Big breakthroughs in technology can hinge on the smallest of details. Consumer electronics, medical devices, industrial equipment, and other technologies are advancing at incredible pace with new features and functionality every year. Some of the biggest leaps in technology could come from new materials, which enable smaller, faster, and high performance components. Manufacturers are demanding precisely structured glass wafers to drive new applications in sensor, battery, and diagnostic technology.
Challenge
No more trade-offs
Standard techniques for structuring glass wafers have reached their limits due to material tolerances and manufacturing capabilities. Besides, structuring glass is always a trade-off: customers can either focus on low cost, flexibility or tight tolerances. There has not been a gold standard to combine these three customers‘ trade-offs in a beneficial equilibrium. This fact made it necessary to find new ways for structuring glass that shrink cost, ensure distinctive flexibility and offer tight tolerances.
Flexibility
Low Cost
Tight
Tolerances
Glass structuring technologies
Perfect feature equilibrium
People
SCHOTT research and development teams came together to explore how to improve glass structuring. Three experts from different parts of the company drove their vision of glass-made design freedom.
“Conventional glass processing reached its limits. We needed to find a new way to meet our customers’ visions.” Matthias Jotz, Product Manager Sensor & Semicon, SCHOTT Advanced Optics
“Matthias reached out to me with this challenging task. Our joined team of experts from both R&D and technical services supported his vision and found a truly unique way in a very short time!” Dr. Markus Heiß-Chouquet, Material Scientist, SCHOTT Technical Services
“The great thing about our technology is, that it gives you design freedom and freedom of choice regarding glass types.” Fabian Wagner, Post-Processing Specialist, SCHOTT Research & Development
Innovation
Changing the game
New breakthroughs in wafer structuring will allow for smaller electronic wafers, sensors, and batteries to give
designers and manufacturers more freedom in creating products and integrating components.
Flexibility
Accuracy &
Precision
Customized
Solutions
A new and unique way to
structure glass wafers
Design Freedom
The high-precision structures of the new FLEXINITY® portfolio of structured wafers enable new application possibilities and advanced miniaturization.
Lowest Tolerances
FLEXINITY® makes any shape possible – its process accommodates extremely fine tolerances and structures.
Free Choice of Glass
Every application demands something different of its material. FLEXINITY® offers users a wide range of different borosilicate glass types.
Broad Range of Thicknesses
FLEXINITY® can even structure ultra-thin SCHOTT glass with thicknesses down to 0.1 mm.
Individual Solutions
FLEXINITY® offers customized solutions and designs. Any shape can be implemented, giving customers complete freedom.
Let’s define the future of structured glass together.
