New B6TS Sensing ICs Simplify Touch Control Applications

• Fast development time, due to application and self-teach programs
• Measures floating capacitance through most touch panel materials
• Features high noise immunity and automatic drift compensation

OMRON announces production availability of a new Touch Sensing IC family.

The B6TS is the key component for designing highly flexible, responsive, and reliable capacitive touch sensing controls.
Designed to integrate easily and quickly with any capacitive touch interface, the new Omron B6TS allows for a much shorter design cycle than that of other sensor ICs and it's development software permits the flexible sensing chip to be "application ready".  Other quick development features include self-teaching, auto threshold, and intelligent filtering, in order to simplify system design and improve performance. The B6TS compensates continuously for long term drift, to help ensure a long service life, and is designed to be more resistant to EMC interference.

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In contrast to the two-dimensional structure of integrated circuits, MEMS technology produces three-dimensional semiconductor structures with sub-micrometer precision. These smart structures yield ultra-compact, ultra-fast devices that help OMRON develop optimal new forms of sensing & control for the new age.

As with trends in electronic equipment everywhere, demands for miniaturization have been placed on sensors for detecting gas and fluid pressure, which are incorporated into air conditioners and electronic sphygmomanometers. Omron has been working on electrostatic pressure and acceleration sensors since long before this demand arose.

These sensors detect the minute change in electrostatic capacity between a moving electrode and a fixed electrode as it changes under pressure. Conventional sensors could not be physically miniaturized without sacrificing sensitivity. Omron solved the problem by employing a specially developed donut diaphragm structure to attain the high output linearity necessary for accurate detection. At one-tenth (2.5 mm2) the size of conventional products, it offers the world's highest sensitivity in an ultra small package.

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