Safran Colibrys is a Swiss MEMS manufacturer, providing capacitive accelerometers and gyros. These sensors are designed for accuracy, offering high-performance and long-term reliability. More than a manufacturer of high-end sensors, Colibrys is a proven partner for those who demand a constant supply of high-tech marvels. Colibrys was founded in 2001 as a spin-off of a Swiss technological incubator and matured as a SAFRAN Group company starting with 2013.
Products and services
Inertial sensors: The long term stability, low vibration rectification error and reliability of our standard MEMS capacitive accelerometers consistently meet the continually increasing needs of Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and Attitude-Heading and Reference System (AHRS) products for civilian and military applications.
Tilt and vibration sensors: These variable capacitance sensors, because of their inherent high resolution, their high temperature stability and low energy consumption, efficiently meet requirements for shock, vibration or angle measurements in different applications like automotive and railway monitoring and testing, and wind turbines to name a few.
Seismic sensors: These sensors are very resistant to very low noise dedicated to applications such as in oil exploration in the health monitoring of buildings (Structural Health Monitoring) or in stabilizing platforms. This advanced technique easily replaces a traditional geophone or seismometer for different types of seismic measurements.
Contract manufacturing: Colibrys offers contract manufacturing services to both fabless market leaders and companies in strong growth phase (especially in the industrial, telecommunications, and harsh environment markets) who demand specific technical expertise in areas of:
Bulk micromachining
Wafer assembly, Silicon Fusion Bonding
Surface on Insulator (SOI) micromachining
Etching, Wet (KOH, HF), Dry (DRIE)
Photolithography
Diffusion (Oxide, Nitride)
Multi stack wafer processing
Precision assembly
