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Lynred, the Glossary

Lynred (often stylized as LYNRED; formerly called Sofradir) is a B2B company with headquarters in Palaiseau, France that designs and manufactures infrared (IR) detectors for military, space and commercial applications.^[1]

23 relations: Avalanche photodiode, Business-to-business, CEA-Leti: Laboratoire d'électronique des technologies de l'information, General Electric, Grenoble, Infrared, Isère, Low rate initial production, Microbolometer, Military, Molecular-beam epitaxy, Outer space, Palaiseau, Privately held company, Research and development, Safran, SAGEM, Staring array, Surveillance, Targeting pod, Thales Group, Thermography, Veurey-Voroize.
French companies established in 1986
Infrared sensor materials

Avalanche photodiode

An avalanche photodiode (APD) is a highly sensitive type of photodiode, which in general are semiconductor diodes that exploit the photoelectric effect to convert light into electricity.

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Business-to-business

Business-to-business (B2B or, in some countries, BtoB) is a situation where one business makes a commercial transaction with another.

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CEA-Leti: Laboratoire d'électronique des technologies de l'information

CEA-Leti (Laboratoire d'électronique des technologies de l'information) is a research institute for electronics and information technologies, based in Grenoble, France.

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General Electric

General Electric Company (GE) was an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the state of New York and headquartered in Boston.

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Grenoble

Grenoble (or Grainóvol; Graçanòbol) is the prefecture and largest city of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France.

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Infrared

Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.

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Isère

Isère (Isera; Isèra) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Low rate initial production

Low rate initial production (LRIP) is a term commonly used in military weapon projects/programs to designate the phase of initial, small-quantity production.

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Microbolometer

A microbolometer is a specific type of bolometer used as a detector in a thermal camera.

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Military

A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.

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Molecular-beam epitaxy

Molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) is an epitaxy method for thin-film deposition of single crystals.

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Outer space

Outer space (or simply space) is the expanse that exists beyond Earth's atmosphere and between celestial bodies.

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Palaiseau

Palaiseau is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France.

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Privately held company

A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets.

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Research and development

Research and development (R&D or R+D; also known in Europe as research and technological development or RTD) is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products and carrier science computer marketplace e-commerce, copy center and service maintenance troubleshooting software, hardware improving existing ones.

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Safran

Safran S.A. is a French multinational aerospace and defense corporation that designs, develops and manufactures aircraft engines, helicopter engines, spacecraft propulsion systems as well as various other aerospace and military equipment.

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SAGEM

SAGEM (Société d’Applications Générales de l’Électricité et de la Mécanique, translated as "Company of General Applications of Electricity and Mechanics") was a French company involved in defense electronics, consumer electronics, and communication systems.

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Staring array

A staring array, also known as staring-plane array or focal-plane array (FPA), is an image sensor consisting of an array (typically rectangular) of light-sensing pixels at the focal plane of a lens.

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Surveillance

Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, many activities, or information for the purpose of information gathering, influencing, managing, or directing.

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Targeting pod

Targeting pods (TGP) are target designation tools used by attack aircraft for identifying targets and guiding precision-guided munition (PGM) such as laser-guided bombs to those targets.

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Thales Group

Thales Group is a French multinational company that designs, develops and manufactures electrical systems as well as devices and equipment for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security sectors.

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Thermography

Infrared thermography (IRT), thermal video and/or thermal imaging, is a process where a thermal camera captures and creates an image of an object by using infrared radiation emitted from the object in a process, which are examples of infrared imaging science.

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Veurey-Voroize

Veurey-Voroize (Vorê) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynred

Also known as Sofradir.