Clearpad 3000 sensor eases touchscreen integration

The 3000 Series features Synaptics' design-in services, which make it easier for OEMs and ODMs of mass-market mobile handsets and other handheld devices to integrate high-resolution capacitive touchscreens with advanced multi-finger gesture capability into their products.

Synaptics has also introduced the Series 1000 capacitive touch sensor, a low-cost solution with single-finger and limited two-finger gestures.

These new devices allow OEMs to select from a range of touch and gesture capabilities, from single-finger touch with simple gestures to multi-finger touch with complex gestures.

With its ability to distinguish up to 10 simultaneous finger touches and complex multi-finger gestures (such as pinch and rotate) with fine accuracy and low latency, the Clearpad 3000 Series sensors are ready for the next generation of 3D graphical user interfaces on a broad array of handheld consumer electronics devices.

The Clearpad 3000 Series is based on new Synaptics technology that features 48 sensing channels and advanced power management, allowing for larger screen sizes up to 8in (203.2mm) diagonally, with more accurate sensing and low power consumption.

The Clearpad 3000 Series is engineered to be nearly borderless with best-in-class edge performance and high noise immunity.

It offers a thin, low-profile design that enables OEMs to create sleeker, more compact and stylish product solutions, optimising industrial design while using any industry-standard LCD display.

Clearpad 3000 Series touch sensors feature an accuracy of +/-1mm, are only 0.300mm thick and offer full multi-finger tracking.

Clearpad 3000 Series solutions offer low power consumption with 5mA in full active mode, 150uA nominal, and 12uA in deep-sleep mode for extended battery life.

Synaptics also offers its customers PC-based pre-production and production test support hardware and software optimised for speed and full coverage of sensor manufacturing defects, including software limits to optimise yield.

The Clearpad 3000 Series is supported by Synaptics' solution stack and engineering services from its worldwide customer design centres to address the multi-dimensional engineering challenges customers face when creating and implementing advanced human interfaces.

The solution stack delivers a broad range of services in the engineering disciplines and integrates these key capabilities to help OEMs create reliable, highly intuitive human interfaces.