STMicroelectronics Unveils True Multi-Touch Technology for Slimmer Smartphones

- S-Touch® FingerTip advanced touch controller supports thinner displays and enhances user experience

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2010-11-09 09:51

SEOUL--(뉴스와이어)--The next generations of smartphones are unlikely to become much smaller, but they could be slimmer and smarter using a single-chip widescreen capacitive touchscreen controller announced by STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a leading provider of ICs for mobile and consumer products.

Complementing ST’s leadership in gyroscopes and accelerometers to provide human interface solutions, the S-Touch® FingerTip controller offers true multi-touch capability with unlimited simultaneous touches. The FingerTip also enhances multi-touch actions such as pinch-to-zoom and supports stylus operations, enabling a better user experience.

The FingerTip controller’s patented analog IP provides high signal-to-noise-ratio performance with high scan speed that allows robust and fast touch performance for the user. It also offers the industry’s greatest number of channels, allowing higher touch resolution. Its ultra-low power consumption delivers longer battery life.

Advanced noise cancellation makes this the first device of its kind to support the latest on-cell LCD technology without requiring a ground shielding layer between the display and the touch sensor. This feature allows smartphones to have thinner touchscreen LCD modules with enhanced image quality and reduced assembly costs.

Its high resistance to electrostatic discharge (ESD) makes the S-Touch FingerTip touch controller ideal for use in consumer smartphones. Auto-tuning and self calibration features will reduce external components and support a wide range of touchscreen panels. With a 3mm x 3mm low-profile chip-size package, the FingerTip is the industry’s smallest multi-touch controller.

Main features of S-Touch FingerTip:
·On-cell integrated support for thinner displays
·High SNR
·Ultra-low-power consumption in touch-ready mode, saving battery life
·Industry’s highest number of nodes: 288 (18 x 16)
·8kV HBM ESD protection
·Industry’ s smallest package

FingerTip devices are available in two packages, a QFN 56 (7mm x 7mm) and an ultra-small flip-chip CSP 49 (3mm x 3mm), already available for design-ins and mass-production. Budgetary pricing for S-Touch FingerTip is available to OEM customers on request.

ST마이크로일렉트로닉스 개요
ST마이크로일렉트로닉스는 혁신적인 반도체 솔루션을 다양한 전자 애플리케이션 분야의 고객들에게 제공하고 있는 세계적인 선도업체이다. ST는 자사의 방대한 기술, 설계 전문기술 및 IP 포트폴리오 통합, 전략적 협력업체와 강력한 제조시설 등을 활용하여 멀티미디어 컨버전스 및 전력 애플리케이션 분야에서 명실상부한 선도업체가 되는 것을 목표로 하고 있다. ST의 2010년도 매출은 103억 5,000만 달러이다. ST에 대한 보다 상세한 정보는 www.st.com를 참조하라.

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