IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), a leader in power semiconductors for power conversion and motion control applications, announced that it has received additional substantial orders for its MX805 system on a chip wireless temperature sense IC. The MX805 is the primary display and control IC used in portable and hand-held "contact-less" thermometers that are used to sense temperature without touching the target. The devices are suitable for use in automotive, HVAC service and maintenance, and electrical power distribution monitoring applications.
"Recently these instruments that use our chip have been deployed worldwide, as a medical screen in the fight against the spread of SARS, by monitoring visitors and passengers as they pass through entry gates or board airplanes," said Bob DeCaro, general manager of IXYS' Clare Micronix division. "We are proud that we were chosen to develop this second-generation temperature sensor IC that includes the display driver, and is basically a highly accurate and wide temperature range instrument on a chip."
