ABOV Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

ABOV Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

  • Semiconductor
  • Microcomputers/Processor/DSP
Handling Regions
Japan

ABOV Semiconductor is a leading designer and manufacturer of microcontrollers, advanced nonvolatile memory and various semiconductor solutions. Leveraging its unique IP (Intellectual Property) portfolio, ABOV provides complete solutions focused on industrial and consumer appliances markets. ABOV’s technologies power the various features integrated in thousands of popular product applications.

Supplier overview

Main & Display

- ABOV Semiconductor has a rich lineup of Main Stream & Display applications. Each product line features to be an optimal solution for your application: G1 series (cost effectiveness), G2 and G3 series (high integration HMI), L1 series (Ultra Low Power and advanced peripherals), G5 series (optimal functionality for Home Appliance Main Controller), and M4 series (high performance and Advanced Integration).

Motor Solution

- ABOV’s motor solution can reduce the system energy consumption by increasing the operational efficiency of a motor in large and small appliances. It contributes to reduce the customer development resources and manufacturing costs. Specifically, our motor solution provides a total solution for motor control that manages multiple peripherals and control algorithms used for BLDC and FOC motor operation.

Touch Solution

- ABOV’s Touch MCUs offer solutions that have been verified in the field for years, which have high sensitivity touch sensing and withstand the CS 10V resistance. Our Touch products passed the noise test in the most barren environments are widely used in Home Appliances and Mobile and Industrial applications. Especially, it has an optimal function for the application integrating Touch and Display.

aBLE Series

- aBLE is a single chip that implements the ABOV’s own Bluetooth Low Power technology and Ultra Low Power MCU technology. It is a product suitable for Smart Remote Control applications and meets the requirements of IoT markets that are Ultra Low Power (consumption) and Ultra Small (size).

32-bit Microcontrollers Line-up

ABOV’s 32-bit microcontroller product line is based on Arm® Cortex®-M processor, and widely used for large and small home appliances, personal healthcare products, toys, and industrial applications. We provide MCU developers with a variety of tools and software options to support their project development.

8-bit Microcontrollers Line-up

ABOV Semiconductor presents a wide range of 8-bit MCUs that are based on M8051 cores. We have experienced a variety of consumer electronics with them, and based on this, we can provide excellent noise immunity, code optimization, and cost savings for customer’s board design.

Fire & Safety Products Lineup

ABOV’s Fire Detection product line provides a total solution for each system, as a stand-alone type or as a network type. This integrates high-precision AFE circuit and line interface for Tx/ Rx, to offer an optimized solution for the Fire Detector System.

Touch lineup (1)

A31T21x series (32-bit Touch MCU)

A31T21x Series is a 32-bit Cortex-M0+ MCU lineup suitable for HA applications that require touch function and LED/LCD display. In particular, it offers a T-type LED requiring smaller number of pins than an M-Type LED, and also supports Water Tolerance & CS10V, providing strong robustness to noise.

Key Features

・Cortex-M0+ 32-bit Core (Max. 48MHz)
・Flash : Up to 256KB, SRAM : 16KB
・24-ch Self capacitive Touch
・LED driver : Up to 16SEG x 13COM (T-type)
・LCD driver : Up to 32SEG x 8COM
・CS 10V immunity
・Water Tolerance
・Communication Port : 2 USARTs, 2 UARTs,2 I2Cs, 2 SPIs
・12-bit ADC : 3ea
・4-ch DMA
・Operating Voltage: 1.8 V ~ 5.5 V
・Operating Temperature: -40℃ ~ 105℃

Touch lineup (2)

A96T418 (8-bit Touch MCU)

ABOV also has 8-bit Touch MCU lineup suitable for HA applications that require touch function and LED/LCD display. It offers a T-type LED requiring smaller number of pins than an M-Type LED, and also supports CS10V, providing strong robustness to noise.

Key Features

・Self Capacitive Touch Sensor
・LED Driver (T-Type) : 16SEG/8COM
・CS 10V immunity
・Small Size Package

Color Sensor

AL8844

ABOV offers an innovative color sensor that provides, in an optimized package size, an accurate measurement of the ambient light, such as illuminance and color temperature. AL8844 can be used to manage display brightness or correct scene lighting.

Key Features

・Accurate LUX and CCT
・Ideal for Operation under Dark Glass
・Very High Sensitivity
・Product Light Calibration (Trim)
・Low Power Consumption
・Small Optical Package

Supplier overview

Estabished
2006.02.01
Location
SEOUL, KOREA
Business area
Development and sale of semiconductor (MCU)
Employees
300 Employees
Company Name
ABOV Semiconductor Co., Ltd.