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Article: STMICROELECTRONICS UNVEILS TOUCH SENSOR FOR PORTABLE APPS.

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August 1, 2007
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STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has unveiled a new family of ultra-low-power touch-sensor chips, following the signing of a technology-licensing agreement with the Korean company ATLab, Inc. The sensors are intended for portable applications such as mobile phones, PDAs, notebook PCs and media players, as well as for the cost-sensitive white-goods market. The new "S-Touch" family uses ATLab's capacitive touch-sensing technology, which is based on a fully-digital architecture that needs no on-chip MCU, memory or firmware to implement control interfaces responsive to their users' touch. The first products in the family are 8-channel and 12-channel devices.

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