Atmel’s XSense sensor can bend, allowing a single sensor to act as an edgeless touch surface and provide controls on the side of a device

Atmel’s XSense flexible touch sensors are set to ring in the next generation of thinner, lighter, edgeless, and curved capacitive touchscreens. Exploiting a proprietary roll-to-roll metal mesh technology, XSense components are higher-performance alternatives to existing touch sensors. They suit a wide range of touchscreen products, offering enhanced noise immunity, low sheet resistance, and low power consumption. In fact, they can wrap around a device, enabling touch functionality beyond the screen to anywhere they’re accessible (see the figure).

The sensors are sampling now with production commencing in the third quarter. For further information about XSense flexible touch sensors, go to www.atmel.com/products/TouchSolutions/touch_sensors/xsense_touch_sensors.aspx, and for info about the company’s touch controllers, visit www.atmel.com/products/touchsolutions/touchscreens/default.aspx?tab=overview.

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