Avago Technologies Introduces Industry¡¯s Smallest Surface Mount Digital Color Sensors for Small Consumer Electronic Applications

Easy-to-Use Development Kit Enables Designers to Quickly Evaluate and Design-in Color Sensor Modules for Portable Consumer, and Color Detection Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 26, 2007

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced the availability of two miniature surface mount technology (SMT) digital color sensors for use in small consumer and portable electronic applications.  Avago¡¯s ADJD-S311, which is the smallest in the industry with dimensions of 2.2 mm by 2.2 mm by 0.76 mm, is a CMOS IC with integrated RGB filters that targets designers of portable devices which require higher integration, smaller size and low power consumption.  The ADJD-S371-QR999 with dimensions of 3.9 mm by 4.5 mm by 1.8 mm is the industry¡¯s first and smallest reflective digital color sensing module that incorporates a white LED and digital color sensor.

Avago¡¯s ADJD-311 and ADJD-S371 digital color sensors are four-channel Red, Green and Blue (RGB) and clear digital color sensors with 10-bit resolution which provide designers with easy integration, installation, and design flexibility ¨C especially for those designs where board space is constrained.  Some of the target applications that are ideal for Avago¡¯s miniature SMT series of RGB color sensors include mobile and consumer products such as mobile phones, PDAs, MP3 players, hand-held games, portable color detection and measurement devices, and a wide range of other small consumer applications.

The small form factor ADJD-S311 four-channel digital sensor comes in a chip scale package (CSP) that enables designers to accommodate more enhancements in the same amount of board space and can lead to further reductions in design and manufacturing costs.  The ADJD-S371 is a reflective sensor module which incorporates the ADJD-S311 and a white chipLED soldered to the printed circuit board (PCB) with a separator targets applications that require reflective color sensing. 

Both the ADJD-S311 and ADJD-S371 digital color sensors provide all the necessary circuitry to directly interface with a microprocessor using a conventional two-wire serial interface.  Moreover, these sensors operate from a 2.5 V supply voltage, providing significantly lower power consumption for portable devices.  To make it easy for designers to evaluate and design-in these new miniature color sensors, Avago also offers a complete ¡°plug and play¡± development kit that interfaces to a personal computer through a USB port.  Avago¡¯s HDJD-JD07 development kit comes complete with all the tools and software customers need to quickly develop their color sensing and measurement applications.  Moreover, this development kit is ideal for use by designers who have little or no prior experience using color sensors for their applications. 

Key Features

• Fully integrated RGB+Clear digital color sensor
• Integrated solution with sensor, LED and separator in module for ease of design (ADJD-S371)
• 10-bit resolution per channel output
• Built in oscillator/selectable external clock
• Low supply voltage: 2.5V
• Low power sleep mode
• Independent gain selection for each channel
• Operating temperature: 0º to 70¡ã C
• Lead-free package

HDJD-JD07 Development Kit Features

• Easy interface with PC via standard USB port
• User-friendly graphical user interface with displays of registers, output digital readings, white calibration, conversion to standard color format, data-log and CIE color chart features.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

Avago¡¯s ADJD-S311 and ADJD-S371 are priced starting at $1.50 and $2.50 respectively in 10,000 piece quantities.  The HDJD-JD07 development kits are priced at $515 each.

Avago High-Brightness LED and Display Backlighting Solutions

Avago Technologies is one of the largest producers of visible LEDs in the world and ships billions of products annually. Known for its LEDs¡¯ performance, efficiency and reliability, Avago offers an extensive portfolio of products at globally competitive prices. From a discrete LEDs supplier, Avago has emerged to offer total solutions for illumination and lighting applications. Key products include high brightness and high power LEDs, PLCC surface-mount LEDs, color sensors, and display backlighting module solutions. These LEDs and display modules address a wide range of markets, including electronic signs and signals, automotive, solid state lighting and LCD display backlighting.  More information is available at http://www.avagotech.com/led and www.avagotechlighting.com.

About Avago Technologies

Avago Technologies is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. With a global employee presence, Avago provides an extensive range of analog, mixed-signal and optoelectronic components and subsystems to more than 40,000 customers. The company's products serve four end markets: industrial and automotive, wired infrastructure, wireless communications, and computer peripherals. It is recognized for providing high-quality products along with strong customer service. Avago¡¯s heritage of technical innovation dates back 40 years to its Agilent/Hewlett-Packard roots. Information about Avago is available on the Web at www.avagotech.com.