Date: 28/04/2010

Atmel's touch controller IC powers Samsung Wave smartphone's touch feature

Samsung Wave smartphone is using Atmel's maXTouch controller chip for handling touch interface function inside the phone.

"The Atmel maXTouch capacitive touchscreen technology has enabled the Samsung engineering team to quickly and easily design leading-edge touchscreen capabilities into the Wave to help deliver an unrivaled user experience on a smartphone. Access to development tools and engineering support helped Samsung quickly deliver new levels of performance and unique touchscreen features," said Mr. Kim, DongSub, Principal Engineer Visual Lab, Mobile Communication Division of Telecommunication Business at Samsung.

"Atmel's maXTouch solutions provide unlimited capacitive touch capabilities, great linearity and advanced touch screen functionality" said Chris Ard, Senior Director of Touch Marketing, Atmel Corporation. These chips sense touch of a finger, stylus and even touching with gloves on. Other speaciality of these devices are rapid response time and rejection of unintended touches.

To learn more on Atmel's touch interface ICs visit www.atmel.com