The New Vision of Touch™

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The New Vision of Touch™
Company & Technology
Overview
2006
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Copyright © 2006 QRG Ltd
Technology Overview
Quantum’s History
Founded 1996, Hamble, UK – 2 hours south of London
Based on outgrowth of work in industrial & commercial sensing
55 employees worldwide; 43 at Hamble HQ
50-80% growth PA; average ~65% past 5 years
Focus only on capacitive sensing using charge-transfer
Strong patent portfolio
Licensing section – will establish in Ireland - 2007.
Technology Overview
Quantum’s Current Business Model
Sell chips only – do not make modules
Sales via distribution & direct accounts
Licensing – Direct to OEM (example: Motorola)
Licensing – to Semiconductor maker (example: STMicro)
Electrolux Frontline™ series appliances use
Quantum QT6 family chips for touch control
Technology Overview
What Are Product Designers Looking For?
Unique designs – functionality with a sense of drama
Easily customizable for added functions
Flexible sensing effects – ‘not just buttons’
Solutions – don’t want to worry about internal software programming
All kinds of designs & construction methods
- Backlighting capability, curved surfaces, thin panels
Low Risk: ‘Just works’
Reasonably priced
Reliable source of chips
Service & Support.
GE Monogram refrigerator panel construction with
hand proximity sensing and backlighted keys
Technology Overview
Touch Technology Essentials
Good basic capacitive sensing mechanism
-Stable over temperature & humidity
-Excellent EMC characteristics
Ability to easily alter functionality without silicon change
Ability to post-process signals on-chip
-Digital filtering, drift compensation, auto-calibration
-Adjacent Key Suppression - AKS™
-Enhanced power supply rejection
Ability to create a variety of sensor types –
-Wheels, sliders, touchpads, touchscreens.
Jenn-Air (USA) single-chip blender
with backlighted buttons
Technology Overview
Quantum’s ‘Peak Value’ Proposition
Service and Support
Best in Class Technology – robust, problem free, ease of design
High Value – lowest cost, yet highest performance
Analog-Free Circuits – 100% Digital for robust sensing
Reference designs – important to show design concepts
Respected foundry partners – Atmel, Microchip, STMicro
Technology Overview
Quantum Technology Variants
QTouch™
QMatrix™
Simple electrode key
shapes, easy to wire,
but limited to 12 keys
16 to 48 keys, small
package size; water
resistant; high temperature
QSlide™ / QWheel™
Linear or rotary touch
position sensing with
only 3 channels
QField™
Single-layer rearsurface touchscreen at
resistive screen prices
Technology Overview
Common Features to All Quantum Technologies
Analog-Free – Chips are just standard CMOS logic
Single-chip solutions: No external active circuits or second chips
Self-calibrating, self-compensating for environmental conditions
Microwatt power using sleep modes
Spread-spectrum modulation of acquisition bursts
– extremely high noise immunity
– lowest possible RF emissions
Use with standard PCB, FPC, or clear conductors (ITO, Orgacon™)
Works through panels at least 5mm thick
RoHs compliant packages
Custom packages possible including bumped die.
Technology Overview
QTouch™ Family – 1 to 10 Keys of Discrete Touch
Extremely popular family; easy ‘drop-in’ design
QT110 single key chip
Example customers: Apple, Bose, Sony, Audi, BMW
Two IC pins for each sensing key
AKS™ Adjacent Key Suppression (Patented)
1.8V operation on newer parts
Interfaces: Discrete, serial (UART, SPI, I2C)
Representative Chips: QT100, QT1081, QT1106
Customized software programming available.
E1080 Eval board
Technology Overview
QTouch™ Applications
Monitor/TV Controls • Small Appliances • MP3 / PMP Players
Remote Controls • Home Audio • PCs • Phones
NuVo Grand Concerto Media Controller
NuVo, Kentucky USA
Attrezzi Kitchen Blender
Jenn-Air, USA
DAV-LF1 Wireless Home Cinema System
Sony, Japan
Technology Overview
QMatrix™ Family – Up to 48 Keys of Discrete Touch
Efficient X-Y interleaved electrodes - Small pincount package for lots of keys
Popular with General Electric Appliances, Whirlpool, Electrolux and many others
Best technology for water film suppression
Becoming extremely popular in Mobile Telecom
Interfaces: Discrete, serial (UART, SPI, I2C)
Representative Chips: QT60486, QT60240, QT60248.
Silver traces on PET film
construction with QMatrix™ key
layout, behind 5mm of glass
Technology Overview
QMatrix™ Applications
Appliance Controls • Touch Screens • Mobile Phones • MP3 / PMP • Industrial
Monogram Cooking Appliances
General Electric, USA
Pininfarina Cooktop
Gorenje, Slovenia
Frontline Cooktop
Electrolux/AEG, Europe
Technology Overview
QSlide™ & QWheel™ Technologies
Uses 3 QTouch™ sensing channels
Up to 256 points per revolution
Interfaces: SPI, I2C, quadrature (on request)
Public-domain electrode design (expired patent)
iPod™ functionality – but no patent problems
GE’s 1978 patented
wheel design (expired)
E511 QWheel™ Eval Board
Technology Overview
QSlide™ / QWheel™ Applications
MP3 / PMP • Remote Controls • Phones • Appliances • Control Panels
Remote Control
QT511 + QT1080
Remote Solutions, Korea
Mobile Phone
QT511 QWheel chip
DBTel, China
Microwave Oven
QT511 QWheel chip
Samsung, Korea
Technology Overview
QField™ Single Layer Touch Screens
Rear-surface, single-layer ITO or Orgacon™ electrode film
Extremely high transparency: >90%
1” to 7” diagonal screens; larger in future
Interfaces: I2C, SPI, UART
1- layer film interferes with light much less
than 2-layers, for highest transparency and
lowest backlighting power needs, and
improved contrast
ITO coated PET film adheres to rear
of front panel allowing a seamless,
damage-resistant front surface
Technology Overview
QField™ Touchscreen Applications
Velos™ Microwave Oven Touchscreen & Controls
Whirlpool, USA
X-Y Touchscreen Networked Lighting Control
Colorado VNet, USA
Technology Overview
A Few Quantum Customers
Home Appliances
Consumer / Mobile
PC / Peripherals
Automotive
Technology Overview
Mobile Telecom Sector Activity
Motorola Mobile is a licensee with 3 announced phones
(MAXX, K1M, V1100)
Nokia Mobile
– several design starts
Samsung Mobile
– several design starts including touch screens
Over 25 mobile designs underway
Only Quantum has 1.8V operation for mobile designs
Multiple designs in Mobile underway with touch screens
(QField™).
Only Quantum has captured the top mobile
makers for touch sensing. Moto V1100 GSM
phone shown with QTouch buttons
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Technology Overview
Quantum
Superior, patented Charge-Transfer method
All-Digital Design – best possible performance
Software based – easy to customize
Spread Spectrum – superb SNR / EMC characteristics
AKS™ Adjacent Key Suppression – standard feature
Works with very low cost materials (CEM-1 etc)
Alessi kitchen scale is an
excellent example of stylish
design brought about by the
use of Quantum QTouch™
technology
Experienced in ‘Extreme’ applications – Appliances, Automotive etc.
Lots of added value & advice to ease design:
Springs, construction methods,
backlighting designs, etc.
Touch springs are only one of many
proprietary construction methods Quantum
offers to aid in product design
Technology Overview
Thank You!

The New Vision of Touch™

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