Fujitsu Microelectronics Marketing Touch Sensor Controller for Portable Device
Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) today announced that the company is now distributing a compact, flexible touch sensor controller from ATLab Inc. of South Korea. The FMA1127 controller converts capacitance generated by the human body and conductive touch pad to digital data – with no analog processing.
This low-power, fast-processing, easy-to-implement capacitive touch controller is ideally suited for mobile phones, PDAs, remote controllers, multimedia players and other mobile devices. Digital touch sensor technology allows for easy, multi-touch, intuitive access and navigation. The controller is water resistant and can be implemented with a variety of materials, making the FMA1127 an ideal design choice for alarm systems, handheld health care products, and home appliances, or for other applications where the controller can replace mechanical switches and buttons.
"The FMA1127 represents a significant breakthrough in human input devices, enabling lighter and smaller mobile devices that use all-digital processing for access and navigation – at a very competitive price point," said Dean Chang, senior product marketing manager at Fujitsu Microelectronics. "This touch sensor controller is very environmentally friendly, power efficient, and can be easily integrated with existing microcontrollers into a broad range of mobile products, home appliances and other systems."
"We continue to see a strong focus on touch-screen technology in handset markets and expect all the major manufacturers to release touch-screen phones in 2009. Also, we expect to see tighter integration of touch screens with software and hardware in 2009, which will drive greater touch screen adoption and a faster transition to capacitive technology from resistive technology," said Amy Leong, research director at Gartner Dataquest (Source: "Dataquest Insight: Touch-Screen Gadgets Are Hot at CES 2009", January 28, 2009). [Fujitsu Press Release]
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