Industry's smallest mounting area,contributing to downsizing devices
Announcing the release of the detector switch with ESE16 sizeSuitable for media or position detection of various mobile devices
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April 24, 2006, Osaka, Japan-Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd. has succeeded in commercializing of the detector switch with ESE16 size used for media-detection or position-detection of various mobile devices including digital still cameras and mobile phones,which features the industry's smallest mounting area.
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Product name |
Detector switch with ESE16 size |
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Sample/Mass production price |
To be confirmed individually (depending on specifications and quantities) |
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Sample production |
July 2006 |
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Production start |
October 2006 (plan) |
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Production capacity |
1,300,000 pieces/month |
As devices have become more compact and thinner in the digital still camera industry and the mobile phone industry, switches to be mounted have been required to be extremely smaller in the mounting area as well as thinner. To meet the market demand, Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd. has developed the detector switch with ESE16 size, which features the industry's smallest mounting area and now is ready to supply samples.
- [Features]
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- Industry's smallest mounting area (*), contributing to downsizing devices
Mounting area: 7.37 mm2 (L 2.2 mm
W 3.35 mm)
Approx. 50 % reduction compared with our current models - Low switch-operating force
Operating force: 200 mN or less (Our current models: 300 mN or less)
- Ready for automatic mounting with the standard nozzle
(*) Our investigation of the switches used in media detection or position detection as of April 24, 2006 - Industry's smallest mounting area (*), contributing to downsizing devices
- [Applications]
Media-detection or position-detection of various mobile devices including digital still cameras and mobile phones, etc.