

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History

The company was founded in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1980 by imaging pioneer Savvas Chamberlain, a former professor in electrical engineering at the University of Waterloo. It originally concentrated in developing and generating charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor technology.

The company was capitalised in November 1984 and was publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in May 1996.

It has grown into an industry leader in semiconductor technology, employing as of 2011 approximately 1000 individuals worldwide [3] and earning revenues of more than $200 million.[ when? ] Headquarters remain in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, but the company has expanded operations into Billerica, Massachusetts; Santa Clara, California; Bromont and Montreal, Quebec; Eindhoven and Enschede, Netherlands, in addition to sales offices in Germany, Japan, and China.

DALSA was acquired by Teledyne in February 2011. [3]

Technology and applications

The company designs and manufactures digital imaging products for industrial, scientific, and medical applications, including semiconductor wafer inspection, printed circuit inspection, general machine vision, digital radiography, medium format photography, aerial photogrammetry, and astronomy. Notably, many of the image sensors employed in NASA’s Spirit (2004), Opportunity (2004), and Curiosity (2011) Mars Rovers were manufactured by DALSA.

DALSA is one of few industrial digital camera producers that has a vertically integrated supply chain. In 2002, Dalsa bought the Bromont semiconductor wafer foundry from Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. [4] DALSA owns the wafer forge where many of its imaging sensors are manufactured and is one of the few manufacturers offering both CCD and CMOS sensors.

In 2005 DALSA acquired Canadian frame grabber and camera manufacturer Coreco (based in Montreal). In doing so, Teledyne DALSA added software, acquisition and further gigabit Ethernet technology to its portfolio.

In 2003 DALSA introduced a digital cinema camera (the Origin camera system), but despite remarkable imaging performance the system was not a commercial success and the project was wound down in 2009. [5] [6] In 2007, it was redesigned to provide a better image output and was renamed the Dasla Origin II, later that same year the Evolution camera was also released. [5] [7]

In 2023, Teledyne DALSA announced the production of a new camera, the Linea2 4k Multispectral 5GigE. [8] [9]

Recognition

In 2007, DALSA was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine, one of a few manufacturing companies to receive this honour. [10]

In 2010, Yole Développement named DALSA’s wafer foundry as "the leading independent pure‐play MEMS foundry worldwide". [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Company Profile for Dalsa Corp (CA;DSA)" . Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  2. ↑ Feng, Emily (29 January 2019). "How China acquired mastery of vital microchip technology". Financial Times.
  3. 1 2 "PRESS RELEASE: Teledyne and DALSA Complete Plan of Arrangement". dalsa.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "DALSA to Acquire Bromont Semiconductor Wafer Foundry". Laser Focus World. 2002-01-22. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  5. 1 2 Giardina, Carolyn (2007-04-10). "Dalsa goes wide with 4k camera, lens". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  6. ↑ "Eight Dalsa Origin 4K Cameras Used on Quantum Solace". Digital Cinema Report. 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  7. ↑ Wyndham, Simon. "Whatever happened to the Dalsa Origin cinema camera?". www.redsharknews.com. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  8. ↑ "Teledyne to Showcase Comprehensive Portfolio of Imaging Technologies at Automate 2023". automation.com. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  9. ↑ "Teledyne DALSA announces a new line scan camera is now in production - Manufacturing AUTOMATIONManufacturing AUTOMATION". www.automationmag.com. 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  10. ↑ "Reasons for Selection, 2007 Canada's Top 100 Employers". Archived from the original on 2012-07-29.
  11. ↑ "Newest Markets Bolster 2009 MEMS Top 30". Yole Développement. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
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