Sensors

InvenSense and ST settle patent litigation

STMicroelectronics and InvenSense have announced that they have settled all pending proceedings between them and have entered into a patent cross license agreement. The two companies had instituted various proceedings beginning in May 2012 in the United States District Court for the Northern Di

360-degree magnetic field detector from Murata

Murata said it has developed the world's first AMR sensor with 3D sensing capabilities supporting 360-degree magnetic field detection with uniform sensitivity in all directions. 3D Magnetic field can be detected using this single device instead of multiple magnetic sensors. Murata explains: An a

MEMS gyro for camera image stabilization

The number one mobile-device MEMS supplier for STMicroelectronics has introduced a new 2-axis gyroscope specifically optimized for optical image stabilization in smartphones and digital still cameras. 2.3x2.3x0.7mm measuring L2G2IS is 50% smaller than the previous generation by area and 60% sm

FLIR release new Lepton thermal imaging camera core

FLIR Systems has released the new FLIR Lepton thermal imaging camera core. Matching in size, weight, and power consumption to a conventional CMOS cell phone camera module, Lepton is claimed by FLIR as the world's smallest microbolometer-based thermal imaging camera core currently available. Lept

Automotive

Unipolar hall-effect switch from Allegro for automotive and industrial markets

Allegro MicroSystems, LLC has unveiled unipolar, Hall-effect switch A1160 integrating coil surrounding the Hall sensing element. During normal operation, the device functions as a typical unipolar switch (output turns on in the presence of south-pole magnetic field and turns off when the field is re

Smaller 9-axis MEMS module from ST with improved resolution

STMicroelectronics has unveiled a 3.5mm x 3mm outline sized for 9-axis movement and position sensing in mobile phones and tiny wearable electronics. LSM9DS1 module is almost 35% smaller than previous generations helps in adding features such as gesture controls, indoor navigation, and augmented

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Infrared receiver offers minimum irradiance of 0.12 mW/m2

Vishay has announced the new small sized infrared receiver for remote control applications in consumer electronics. The new IR receiver with minimum irradiance of 0.12 mW/m2 is available in five AGC versions, a 20 % improvement in sensitivity over the previous versions. This new IR receiver featur

MEMS for mobile with stands higher mechanical shock and temperature

STMicroelectronics has unveiled a new MEMS accelerometer designed to withstand higher temperature and mechanical shock to support latest sleek mobile phones, which are vulnerable to thermal variation and bending. ST says its new LIS2HH12 3-axis accelerometer introduces an innovative mechanical

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Ultra compact 6-axis motion sensor with industry-lowest power requirement

STMicroelectronics said its new family of always-on 6-axis inertial motion sensors offers industry-lowest power requirements, ultra-compact packaging and unprecedented design flexibility. This new motion-sensing device that can run all sensor-related functions as well as customer-specific applicatio

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Singapore's A*STAR, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and MI to establish MEMS lab

Singapore based A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME), GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MI) are partnering to develop MEMS devices for broad range of applications such as automotive, aerospace, consumer, healthcare, industrial, and mobility. The joi

Image sensor developed combining CCD with peripheral CMOS electronics

Imec is presenting a prototype of a high-performance, time-delay-integration (TDI) image sensor at this week’s ‘CMOS Image Sensors for High Performance Applications’ workshop in Toulouse (France). The image sensor is based on imec’s proprietary embedded charge-coupled device (CCD) in CMOS technology