Avago Technologies Expands Motion Sensing Product Line With New Photointerrupters for Office and Vending Machine Applications

New Transmissive Photointerrupter Series Provide Edge and Position Detection Used in Printers, Scanners and ATM Machines

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 18, 2006

Avago Technologies, the world's largest privately held semiconductor company and largest supplier of optical encoders for the printer market, today introduced its first series of transmissive photointerrupters for office automation and vending machine applications. With the addition of the AEDS-93XX photointerrupter series, Avago becomes a “one-stop supplier” of motion control solutions for manufacturers of printers, scanners, and vending machines that use both devices.

In inkjet printers and all-in-ones, optical encoders are used to indicate the position, direction and speed of the printhead, while photointerrupters can provide functions such as indicating whether there is paper in the print path. Other applications for this non-contact detection capability include card detection in ATM machines, bill detection in vending machines, and a wide variety of other edge and position detection applications such as door sensors.

Avago’s entry into the photointerrupter market will provide customers with the added benefit of being able to purchase optical encoders and photointerrupters from a single source. The AEDS-9300 and AEDS-9310 are competitive in price and performance with photointerrupters available from other manufacturers. In addition to the standard products, Avago can provide high-volume customers with photointerrupters customized for slot width and mounting configuration.

Avago's photointerrupter series products consist of an infrared-emitting LED and a silicon phototransistor to detect the infrared light; both mounted in a molded plastic package and separated by a slot. When an opaque object, such as a piece of paper or metal or plastic fin enters the slot, its presence is detected by the interruption of the light path between the emitter and detector.

Features

Avago’s AEDS-9300 and 9310 photointerrupters feature a small lead-free and RoHS-compliant package, and are specified for operation over the -25 C to +85 C temperature range. The dimensions and electrical characteristics make them drop-in replacements for similar interrupters from other manufacturers.

• AEDS-9300 -- has a 2.7-mm slot in a 14.3 mm by 6 mm by 9.5 mm high package with horizontal mounting leads
  
• AEDS-9310 -- has a 5-mm slot in a 14 mm by 6 mm by 10 mm high package with vertical mounting leads

U.S. Pricing and Availability

The Avago Technologies AEDS-9300 and AEDS-9310 are both priced at $0.78 each in 1,200-piece quantities. Samples and production quantities are available now through Avago's direct sales channel and worldwide distribution partners.

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