OptoNet Member › Fabu­Lens GmbH

Fabu­Lens GmbH is a sub­si­diary of the Ger­man Fede­ral Agency for Leap Inno­va­tions (SPRIN‑D). In coope­ra­tion with mcd – modern camera designs GmbH, it is deve­lo­ping the inno­va­tive UV repli­ca­tion-based LENSCURE™ manu­fac­tu­ring pro­cess for the pro­duc­tion of cost-effec­tive and high-pre­cis­ion ima­ging optics made of poly­mer. These are used in very large quan­ti­ties, e.g. in smart­phone camera modu­les, opti­cal sen­sor tech­no­logy, auto­mo­bi­les or dis­posable endo­scopy. The tech­no­logy used to manu­fac­ture small asphe­ri­cal len­ses or len­ses made from them com­bi­nes the advan­ta­ges of opti­cal pre­cis­ion injec­tion mol­ding with the mate­ri­als and sca­ling pos­si­bi­li­ties of wafer-level optics deri­ved from semi­con­duc­tor manu­fac­tu­ring and thus has the poten­tial to bring a key tech­no­logy of digi­tal ima­ging back to Ger­many and thus sus­tain­ably streng­then Ger­many as a loca­tion for inno­va­tion. Fabu­Lens‹ tech­no­logy helps to unbundle glo­bal sup­ply chains, reduce depen­den­cies on inter­na­tio­nal sup­pli­ers and increase the resi­li­ence of entire indus­tries. Due to the high level of com­ple­xity, Fabu­Lens focu­ses its deve­lo­p­ment acti­vi­ties exclu­si­vely on appli­ca­ti­ons in high-reso­lu­tion smart­phone camera modu­les, while mcd ser­ves all mar­kets from low to high reso­lu­ti­ons and from small to large quantities.