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Unterpremstaetten, Austria and Boston, MA – February 25, 2010: two austriamicrosystems high-performance analog ICs have been selected from hundreds of nominations to be finalists for this year’s EDN Innovation Awards. The AS5011 EasyPointTM two-dimensional magnetic encoder IC was chosen as a finalist in the sensors category. And the AS3910 HF RFID reader IC with unique antenna management technology is a finalist in the Analog Front End IC category.

Rick Nelson, EDN editor-in-chief, stated, “We received an impressive number of submissions for our 2009 Innovation Awards program, indicating that innovation is alive and well despite the economically challenging year. Two of the outstanding submissions that our editors chose were, in the sensors category, austriamicrosystems’ AS5011 EasyPointTM magnetic encoder IC and, in the analog front-end category, the AS3910 high-performance HF RFID reader IC with antenna auto tuning. Now it’s up to EDN’s readers to determine which product in each category they find most compelling.”

The austriamicrosystems AS3910 13.56 MHz HF RFID Reader IC provides antenna management technology optimized for applications with directly driven antennas. It features two differential low-impedance (1.5 ?) antenna drivers and can deliver up to 1 W of output power from a 3.3 V supply. The AS3910 is suitable for ISO-15693 applications with read ranges of up to 30 cm. On-chip auto-tuning eliminates manual trimming of the antenna in production or in the field. For more information on the AS3910 please visit www.austriamicrosystems.com/AS3910

The AS5011 is a two-dimensional magnetic encoder IC that monitors a magnet’s displacement relative to its center position and provides position information via I2C outputs. It includes five integrated Hall sensing elements for detecting up to ±2 mm of lateral displacement, a high-resolution 12-bit ADC, XY coordinate and motion detection engine, and a smart power management controller. For further information on the AS5011 EasyPointTM module please visit www.austriamicrosystems.com/AS5011.

The EDN Innovation Award voting site is www.EDN.com/innovation20. Voting is open until March 19, 2010.

About austriamicrosystems
austriamicrosystems is a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, combining more than 27 years of analog design capabilities and system know-how with its own state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facilities. austriamicrosystems leverages its expertise in low power and high accuracy to provide industry-leading customized and standard analog products. Operating worldwide with more than 1,000 employees, austriamicrosystems focuses on the areas of power management, sensors & sensor interfaces and mobile infotainment in its markets Communications, Industry & Medical and Automotive, complemented by its Full Service Foundry activities. austriamicrosystems is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich (ticker symbol: AMS).