Touching the future
09 February 2010
Agreement signed for QTC switches to create touch screens with 3D input for mobile devices.
Peratech Limited has announced that Nissha has signed a $1.4 million licensing agreement to use Peratech's Quantum Tunnelling Composites (QTC) to create next generation touch screens with 3D input for mobile phones and portable electronic devices.
The licensing agreement gives Nissha exclusive worldwide rights to use the technology for screens smaller than 3.5in x 5.5in for an initial period of one year.
Philip Taysom, Joint CEO of Peratech, said: "This is Peratech's first million dollar licensing agreement and is a huge testament to the power and potential of QTC technology by one of the world's leading manufacturers of touch screens for mobile phones and gaming consoles. QTC is also ideal for creating solutions for larger touch screens and we are actively investigating this market."
QTC's properties enable it to be made into force sensitive switches of any shape or size. The switches and switch matrices can be screen printed, allowing for development and integration of switches that are as thin as 75 microns. QTC is also low power and interfaces can be designed with no start resistance so that without pressure, the switch draws no power and passes no current. Importantly, when pressure is applied, the resistance drops in proportion to the amount of pressure, which allows for sophisticated human machine interface designs that react to variations in pressure. QTC technology has no moving parts and requires no air gap between contacts. This makes it extremely reliable and suitable for integration into the thinnest electronic designs.
Takao Hashimoto, Director of CTO at Nissha and General Manager of Technology Research and Development, added: "QTC will be a disruptive technology for mobile phones, enabling thinner phones to be designed with amazing new input interfaces."
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