"We were lucky to have a good customer already when we started," says Edvard Kälvesten, company MD.
Silex Microsystems, a spin-off from the research institute Acreo, intends to manufacture different MEMS-based products. However, the company is also developing products for its own customers. The company intends to standardise some of these products. First out is a MEMS substrate for precision assembly of optical components. In short, the substrate makes it easier to line up a laser with a lens.
The company is also developing a micro mechanical radio frequency switch, which could be used for instance to switch between different antenna solutions in future multiband phones. This product is about a year away from being launched and secrecy still surrounds it.
Gittan Cedervall