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One Silicon Chip Photonics

Semiconductors & PhotonicsDefenceMontreal, QC

Montreal fabless integrated-optics sensor company building photonic inertial measurement units, including on-chip optical gyroscopes, accelerometers and vibrometers, for navigation where satellite positioning is unavailable.

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About

Company site: oscp.com

Montreal fabless integrated-optics sensor company building photonic inertial measurement units, including on-chip optical gyroscopes, accelerometers and vibrometers, for navigation where satellite positioning is unavailable.

  • Describes itself as a fabless Canadian-based integrated optics sensor company providing inertial navigation sensors for autonomous vehicles. oscp.com

  • Positions its photonic inertial navigation products as ITAR-free and made in Canada. oscp.com

  • Listed in the Photons Canada community directory as One Silicon Chip Photonics Inc. of Montreal, Quebec. photonscanada.ca

  • Awarded Innovative Solutions Canada Testing Stream contract CW2438157 to deliver IMU variants for testing with DRDC Valcartier in GNSS-denied navigation (2026). oscp.com

Government & Grants

Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.

  1. FABrIC Process Development award, administered by CMC Microsystems: Refined Fabrication Process Development for Low-Loss Photonic Gyroscope Sensor Microchips

  2. Innovative Solutions Canada Testing Stream (contract CW2438157, IMU testing with DRDC Valcartier) — testing-stream contract

  3. Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (defence market and MIL-STD-810 qualification) — grant

  4. Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (PIC-based IMU) — contribution

  5. Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (Eureka Xecs NAVPIC gyroscope project) — contribution

  6. Sustainable Development Technology Canada — project funding

    C$3.2M2021canada.ca

People

Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.

Kazem Zandi

Founder and CEO

Alex Lintott

Director of Commercialization

Technology Focus

Company site: oscp.com

Terms the company uses about its own work.

Integrated opticsPhotonic inertial measurementOptical gyroscopeSagnac effectMEMS IMUFabless semiconductor

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