Product category: Analogue and Mixed Signal ICs
News Release from: Allegro MicroSystems Europe | Subject: A3213 and A3214
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 4 July 2003
Micropower omnipolar digital Hall-effect switches
A new family of micropower omnipolar digital switches combines ultrasensitive, pole-independent Hall-effect switches with latched digital outputs
The A3213 and the A3214 have nominal current consumption of only 300 and 5uA, respectively, and the devices are available for operation from battery voltages of 2.4-5.5V, making them ideal for use in almost all handheld portable electronic equipment. Other features include chopper-stabilised, high-sensitivity thresholds, superior temperature stability, low switch-point drift, and insensitivity to physical stresses.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 July 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Hall-effect switches have latched digital outputs
The A3213 and A3214 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe are micropower omnipolar digital switches based on ultra-sensitive, pole-independent Hall-effect switches with latched digital outputs
The devices are offered in a single-inline (suffix UA) package, and the SOT23W surface-mount package (suffix LH).
In addition, Allegro's popular A3212 (designed for 2.5-3.5V operation) is now available in a new ultraslim micro leadframe MLP package (suffix EH).
The maximum height of this package is only 0.8mm, with a length of 2mm and width of 3mm.
All three of these low-power omnipolar parts incorporate a unique clocking scheme designed to reduce the average operating power requirements, making them ideally suited to the detection of open/closed positions in battery-operated equipment such as mobile telephones, pagers and laptop computers.
The patented omnipolar feature simplifies application assembly by allowing the device to detect the presence or absence of a magnetic field irrespective of the magnet's polarity.
• Allegro MicroSystems Europe: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Electronicstalk email newsletter
• NEW
• Electronicstalk Home Page
Related Business News
Taiwan stocks end down in biggest...
...drop in over 1 yr. Taipei, July 27 (Reuters) - Taiwan shares fell 4.22 percent on Friday to their lowest close in three weeks, marking their largest one-day percentage drop in more than a year, after a sell-off on Wall Street hurt big exporters such as TSMC .
Nippon Oil Aug refining seen flat, eyes Sudan crude
Tokyo, July 27 (Reuters) - Japan's top oil refiner Nippon Oil Corp. will keep its August processing volumes steady versus a year ago to meet summer gasoline demand and is seeking more Nile Blend crude to meet higher utility use.
Fluor Gains Eastman Chemical Gasification Plant Feed Work
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was selected by Eastman Chemical Company to provide front-end engineering and design work for a $1.6 billion gasification project along the Texas Gulf Coast.
Migao Corporation Secures Preferential Natural Gas Prices
Toronto, Ontario-- - Migao Corporation , a leading producer of specialty potash fertilizers for the Chinese market, is pleased to announce that it has negotiated preferential natural gas prices in Sichuan Province from China Petroleum & Chemical Corpora
South Korean envoy to meet Afghan...
...president over hostage crisis. A Seoul presidential envoy heading to Afghanistan will seek an urgent meeting with President Hamid Karzai to try to save 22 South Koreans kidnapped by the Taliban, officials said.
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
