Sensors
Quadrant photo-diode with a 5 mm2 active area
Opto Diode has introduced the SXUVPS4C, a quadrant photodiode with a 5 mm2 active area in each quadrant. TO-5 windowless packaged photodiode features a 5-pin header, making it easy to integrate into new or existing systems. With light responsivity from 1 to 1000 nm and a shunt resistance of 100
1 min readGesture control tech: One on Infrared based and other an-ultrasonic
Non-touch gesture control interfaces is gaining popular for use in consumer electronics as well as to control desktop computers and automotive infotainment sys. There are two recent announcements on the technologies related to gesture control; one from Vishay based on Infrared, and other from Ellipt
5 min read8M CMOS image sensor for smart phone and tablet
Toshiba has unveiled "T4K35", a 1.12µm, 8-megapixel BSI CMOS image sensor with color noise reduction (CNR). The key specifications of this image sensor includes: Integrates a CNR circuit and realizes a signal-to-noise ratio equal to Toshiba's equivalent products fabricated with 1.4µm pixel pro
1 min readOpto, sensor, and discrete semiconductor market update; 1% growth in 2013
IC Insights, which regularly does the market analysis of optoelectronics, sensor/actuator and discrete semiconductor market has announced its latest findings of this market for year 2013. Below are the key findings shared by IC Insights. Several years after a strong recovery from the 2008-2009 do
4 min readIHS: Magnetic sensors' revenue to reach $1.73B in 2013
IHS says semiconductor magnetic sensors are on track to attain 7 percent revenue growth in year 2013. IHS estimates global market revenue for magnetic sensors will reach $1.73 billion at year-end, up from $1.62 billion in 2012. Next year will see revenue expand again by approximately 7 percent t
5 min readADI sold its microphone business to InvenSense
Analog Devices sold its microphone product line assets to MEMS device maker InvenSense for $100 million in cash. The sold assets include analog and digital output microphones, as well as certain support operations. The total revenue ADI has earned from microphone business is not more than 1% of t
1 min readCombo sensors to shape a $3B market, as per Yole
Yole Développement has reported the Combo sensors will almost triple from 2012 to 2013. Yole says year 2012 was seen by many as a turnkey year for consumer combo sensors, with high volume adoption in platforms such as Samsung Galaxy S smartphones. 6-axis IMU are already adopted in a growing num
6 min readLong-range wireless M2M sensor/IOT network without repeaters
Semtech has announced it is partnering with Germany-based IMST in developing its IM880A radio module designed using Semtech’s LoRa long distance technology. LoRa technology powered iM880A can provide long-range radio connection for industrial control, security/automation, smart metering, and sen
2 min readICsense designs ASIC for world's first MEMS speaker
Audio Pixels Holdings Limited has selected ICsense to design high-voltage ASIC chips for driving its MEMS based digital speakers. Audio Pixels has designed and patented low cost micro-electro mechanical ("MEMS") digital speakers to convert digital audio signal into sound waves. "The wealth of kn
3 min readIs MEMS the best technology for future robot!
If you look at the recently published robotic research done by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the basic physical unit to construct a robot is small-sized electromechanical system integrated with electronics. Researchers at MIT have developed cube like blocks, which can assemb
4 min read24-bit low power piezo resistive sensor signal interface IC
Micro Analog Systems Oy has announced MAS6503, a 24-bit Piezo Resistive Sensor Signal Interface IC primarily intended for MEMS based pressure sensor modules. The device uses a ratiometric AD-converter principle employing a delta-sigma conversion to achieve high noise performance. Its current con
2 min readUniPixel and Kodak cobranding touch sensor family 'InTouch'
UniPixel and Kodak are collaborating deeper in cobranding a touch sensor product. The touch sensor family called UniBoss from UniPixel is now cobranded as "InTouch Sensors" by both the companies. Both the companies are ramping up the production of this new cobranded touch sensor product which is
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