Fujitsu Components America, Inc.

Fujitsu Expands Its 7-Wire Touch Panel Offering

Larger panels address emerging applications

Sunnyvale, CA, April 20, 2004 — Fujitsu Components America, Inc. today announced it has expanded its 7-wire resistive touch panel offering with the addition of a 17-inch (diagonal) standard product. The company now offers OEMs and VARs a line of standard 7-wire touch panels ranging in size from 8.4 inches to 17 inches.

The new 17-inch panel is targeted for man-machine interface functions in instrumentation, process controls, intelligent kiosks and other emerging applications such as electronic voting machines. It accepts either pen or finger input, has a minimum input life of ten million operations, 80 percent minimum transparency and an operating temperature range of –5 to 60 degrees C.

The 17-inch panel has outer dimensions measuring 294mm (H) x 369mm (W). Its usable, active touch area measures 271mm (H) x 338mm (W), due to Fujitsu’s narrow frame technology. The panel features 1.8mm-thick glass and weighs 516g.

Offering an alternative to industry-standard, 5-wire resistive panels, Fujitsu’s 7-wire technology uses only the stable glass layer to detect input, resulting in 1.5 percent linearity over the guaranteed life of the product. Four sense-lines monitor the resistance of the glass and automatically compensate for any variation caused by physical or environmental changes.

Precisely controlling the micro-dot height and spacing patterns, along with an airtight panel construction, prevents Newton Ring formation and moiré effect. Optional optical enhancements, including transmissivity up to 92%, anti-glare and anti-smudge treatments, are also available.

Available immediately, the standard 17-inch FID-550 series touch panels have a suggested resale price of $104.00 each for quantities of 1,000 or greater. Lead time is stock to 16 weeks ARO.

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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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