Cypress Semiconductor Introduced the Gen4 Family

Published:2012/1/17 1:33:00 Author:Phyllis From:SeekIC

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. introduced a new Gen4 TrueTouch® controller targeted at the rapidly growing tablet and ultrabook market. The new CY8CTMA1036 device has 65 sense-I/Os, enabling it to deliver flawless touchscreen performance for screens up to 12 inches.

Like the smaller-screen Gen4 devices, it offers industry-best performance in all categories, including the world’s best signal-to-noise ratio and unparalleled performance in the presence of all noise sources-the biggest challenge faced by touchscreen designs. Gen4 also has the lowest active power consumption, unparalleled tracking accuracy and the fastest refresh rates. It provides full support for major mobile operating systems including Win8 and Android.

The new CY8CTMA1036 uses a 32-bit ARM® Cortex™ core, and offers 65 sensing I/O channels with support for up to 1036 nodes on the screen, 35 percent more than any other single-chip solution. Additional sensing channels are essential for greater accuracy, linearity, support for smaller sized fingers and the ability to resolve multiple fingers close together.

The Gen4 family was designed to deliver the world’s highest SNR in real world applications. It is the first and only touchscreen IC that delivers built-in 10V Tx to drive the touch panel at 10V.

In addition to unmatched noise performance, the Gen4 platform offers the world’s lowest active power consumption of 2 mW, and a deep sleep mode that only draws 1.8 uW with wake-up via address match on the COM port.

Cypress’s touch sensing portfolio is the industry’s broadest and most well adopted, encompassing both TrueTouch and CapSense® solutions. The Gen4 family is the latest in a string of touchscreen firsts from Cypress, the acknowledged industry leader in touch sensing.

Cypress’s TrueTouch technology provides the industry’s best noise immunity, highest signal to noise ratio (SNR), fastest refresh rates, lowest power consumption, and world’s best accuracy and linearity. The flexible TrueTouch solution allows customers to rapidly develop leading-edge solutions without having to buy turnkey modules. They have a choice of using touch sensors (glass or film) and LCDs from preferred partners, and can develop innovative mechanical designs ranging from flat to curved surfaces of varying thickness.

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