Who we are
Innovative semiconductor and system solutions for sensors, motion and light: iC-Haus provides its customers with decisive competitive advantages in industrial, automotive and medical applications. iC-Haus develops and manufactures both application-specific standard products and customer-specific integrated circuits according to your specifications.
As a proven specialist for highly integrated analog and mixed-signal circuits, iC-Haus’ solutions enable the simple use of iCs in highly complex, world-class applications, e.g. in time-of-flight products or in encoders and motor feedback systems.
Founded in 1984, iC-Haus has become a leading independent manufacturer of magnetic and optical encoder iCs for position sensing applications worldwide. Laser diode drivers and components for industrial sensor communication are further focal points. With BiSS, iC-Haus has even created a globally established open-source standard interface for digital real-time communication between sensors, actuators and controllers.
What we do
Our technology offering includes mixed-signal CMOS, power BCD, and high-voltage and bipolar processes. With optional photosensitive or Hall structures, we can develop monolithic microsystems with integrated sensors.
In addition to standard plastic packages, we are able to manufacture and test custom modules based on PCBs or flex PCBs in our own backend packaging line.
Zero-defect quality is a top priority for iC-Haus products. Device handling and testing is highly automated, with utmost care and accuracy over a wide temperature range to ensure 100% delivery quality and absolute reliability in the final application.
Learn more about our zero defect strategy.
How we do it
The company’s success is based on continuous R&D activities and first-class technical support for our customers during the integration of our products into their application. Numerous patents and awards testify to the lived culture of innovation. For example, iC-Haus is the winner of the Rhineland-Palatinate Innovation Award 2017 for the EncoderBlue® position sensor and won the AMA Innovation Award 2012 for an Energy Harvesting Multiturn Encoder. With our products, that combine millions of switches on an area smaller than a fingernail, we make the world a little safer, smarter and more efficient every day, many million times a year.
Our headquarters in Bodenheim, located in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main metropolitan area, combines state-of-the-art production facilities, office space and a clean room for backend packaging. We prove our claim to quality, performance and delivery reliability every day and supply the most demanding customers worldwide. Of course, iC-Haus is ISO 9001 certified and we support our customers with the appropriate documents and certificates for safety and automotive applications.
iC-Haus History
1984
iC-Haus is founded by Dr. Heiner Flocke and Manfred Herz
1985
The first iC enters production
1990
The first basic patent on
opto-iCs is filed
1992
Volume production of automotive iCs begins
1993
iC-Haus moves into its first own building
1994
iC-Haus starts selling ASSPs
International partners become appointed iC-Haus
1998
Winner of the RLP Innovation Award for Airbag iCs
2002
iC-Haus introduces the open source sensor interface BiSS
2006
Grand opening of the iC-Haus extension for 250 employees
2009
25th anniversary of iC-Haus
2012
Winner of the award as Entrepreneur of the Year
Winner of the AMA Innovation Award 2012 for Energy Harvesting Encoder
Opening of the new iC-Haus 55,000 square feet production and logistics facility in Bodenheim
2017
Winner of the RLP Innovation Award for position sensor EncoderBlue®
2019
Expansion of production facility in Bodenheim
2021
Opening of the representative office iC-Haus China in Shenzhen
Turnover exceeds one hundred million euro for the first time
2023
Awarded as Company of the Year in Mainz/Bingen-District
BiSS Interface
BiSS is an – Open Source – digital interface for sensors and actuators. BiSS is hardware compatible to the industrial standard SSI (Serial Synchronous Interface) but offers additional features and options.
The BiSS Interface was introduced by iC-Haus as an Open-Source interface in 2002. The BiSS User Group was officially set up by formation of the BiSS Association e.V. in 2017 which pursues the BiSS Interface platform as an independent society. The BiSS protocol is published in all details as Open-Source and follows GPL-rules (General Public Licence).
Research and Development
In addition to developing exciting new products, iC-Haus employees also research and develop fundamental technologies and solutions for the future. In collaboration with partners from industry and research, iC-Haus has successfully carried out numerous funded projects in the past and present.
Our research projects are funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the European Union and the German Central Innovation Program for SMEs (ZIM), among others.
