Product category: Sensors and Data Acquisition
News Release from: AKM Semiconductor | Subject: AK8973S
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 16 March 2007
Electronic compass shrinks to chip-size
packaging
AKM has completed development of the world's smallest and thinnest three-axis electronic compass with chip-size packaging of 2.5 x 2.5 x 0.5mm.
AKM has completed development of the AK8973S, the world's smallest and thinnest three-axis electronic compass with chip-size packaging of 2.5 x 2.5 x 0.5mm The small size is made possible by forming silicon monolithic Hall elements together with amplifier and logic circuitry on a single chip
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Samples of the AK8973S will be on display at Sensor Expo Japan 2007 from 4th to 6th April in Tokyo, as will applications and demonstrations of the AK8976A, at 4.5 x 4.5 x 0.9mm - the world's smallest and thinnest six-axis electronic compass.
Applications foreseen for the digital-interface AK8973S include pedestrian navigation systems in cellphones and personal navigation devices, and motion input in video game controllers.
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