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Melexis and Arrow Electronics have entered into a global distribution agreement. Melexis will benefit from Arrow’s global footprint, vast customer reach, engineering excellence and supply chain programs. Arrow expands its offering of innovative sensor and driver ICs.

Melexis, a global microelectronics engineering company, supplies its unique MLX90632 temperature sensor to Samsung’s Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro. The non-contact temperature measurement with enhanced accuracy enables menstrual cycle tracking.

Melexis, Lumentum, Sony Semiconductor Solutions and Stanley Electric will present an automotive ready camera at InCabin Phoenix 2023. The camera includes Melexis ToF image sensor (MLX75027), high-power IR VCSEL from Stanley with Lumentum VCSEL arrays and a Sony integrated laser driver.

Sales for the full year 2022 were 836.2 million EUR, an increase of 30% compared to the previous year. CEO Marc Biron: “Landing at a 30% sales increase compared with 2021, despite the continued supply constraints, 2022 was once again a record year for Melexis."

Melexis is expanding its facility in Kuching, Malaysia. The project comes with an investment cost of 70 million EUR in the next 5 years. The expansion will be realized with the construction of a new building for probing, shipping, storage and offices.

Melexis is expanding its range of automotive-qualified inductive resolvers for e-motor applications (power steering, traction motor, brake booster). The MLX90517 complements the MLX90510 by providing raw signals to enable off-chip compensation in the ECU.

The new MLX90376 is an absolute magnetic position sensor IC, handling 360° rotary automotive applications with strong stray field immunity (SFI). Its dual-stacked die PCB-less version is unique to the market. The device supports system integration up to ASIL D level functional safety, offering state-of-the-art sensing for steering and valve applications. The blend of robustness and performance it offers will be of value for vehicle electrification.

Melexis launches the MLX92352, a universal programmable 3-axis latch & switch targeting relative position and speed sensing. It provides magnetic flexibility and pitch independent dual outputs that can be set as speed, pulse or direction. With its unmatched EMC and ESD performance, this stand-alone PCB-less device saves space and total module cost for automotive and industrial applications.

Melexis has launched a new series of PCB-less pressure sensor ICs that deliver the highest degree of accuracy over lifetime. Thanks to this impressive performance the last generation of ICEs will become greener in all circumstances.

Li Auto Inc., an emerging Chinese EV OEM incorporates a new generation of intuitive gesture control system in its cars. The 3D camera at the core of this system integrates the Melexis MLX75027, the world's only automotive qualified VGA resolution time-of-flight (ToF) sensor.

Melexis reinforces its reputation in the automotive current sensing market by announcing the MLX91230 and the MLX91231. They offer access to shunt or Hall type current sensor technologies. These ASIL compliant devices can measure voltage, current and temperature. Customers will be provided with flexibility and design reusability in their electric vehicle (EV) power systems.