Analog announces tiny new accelerometers

Jan. 27, 2004 — Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI, News, Web), a Norwood, Mass., developer of MEMS and integrated circuits for analog and digital applications, introduced its ADXL32x family of iMEMS accelerometers.

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The dual-axis accelerometers come in a 4 x 4 x 1.45 millimeter plastic lead frame chip scale package, according to a news release.

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The new family was designed with consumer electronics applications in mind, specifically mobile phones and hand-held computers that respond to a user’s movements and gestures, notebook computers with anti-theft protection and automotive CD and DVD drives with vibration compensation.

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