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Jabil to demo breakthrough mobility technologies
St. Petersburg, Fla. — Jabil Circuit, Inc. plans to demo several new components and technologies at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that the company says will provide critical differentiation, cost efficiencies and faster time to market for the mobility industry.
Here’s a quick rundown on the new Jabil products and technologies:
- System-on-Chip Camera Modules: Jabil | Green Point has developed two SOC embedded camera modules for the portable device market. The MD6054A, a compact 5-megapixel SOC camera with autofocus, addresses consumer demand for high-end optics, while the PW3625A, the first 2-megapixel SOC reflowable wafer-level camera module, targets small, low-cost mobile phones. Both provide an onboard image signal processor and a CMOS image sensor.
- Seamless touch screen integration: Provides seamless integration of the touch screen into a flat or curved cover for a sleek, elegant look combined with durability and protection.
- Smart Navi-Key Products: This turnkey solution combines input control functions with one-touch fingerprint security, data privacy and user personalization functions into a highly durable keypad solution. It includes a fingerprint sensor from AuthenTec, and a durable keymat from Sunarrow. The all-in-one keypad is manufactured by Jabil | Green Point for easy integration into smart phones, PDAs and other mobile devices.
- Pico projector solutions: Jabil has developed two embedded modules that are said to offer the industry’s smallest dimensions, lowest power consumption and highest brightness. Jabil says the EPE-CP embedded projection engine can be easily integrated into a cell phone, while the EPEM50 embedded projection engine module is designed as an integrated component for standalone projectors or consumer electronics applications such as netbooks or notebooks.
- Keymat assembly-to-order (ATO) process: This process, developed with Sunarrow, reduces lead time for keymats from 10-15 days to 12-24 hours using an assembly-to-order laser etching customization process. The advantages for OEMs include reduction of inventory, lead time, cost, risk, excess and obsolescence, as well as increased flexibility, says Jabil.
Jabil is exhibiting at the Mobile World Congress, booth 2H59.
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