Date: 14/04/2009

New hall sensors from Micronas with increased temp range for consumer market

Micronas has launched a new Hall sensor family called HAL 1xy targeting home appliances and industrial applications These hall sensors are based on its predecessors, which are employed in automotive market. This new family is trimmed version of their automotive cousins in terms of cost and features.
The specialty of Micronas hall effect sensors is, they are manufactured in CMOS technology. This technology allows integration of the Hall-effect sensing element with standard electronic devices such as amplifiers, logic circuits, and volatile and non-volatile memories.

Peter Zimmermann, Director Marketing at Micronas, states: "On the basis of the field-proven building blocks of the globally extremely popular HAL 5xy sensor family, an excellent price-performance ratio is achieved with the HAL 1xy sensor family. Micronas is therefore able to offer a robust Hall switch at an attractive price. This combination makes the HAL 1xy highly interesting for home appliances or industrial applications."

Possible applications include white goods (e.g., selector switches, door lock, rpm detection), power tools (e.g., speed control, direction switch) and home automation (e.g., garage/door openers). OEMs, system integrators and engineering offices are addressed as potential customers.

Temp Range: Commercial: TJ = 0 °C to +85 °C and Industrial: TJ = -20 °C to +125 °C.
Package: TO92UA and SOT89B packages
Availability: Now in samples
Price: Depending the model each costs EUR 0.19 to EUR 0.30 for a quantity of 500k.

For more info visit www.micronas.com