Fujitsu Components America, Inc.

Fujitsu Develops Touch Panels for High-Temperature Environments

Sunnyvale, CA, October 21, 2002 — Fujitsu Components America, Inc. today announced it has added a line of 4-wire resistive touch panels for high-temperature applications. The new touch panels meet the temperature, humidity, vibration, and shock requirements for the automotive environment, as well as other high-temperature environments such as factory floors, warehouses, and remotely located control stations.

The full-custom, FID-554 series consists of film-on-glass touch panels designed for use with transmissive and transflective LCDs. Available in various sizes up to 12.1-inches diagonal, the panels address touch-interface applications such as instrumentation, control systems, GPS navigation systems, electronics entertainment, and telematics.

The touch panels have a continuous operating temperature range of -30 to +85 degrees C at up to 95% humidity. They measure 1.4mm thick, have a 3H minimum surface hardness rating, and an operating life of more than one million operations.

Fujitsu offers the new panels with a range of options for specific applications. These include polarization filters, anti-reflection coatings, and anti-glare treatments to enable high contrast, sunlight readability, and up to 92% transmissivity.

Orders for the custom FID-554 automotive panels may be placed immediately. Pricing for a 16:9 aspect ratio, 6.5-inch panel with circularly polarized filters and anti-reflective treatment is under $100 in OEM quantities. Lead time is 8 to 10 weeks after sample approval.

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Company Information

Fujitsu Components America Inc. markets and distributes electronic components throughout North, Central and South America. Products include relays, connectors, keyboards, touch panels, pointing and input devices, KVM switches and thermal printer mechanisms. The company is headquartered at 250 E. Caribbean Drive, Sunnyvale, California, 94089. For product information, contact FCAI via telephone at 1-800-380-0059 or by email at marcom@fcai.fujitsu.com.
For more information, please see: www.fcai.fujitsu.com

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