austriamicrosystems business unit Full Service Foundry today announced the availability of a new analog/mixed signal high performance process design kit for its 0.35µm CMOS, High-Voltage CMOS and SiGe-BiCMOS specialty technologies.

austriamicrosystems announced today that the company supplies high volumes of intelligent ambient light and proximity sensors into four Samsung Galaxy models. For the successful Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Gio, Galaxy Mini and Galaxy Neo models, austriamicrosystems delivers integrated ambient light and proximity sensor as well as discrete proximity sensor devices.

austriamicrosystems has announced the AS8222 FlexRay transceiver. This transceiver, with an in-package maximum ambient temperature of 150°C and bare dice with a maximum temperature of 165 °C, is the first to be able to work in harsh, high temperature powertrain applications. This extended temperature range enables the use of FlexRay™ in every vehicle domain, especially in environments beyond the standard automotive requirements.

austriamicrosystems has announced the AS3911 NFC (near field communications) and HF (high frequency) reader IC. The AS3911 has unique capabilities not available in the market and enables a number of applications, including EMV (Europay MasterCard Visa) payment, access control, automotive, NFC Infrastructure, and ticketing.

austriamicrosystems has announced two new additions to its Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) IC family for improved hearing in noisy environments. Both the AS3400 and AS3420 feature the lowest power available, resulting in at least 20% longer battery life than other ANC solutions. They also improve audio performance over competing solutions with a 10 dB positive SNR -- no matter the environment -- improving intelligibility in wired or wireless mono c...

austriamicrosystems has announced the AS1123 constant-current, 16-channel LED driver with an on-chip diagnostic read-back function. The AS1123 is designed for use in industrial applications, indoor/outdoor public information displays, LED panels, and large LED video walls. Designed with a maximum LED supply voltage of 5.5 V, the new power-efficient AS1123 direct LED driver is optimized for LED panels where only a single LED is connected per outpu...

austriamicrosystems has announced the AS1130, the most advanced and smallest dotmatrix LED driver (channels vs. PCB space) available. The AS1130 drives 132 LEDs but requires only 5 mm² PCB space, reduces external component count, allows use of cheap connectors and requires fewer PCB (printed circuit board) layers. Benefits for end users include up to 80% longer battery lifetime, more colorful effects and smoother running animations.

The AS5410 offers impressive accuracy, immunity to interference and flexibility for measuring a wide array of distances

austriamicrosystems AG has announced the completion of the transaction to acquire 100% of the shares in Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc.

The LED driver AS382x series offers optimized performance and functions for LED TVs

austriamicrosystems has announced that it has won the gold Sensors Magazine “Best of Sensors Expo” Award in the sensors category for the AS5410 3D Hall encoder. Sensors Executive Editor Melanie Martella presented the award on June 7, 2011 at the Sensors Expo & Conference, which was held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.

HIT-Kits for H18 process include high density silicon qualified libraries enabling industry-first RF (Radio Frequency) integration and high density SoC (System on a Chip) capability

austriamicrosystems introduced the AS5410 linear position sensor, the first product of the world’s first fully-featured 3D Hall platform. The unique 3D Hall sensor solution senses absolute position in automotive & industrial applications and provides highest resolution position information. The sensor solution is being demonstrated during the 2011 edition of the Sensors Expo & Conference in Rosemont, Illinois, booth #621 and SENSOR+...

austriamicrosystems today announced ambitious plans to reach full carbon neutrality by 2015 and become the first semiconductor manufacturer worldwide to do so. In its aggressive, ongoing efforts to be environmentally responsible, austriamicrosystems has been actively reducing its carbon footprint since 2004, achieving a reduction of 50% of CO2 equivalents or 31,000 tons by 2010 since implementing various programs. Over the last two years austriam...

austriamicrosystems has announced that their ASIC chip set for automotive Laser-based obstacle recognition systems (LIDAR) has been selected by the international automotive supplier Continental and is now entering high volume production.

austriamicrosystems has introduced the AS3605, a highly integrated power management integrated circuit (PMIC) designed specifically for portable devices powered by a single-cell Li-Ion battery. The device integrates seven low dropout regulators (LDOs), a DC/DC converter, a complete battery charger, LED backlight driver and an audio power amplifier on one die.

austriamicrosystems has introduced the AS1121, a 30 V, 40 mA, 16-channel LED driver with 12-bit PWM (pulse width modulation), dot correction and diagnostics. With a 30 V LED supply voltage, the AS1121 reduces the number of external support components compared to alternative devices and can therefore be used directly with 24V (or higher) supplies

austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, has announced that austriamicrosystems’ AS3992 UHF RFID reader IC is featured in Thinkify’s new Gen 2 TR-200 RFID reader/programmer. The TR-200 is easy-to-use and is designed specifically for office applications. It offers small size and a powerful software interface for simple and flexible operation, and can be powered by either...

austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, has introduced the AS1121, a 30 V, 40 mA, 16-channel LED driver with 12-bit PWM (pulse width modulation), dot correction and diagnostics. With a 30 V LED supply voltage, the AS1121 reduces the number of external support components compared to alternative devices and can therefore be used directly with 24V (or higher) supplies.

austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS) today announced the conditional release for volume production of its advanced 0.18µm High-Voltage CMOS process technology H18” which will be manufactured in IBM’s 200mm Burlington wafer facility. Jointly developed with IBM, the 0.18µm High-Voltage CMOS process is the 6th generation of continuously improved High-Voltage CMOS technologies developed at austriamicrosystems.