Recent achievements from a new European space optoelectronic component supplier

Optoi's involvement in RD the encouraging radiation resu lts collected throughout 2013 led to a ESCC ETP being initiated i n September 2013 and concluded in February 2014. Th e collected results are currently under elaboration and the ESC C procedures are being followed, with a view of rea ching the EPPL inclusion. In parallel, another has started focusing on the de velopment of an 8-channel phototransistor array for optical angular encoders, whose early developments for CNES have be en presented in the three previous editions of ISRO S. The current project state is presented in this paper, focusing on two key aspects related to this device, i.e. its strategic importance within the European market and the current developm ent of an hermetic assembly version, as long as the back-end packaging technology is concerned. Finally, Optoi has recently started a third activit y for the manufacturing and preliminary space asses sment of a new multi-channel silicon photodiode, representing a co mplementary solution addressing different requireme nts for future optical encoders. All the abovementioned developments are based on th e internal manufacturing of devices; the microelect ronic front-end process is managed by FBK's MNF, in close collabora tion with Optoi which on the other hand is mainly i