SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel®
Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a global leader in microcontroller and
touch technology solutions, today launched its next-generation
maXTouch® U family, bringing the world's first
capacitive touchscreen solution to allow no compromise for
designing new state-of-the-art displays. OEMs will no longer have
to worry about touch and display performance when selecting thinner
stacks such as on-cell, hybrid in-cell, full in-cell touchscreens
utilizing very thin film and glass substrates.
The proliferation of smart devices along with the innovation in
display technologies have put many new challenging requirements on
touchscreen technology. The touchscreens not only have to operate
with thin noisier displays, cheaper noisier chargers and numerous
environmental noise sources, but also have to work with thick
gloves in cold climates, moisture in humid environments and stylus
for content creation.
The maXTouch U architecture is designed from the ground-up to
service these requirements, enabling the highest hover distance of
25mm while cutting the touch power by 50%. This family provides
full in-cell integration without requiring costly display
synchronization for the OEM, enabling the fastest touch response
for users compared to any competing solution today. maXTouch U
series allows multi-finger operation with moisture on the screen
and supports side-buttons for an easy-to-use user experience
especially in camera mode. The high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
supports very thin 1mm passive and active stylus handwriting with
full palm rejection for a flawless content creation experience.
"Competing touch solutions do not have the fundamental building
blocks required to support the technical demands of thinner and
flexible advanced displays," said Binay
Bajaj, Sr. Director of Touch Marketing, Atmel Corporation.
"Meeting these technological demands, the new maXTouch U family is
truly a testament to the team's innovative engineering techniques.
Leading OEMs are extremely excited to use this new architecture to
achieve unprecedented touch performance for next-generation
products."
Availability
The maXTouch mXT874U is the first sampling product in this new
family.
More Information
Atmel maXTouch U Series:
http://www.atmel.com/microsite/maxtouch-u-series/default.aspx
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About Atmel
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) is a
worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers,
capacitive touch solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal,
nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging
one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP)
technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics
industry with intelligent and connected solutions focused on the
industrial, consumer, communications, computing and automotive
markets.
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