SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a
leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today
launched its next-generation 4 channels Passive Keyless Entry (PKE)
coil drivers with an integrated immobilizer base station.
Expandable to 8 low-frequency (LF) channels, the new Atmel ATA5291
is the world's most integrated passive entry coil driver, allowing
car manufacturers to deliver the latest breakthrough technologies
in a variety of PKE applications.
Atmel continues to combine the most innovative technologies onto
a single die, allowing automotive manufacturers to deliver
next-generation technologies to their customers. The new ATA5291
PKE device combines low-frequency drivers and immobilizer base
station technology into a tiny QFN-49 package, essentially removing
one low frequency antenna, a standalone immobilizer base station
module and an external crystal/resonator. This new device allows
car manufacturers to reduce their overall system cost and enables a
superior out-of-band suppression to ensure a robust immobilizer
operation, allowing more than 4 meters for the antenna harness.
This extended distance gives customers the freedom to integrate it
into a dedicated electronic control unit or into a body control
module anywhere in the vehicle.
The new device has the fastest current regulation loop available
on the market today, ensuring faster and more reliable key
localization. Targeting the car access PKE market, the new devices
are directly connected to the car battery to transmit a high LF
signal to wake-up the key inside (or outside) of the car. The key
will then send an encrypted identification number to the car via an
ultra-high frequency (UHF) signal, enabling the car door to
lock/unlock or the engine to start.
Unlike other devices on the market, the Atmel ATA5291 features a
programmable carrier shape to mitigate electromagnetic radiation
(EMR). A programmable instruction buffer with flexible commands is
also integrated into the device to offload tasks from the host
controller and enable for the first time value-added features for
the consumer such as a welcome light or walk-away locking with a
longer range and reduced power consumption.
"Atmel is delivering the latest innovative technologies to
next-generation vehicles with over two decades of automotive
experience," said Matthias Kaestner,
Vice President and General Manager of Automotive Business Unit,
Atmel Corporation. "Delivering robust performance in small form
factors, enabling value added features and BOM cost optimization
are key to driving the PKE market growth. Atmel delivers on all
three in the latest car access series and we look forward to
bringing next-generation technologies to power tomorrow's
cars."
The superior diagnostic capabilities of the ATA5291 enable a
multitude of load fault detection scenario such as short to GND,
short to Vbat, Open load, etc. An extended operational temperature
range of -40C to 125C is critical for power applications making
this device unique in the market.
Availability
Samples and production quantities
of the Atmel ATA5291 are available today. The ATA5291 will be also
demonstrated at the Atmel booth during the International CES 2016
in Las Vegas, Nevada, held in
January 2016.
More Information
Atmel Automotive Solutions:
http://www.atmel.com/products/automotive/default.aspx
Atmel Car Access Solutions:
http://www.atmel.com/products/automotive/car_access/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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