Avago Technologies Introduces Industry's First Automotive-Grade RGB Color Sensor; Color and Brightness Feedback Supports Total Color Flexibility for Automotive Interior Lighting, Other Commercial Applications.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Avago Technologies today introduced the industry's first RGB (red, green, blue) analog-output color sensor that meets the specifications of the Automobile Electronics Council AEC-Q100 Stress Test Qualification for Integrated Circuits. Components meeting these specifications are considered suitable for use in the harsh automotive environment.

In vehicle interiors, Avago's ADJD-E622-QR999 CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) analog-output sensor converts colored light to accurate, proportional red, green and blue voltage outputs. These outputs can potentially be used for open-loop or closed-loop optical feedback for light sources in navigational panels, dashboard and interior lighting. The use of the ADJD-E622-QR999 in a closed-loop optical feedback system assures consistent color and brightness for RGB LED (light-emitting diode) lighting and backlighting systems such as in liquid crystal displays. The combination of a color sensor with RGB LED lighting replaces the limited range of colors available from conventional LEDs with a virtually unlimited palette of lighting colors. The combination can also be used to offer the driver a selection of lighting colors to reflect his or her preferences.

"The use of RGB LEDs is increasing with each new car model," said Soo Ghee Lee, vice president and general manager of Avago Technologies' Optoelectronics Products Division. "Avago's patented color controller and the ADJD-E622-QR999 form an ideal and unrivaled complementary color management solution to RGB LED lighting. With its versatility, robust characteristics, wide sensing range, monolithic construction and miniaturization, we strongly believe this automotive-grade color sensor will accelerate the adoption of custom lighting colors in the automotive market."

The AEC-Q100 Stress Test Qualification indicates that Avago's RGB color sensor offers a combination of robust packaging with low sensitivity to ESD (electrostatic discharge). This also assures its reliability in industrial, commercial and test equipment applications. The device is an excellent choice for uses ranging from bill acceptors for vending and change machines, to applications in the factory environment including color matching paints, textiles and cosmetics; printing process control, contamination detection, and analytical measurement.

The ADJD-E622-QR999 is supplied in a lead-free QFN-16 (16-pad quad flat no-lead) surface-mount package with dimensions of 5 mm by 5 mm by 0.75 mm high. The height is 25 percent less than Avago's previously-introduced analog RGB color sensor, which can help make printed circuit assemblies thinner to pack more functions in the same space. This CMOS RGB sensor features an extended storage temperature range of -50 degrees C to +105 degrees C, and operating temperature range of -40 degrees C to +85 degrees C. It passes the automotive latch-up compliance standard, and offers an HBM (human body model) ESD rating of 8 kV and MM (machine model) rating of 200 V.

Avago's RGB color sensor is a monolithic CMOS IC solution with integrated RGB color filters combined with three sets of 3 x 3 photodiode arrays, one for each color, which minimizes the effect of contamination and optical aperture misalignment. The photodiode arrays convert the red, green and blue light components into photocurrents with transimpedance amplifiers then convert the photocurrent to analog voltages. The voltage output of each channel (R, G and B) increases linearly with increasing light intensity, and the gain of each channel can be independently set.

The color sensor features uniform color filter arrays throughout the photodiode active area, which helps to resolve potential inaccuracies caused by light gradient, optical aperture misalignment and tilting and irregularities of the package surface.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

For pricing, samples and production quantities of the ADJD-E622-QR999 automotive-grade color sensor, contact Avago's direct sales channel and worldwide distribution partners.

Avago LED and Display 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. These LEDs and displays are offered in an array of color, package and viewing options that address a wide range of applications, including automotive, industrial, electronic signs and signals, consumer electronics, and mobile phones. Key products include power LEDs, surface-mount LEDs, LED flash, through-hole lamps, seven segment displays, dot matrix displays, alphanumeric displays, light bar and bar graph arrays, color sensors and illumination and color management IC solutions. More information is available at www.avagotech.com/icm.

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 components and enterprise ASICs, and is recognized for providing innovative, high-quality products along with strong customer service and the industry's best on-time delivery. 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.

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