IXYS Announces New Family of micro-Power Hall-Effect Switches
14 Juin 2006 - 2:30PM
Business Wire
IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:SYXI) announced today that its Micronix
division has introduced a new family of low cost micro-power
Hall-effect switches. The new MX887P, MX887D, and MX887U are
designed as reed switch replacements for a wide variety of
commercial, industrial, and automotive applications. These
micro-power Hall-effect switches feature ultra low offset canceling
amplifiers for sensitive, accurate and stable switch points,
immunity to mechanical stress, and solid state reliability. The
MX887 family has a wide input operating voltage range of 2.5 to 5.5
volts that is ideal for battery powered applications due to special
circuitry enabling single digit micro-amp operating currents. The
on-chip power management circuitry reduces the effective average
operating current to just 5 microA at 3 volts, making it among the
lowest power devices in the industry. The switch output is
activated with omnipolar magnetic fields with as little as +/- 60
gauss, providing excellent sensitivity and enabling the use of
low-cost magnets. Three simple digital output interface options are
available: the MX887P configured with a CMOS push-pull output, the
MX887D with an nMOS open drain pull-down output, and the MX887U
with a pMOS open drain pull-up output. All MX887 switches are
available in lead-free, TSOT-23, 3-lead, RoHS compliant packages.
These integrated circuits can be used to sense magnetic fields and
sense currents and thus can be used to develop low cost current
sensors in power management circuits. The low power consumption
make them ideal for cell phones, PDA's laptop computers security
systems and appliances for detection and activation, especially for
moving lids, doors or covers. "Micronix has spent the past several
years researching and developing circuitry associated with Hall
devices," says Micronix's General Manager and Vice President, Bob
DeCaro. "We are in the process of developing a comprehensive line
of magnetic and current sensing devices. The MX887 family is our
first product as a result of this effort and we expect to be
introducing a line of more sophisticated Hall-effect products in
the near future." The price levels associated with the MX887 are
compatible with the cost-sensitive manufacturing requirements of
high volume, handheld consumer devices, with a standard lead time
of 16 weeks or less. Micronix, a leader in the design of
high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, has
produced over 400 application specific integrated circuits (ASICs)
and application specific standard products (ASSPs) for the display,
communications, consumer, and medical markets. Micronix is a
subsidiary company of IXYS Corporation, a leading supplier of
higher power semiconductors and modules for the global power
market. Additional information about Micronix and IXYS can be found
at www.claremicronix.com and www.ixys.com. Any statements contained
in this press release that are not statements of historical fact,
including the price, performance, ruggedness, lead time and
suitability of products for various applications, may be deemed to
be forward-looking statements. There are a number of important
factors that could cause the results of IXYS to differ materially
from those indicated by these forward-looking statements,
including, among others, risks detailed from time to time in the
Company's SEC reports, including its Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended December 31, 2005. The Company undertakes no obligation to
publicly release the results of any revisions to these
forward-looking statements.
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