Computex 2011:Synaptics展示大尺寸觸控面板方案

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Synaptics新思科技這個名字應該對長期使用筆電、並且親自重灌過筆電的人而言不會是太陌生的公司名稱,市面上有相當多筆記型電腦的觸控板都是採用它們的解決方案。新思所提供的不是單一的晶片或是面板技術,而是提供完整的解決方案,包括感測器、控制晶片以及驅動程式、觸控手勢邏輯等,而在智慧手持裝置的觸控面板方面,新思也有將三成左右的市場佔有率。

跳轉是新思這次主要的新技術介紹。

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Computex 2011: Synaptics Showcases New Touch Solutions for Phone and Tablet

For those who install and manage their own notebooks, Synaptics is a name that should be familiar since quite some number of notebook on the market uses their solution for touchpad. Synaptics provides more than just chips or panel technology, they provide complete solutions that include sensors, controller chips, device driver, touch gestures logics and etc. And in the field of touch panels for smart handheld device, Synaptics holds around 30% of the market share.

Continue after the break for more information on some new technologies from Synaptics this year.

新思提供的完整解決方案當中,除了在硬體設計方面外,最重要的是能夠提供多元的作業系統驅動,包括Symbian、RIM、Android、Linux以及Windows Phone等等,而由於產品可針對客戶進行手勢邏輯的客製化,能夠協助客戶在使用界面進行差異化,提供不同客戶在同一平台下能夠提供風格迥異的操作邏輯與手勢支援。

目前新思針對觸控顯示產品提供5種不同的ClearPad觸控解決方案,最入門的Series 1提供一般智慧手機單點觸控手勢,Series 2能夠提供雙點觸控手勢,而自Series 3起,包括Series 4與Series 7則都能提供多點觸控手勢。其中Series 3與Series 4都是針對智慧手機,Series 7則是針對平板等較大尺寸的產品,最大可支援11.6吋。

In the total solutions provided by Synaptics, apart from hardware design, most valuable part is the ability to provide device drivers support for multiple OS, such as Symbian, RIM, Android, Linux, Windows Phone and etc. And because products can be specifically customized with different gesture logic for customers, allow customer to create product differentiation in their user interface, hence different customers can have dramatically different styles of operating logics and gesture control under one unified platform.

AT the moment, Synaptics provide five different ClearPad touch solutions for touch control displays. The entry level Series 1 provides general smartphone with single point touch gesture support, Series 2 provides dual-point touch gesture support. And from Series 3 up, including Series 4 and Series 7, supports multi-touch gestures. Series 3 and Series 4 are made for smart phones, and Series 7 for tablet or similar products with the need for larger screen size, up to 11.6".

在傳統觸控板方面,新思科技今年較大的進展,是為了滿足筆電加大面積的觸控板對於多點觸控的反應需求,已經提出採用I2C取代傳統PS2介面,滿足多點輸入下所需要的頻寬。而像是隱藏按鍵觸控板設計方面,新思目前也一直致力提供此類觸控板無論在那一處下壓都能維持相同回饋的需求,希望提供客戶更簡約的筆電觸控板設計。
For traditional touchpad, Synaptics' most noticeable progress this year is to provide solution to satisfy the demand for better multi-touch responsiveness in notebook, largely caused by the increase in size for notebook touchpad, by putting forward the use of I2C to place the traditional PS2 interface, so bandwidth would be sufficient for multi-touch. As for the design progress for touchpad with invisible buttons, Synaptics strive to improve these kind of touchpad so the same level of feedback can be provided anywhere within the touchpad area, hoping to provide customer with more compactly designed touchpads.