Sensing the world more accurately

Advanced sensing technologies for accurate and reliable monitoring, protection and control

Powering the innovations of tomorrow

Our advanced sensing technologies help you design products for a range of applications, from electric vehicles (EVs) to industrial automation. With decades of experience, we offer both discrete and integrated solutions that enable high accuracy, low response times and uncompromising reliability. Browse our portfolio to see how our sensing integrated circuits (ICs) can make your product visions a reality.

How accurate sensing enables better system performance and increased efficiency

Explore the capabilities and innovations of sensor ICs in modern systems, from EVs and data centers to energy management systems and robotics.

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Why choose our sensing technology?

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Meet your system's most important requirements

Our large and diverse portfolio lets you select the right sensing solution to meet your system requirements, such as performance, efficiency, size and cost.

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Maximize system performance

Our products enable low repsonse times and industry-leading accuracy over temperature and time, letting you get the most out of your system.

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Accelerate time to market

We build products that are easy to use. Extensive design resources such as computerized models, reference designs and online support forums let you quickly bring product ideas to market.

Explore our sensing technologies

Accurate and fast current sensing for every system

Advancements in current-sensing performance have enabled us to build on subsequent generations of innovation and deliver more accurate results with each measurement. Our devices enable bandwidths up to 1.3MHz at gain, enabling fast-reacting systems with more precise control and protection.

Benefits:

  • Maximum errors as low as 1µV offset.
  • Gain errors as low as 0.01%.
  • Drift over temperature as low as 0.01µV/°C.
Technical article
4 key current-sensing design trends that are powering electrification
Learn about higher system voltages, increased system protection, telemetry monitoring and reduced form factors.
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E-book
An Engineer's Guide to Current Sensing (Rev. B)
Learn how to design with our current-sensing amplifiers. This e-book addresses many of the common and challenging functional circuits used today.
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Current sensing trends in energy
Discover how innovative current-sensing solutions, from Hall-effect sensors to shunt-based devices, help engineers design fast, accurate and safe high-voltage systems.
Featured products for current sensing
AMC23C12 ACTIVE Fast-response, reinforced, isolated window comparator with adjustable threshold and latch function
NEW TMCS1123 ACTIVE ±1300V reinforced isolation, 80Arms 250kHz Hall-effect current sensor with AFR, reference and ALERT
INA700 ACTIVE 40-V 16-Bit I²C output digital power monitor in WCSP with EZShunt™ Technology

Maximize system performance with accurare and relaible voltage measurement

Whether you need to measure an AC or DC voltage, our diverse portfolio of isolated and non-isolated voltage-sensing solutions enable industry-leading accuracy to maximize system performance. For simpler design, we offer highly integrated solutions that reduce external component count, saving board space and costs. Building on decades of innovation, our voltage-sensing technology delivers more accurate measurements for precise control and protection.

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Maximizing Power Conversion and Motor Control Efficiency With Isolated Voltage Sensing
Accurate, isolated voltage sensing to measure high voltages presents a significant electrical engineering challenge. Small, efficient and cost-effective power converters and motor controllers are a necessity in today’s market.
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Application note
Increased Accuracy and Performance with Integrated High Voltage Resistor Isolated Amplifiers and Modulators
This application note introduces the AMC038x devices, galvanically isolated amplifiers and modulators with integrated resistive dividers for high-voltage sensing, and highlights the benefits and common use cases.
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Product overview
Small-Size INA500x Versus Discrete Difference Amps
Explore the INA500x family of difference amplifiers that offers smaller size, lower cost and higher performance than discrete configurations.
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Featured products for voltage sensing
NEW AMC0381D-Q1 PREVIEW Automotive DC-input isolated amplifier with integrated resistive divider and differential output
NEW AMC0311R-Q1 PREVIEW Automotive, 2V input reinforced isolated amplifier with ratiometric output for DC voltage sensing
NEW INA500 ACTIVE Low-power, greater than 1MΩ RIN, 13.5µA Iq small-size attenuating difference amplifier

Achieve precise measurements of linear or rotational motion

Optimize position-sensing applications for high performance, low power or cost. Our high-accuracy, low-drift productcs offer advanced capabilities including open and close detection, motor commutation, rotary encoding, angle sensing and linear displacement.

Benefits:

  • High-performance Hall-effect sensors with jitter and output delay below 5µs.
  • 3D linear sensors with 2.6% sensitivity drift up to 20KSPS.
  • High-precision (0.1° typ) AMR angle sensor with 360° range.
  • Solutions for cost-optimized designs.
  • High-accuracy inductive solutions for precision measurements of approximately 1µm resolution and rotational speeds up to 480Krpm.
  • Wide portfolio of ultrasonic solutions including integrated DSP and logarithmic amplifier.

 

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How Position Sensors Enable Innovation in Automotive and Industrial Applications (Rev. A)
Learn about trends in position sensing and associated design challenges and solutions in automotive and industrial applications.
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Improve System Performance With Linear 3D Hall-Effect Position Sensors
Find out how our linear 3D Hall-effect position sensors can help solve system-level design challenges for automated manufacturing and industrial equipment.
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Video series
Precision labs series: Magnetic sensors
Learn the basics of magnetic sensors, key specifications for designing, tips for Hall applications and more.
Featured products for position sensing
NEW TMAG6180-Q1 ACTIVE Automotive high-precision analog AMR angle sensor with 360° angle range
TMAG5170 ACTIVE High-precision linear 3D Hall-effect sensor with serial peripheral interface
TUSS4440 ACTIVE Transformer drive ultrasonic sensor IC with logarithmic amplifier

High-resolution proximity sensing for more intelligent and efficient applications

Enable sensing applications with long range and edge intelligence that can withstand tough environmental conditions. From low-power simple motion detection to high-end imaging, our broad portfolio offers a solution to meet your needs.

Benefits of our millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar sensors:

  • Detect and track multiple objects in 3D at < 1mm and 1 degree of accuracy.
  • Detect static and moving objects in challenging environmental conditions.
Technical article
Proximity Sensing’s Role in Enabling Emerging Markets
Learn more about proximity sensors and how to choose the best type to meet your design requirements for today's emerging markets.
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White paper
The fundamentals of millimeter wave radar sensors (Rev. A)
Learn about our mmWave sensors, which can determine the range, velocity and angle of nearby objects using a combination of radio-frequency, analog and digital electronic components.
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Application brief
How 60GHz Radar Sensors Reduce False Detections for Sensing Applications
Learn how 60GHz mmWave radar sensors reduce false positive and false negative detections to provide more accurate information about the surroundings.
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Featured products for proximity sensing
OPT3101 ACTIVE ToF-based long-range proximity and distance sensor analog front end (AFE)

Increase system performance, safety and reliability

Our environmental-sensing portfolio can help you achieve reliable temperature, humidity and pressure measurements in your system. With 40 years of experience, we are known for designing and manufacturing sensors that maximize system performance by achieving higher accuracy and lower power consumption in compact packages.

Benefits:

  • Choose from more than 200 options.
  • Create zero-calibration designs.
  • Achieve accuracy up to ±0.08°C.
Application brief
Temperature sensing fundamentals
Learn about design and IC considerations for efficient thermal monitoring and protection.
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E-book
An Engineer's Guide to Temperature Sensing (Rev. A)
Discover design techniques that enable higher system performance, more features and smaller form factors.
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Video series
Precision labs series: Humidity sensors
Learn the fundamentals of humidity and how to get started using our integrateed temperature and humidity sensors.

Achieve accurate measurement of visible IR, XYZ and RGB light spectrums

Whether you need tamper detection, LED and display brightness adjustment, color adjustment, day versus night detection or camera management in your system, we have a light sensor to meet your needs. Our light sensors ensure high performance in all lighting conditions with excellent spectral matching, fast conversion time, low power consumption, high resolution and unmatched color accuracy.

Application brief
How to Select a Light Sensor for Your Application (Rev. C)
Learn about the fundamental design considerations for light sensors to improve user experience, optimize energy consumption and extend device lifetime.
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Application brief
Choosing Between RGB and XYZ Color Sensors for Adaptive Lighting Adjustments
Understand the differences between RGB and XYZ color sensors and when to select each sensor for an application.
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Video series
Precision labs series: Light sensors
Learn the fundamentals of light sensing, application use cases and how to integrate light sensors into your design.
Featured products for light sensing
OPT4001 ACTIVE High-speed high-precision digital ambient light sensor (ALS)
NEW OPT4003-Q1 ACTIVE Automotive high-speed high-precision digital light sensor
OPT4048 ACTIVE High-speed high-precision tristimulus XYZ color sensor

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