The new TrueTouch product family provides high-performance touchscreen control, including multi-finger support and an excellent signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for screens up to 5 inches. Additionally, the new controller supports Cypress’s patent-pending Charger Armor™ feature, which utilizes adaptive frequency hopping (AFH) and other technologies to prevent touch errors caused by excessive noise from the charger.

The new TMA140 family delivers high-performance multi-touch capabilities on a feature phone budget. In addition, the low-power TMA140 family provides precision better than 0.5-mm, delivers gesture functions, works perfectly with Android, and is currently in mass production.

The TMA140 is designed to work with Cypress's SLIM®, a single-layer independent multi-touch sensor. SLIM is a true single-substrate single-layer ITO touchscreen sensor. Unlike competing solutions, Cypress's TMA140 TrueTouch controller does not require additional insulation layers or bridges. This not only reduces the cost of conventional multi-touch sensors by approximately 40% but also significantly reduces the thickness of the sensor module. By creating the world's lowest-cost multi-touch solution in the industry, the TMA140 and SLIM enable affordable multi-touch functionality for feature phones.

By providing high-performance solutions for the low-cost mobile phone market, Cypress offers customers the opportunity to showcase their products in large-volume markets. Cypress has also announced the SLIM sensor, which enables true multi-touch in low-cost mobile phones through a single-layer sensor. “TrueTouch now provides the industry’s best solutions for the latest smartphones (Cypress Gen4 controllers), low-cost feature phones, and all products in between,” said Lim Young-do, General Manager of Cypress Korea.

The TMA140 sensor family is currently on sale, and customers can choose between a 36-pin or 48-pin QFN package.