Avago Technologies Adds Lower Cost Solution to Ultra-Miniature Optical Encoder Module Family; Encoder Offers a Wide Range of Resolutions for Industrial and Motor Control Applications.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Avago Technologies, the world's largest privately held semiconductor company, today announced the addition of a low-cost ultra-miniature transmissive optical encoder module to its family of products. Avago's new compact AEDA-3200 optical encoder module is a "one-size-fits-all" product that is ideal for applications requiring resolutions from 2,500 to 7,500 Cycles-Per-Revolution (CPR). This device provides motor manufacturers, system integrators and equipment manufacturers with a versatile and cost-effective solution that also minimizes their development costs.

Avago, the industry-leading supplier of motion control encoders, offers the AEDA-3200 in a top mounting package. The device was designed for a variety of motors used in industrial and medical equipment applications. Some of the targeted applications which require high resolution, temperatures and frequencies include robotic arms, wafer handling machines, and fluid control in medical equipment.

The AEDA-3200 module features three channel optical incremental outputs with an RS422 line driver for clean signal propagation to provide resolutions up to 30,000 CPR after 4X decoding. The miniature device, which is about the size of a sewing thimble, can operate in temperatures ranging from -40 degrees C to + 125 degrees C.

Designed as a modular package, the AEDA-3200 is an encoder module that comes complete with codewheel and sensor, making it very easy for manufacturers to design the part into their motor designs.

"The AEDA-3200 is part of our ongoing commitment to provide cost-effective, high-performance solutions to help our customers deliver their products to market faster," said Hassan Hussain, general manager, Motion Control Products Division at Avago Technologies. "We offer significant performance and cost benefits to customers in a wide variety of optical encoder market segments, giving them competitive products suited to their R&D and manufacturing capabilities."

Avago's AEDA-3200 is part of the AEDA-3300 optical kit encoder offering announced in March. The AEDA-3200 module encoder is a lower cost option featuring resolutions from 2,500 to 7,500 CPR. The AEDA-3300 is a kit encoder featuring resolutions from 600 to 20,000 CPR and does not require an alignment tool for installation. Both of these encoder series are ideal for a variety of motors used in industrial applications.

Key Product Features and Benefits

--  Ultra-miniature size is ideal for those motor control
        applications that require a high-resolution encoder in a small
        area. The AEDA-3200 can easily fit into an 18 mm housed
        encoder. It is available in the following size:

            --  Top down version: 17 mm in diameter with a height
                of 24 mm

    --  Encoder module offers ease of assembly and significantly
        reduces assembly costs using a specially designed alignment
        tool (HEDS-8940).

    --  Five resolution options from 2,500 to 7,500 CPR provide
        customers with "one-size-fits-all resolution" to help
        significantly reduce development time and costs.

    --  Integrated line driver enables flexible design without signal
        loss up to 1,000 feet.

    --  Operating frequency of up to 1 MHz, which is about twice the
        frequency of competing products, allows the encoder to perform
        at high cycle per revolution at high RPM.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

Pricing for the AEDA-3200 ranges from $39 to $43 each in quantities of 1,000. Samples of the AEDA-3200 are available from Avago's direct sales channel and worldwide distribution partners.

Avago Motion Control Solutions

Avago Technologies is the industry-leading supplier of motion control encoders. These products meet the stringent requirements of precise positioning and velocity sensing in a wide range of applications from printers, copiers and scanners to servo and stepper motors, and robotic arms and wafer-handling machines. Avago offers "one-stop shopping" with its extensive portfolio of optical encoders, decoders and controllers. The company offers the industry's smallest form factors, widest range of resolutions, and highest level of integration to reduce the number of components needed and shorten time-to-market. Avago's rich motion control heritage dates back to the 1980s and its Hewlett-Packard roots. More information is available at www.avagotech.com/motioncontrol.

About Avago Technologies

Avago Technologies is the world's largest privately held semiconductor company, with 6,500 employees and net revenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2005. Avago provides an extensive range of analog, mixed-signal and optoelectronic components and subsystems to more than 40,000 customers worldwide. The company serves three primary product categories comprising optoelectronics, RF/microwave, high quality products along with strong customer service and the industry's best on-time delivery. Avago's heritage of technical innovations dates back 40 years to its Agilent/Hewlett-Packard roots. Information about Avago is available on Web at www.avagotech.com.

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