Contactless Authentication: Melexis Brings it on Home With the MLX90109

YPRES, Belgium, February 4 - Melexis, a leading supplier of RFID transceivers, is proud to announce
that the MLX90109, its single chip, low frequency (125kHz) RFID transceiver
was selected by Somfy for use in a security application for homes and
buildings. Originally designed for an automotive immobilizer application, the
MLX90109 fits also industrial requirements in access control or pet
identification. Although the big trend in contactless authentication is High
Frequency RF communications (13.56MHz), there are applications where low
power, robustness and space constraints call for Low frequency contacless
authentication. In all these cases, the MLX90109 is the key element for an
optimum solution.

Following paragraphs The MLX90109 was successfully designed-in
at Somfy for their alarm control terminal. "We carefully reviewed the
offering of the various RFID IC vendors and finally selected the MLX90109 as
it offers significant competitive advantages over its competitors" said
Gilles Grange, Research & Development Manager at Somfy. "As a matter of fact,
the low power consumption combined with the small form factor and the low
external component count enabled us to add contactless function to our
products. As a technology leader in home automation systems, we are excited
to be able to offer this additional solution to our large installed base of
customers."

Gilles Cerede, Product Line Manager for Wireless Automotive & Sensing at
Melexis commented: "Somfy originally contacted us for our transmitter and
receiver in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band, but when we
presented our RFID portfolio, we raised a new interest. We are delighted that
they finally selected the MLX90109 as we believe that this product offers an
unchallenged value for our customers, by providing the right features at the
right price".

The MLX90109 is available in volume production together with an
evaluation board and a development kit to speed up the development cycle of
the customer. The transceiver chip is offered in a 0 to 70degreesC version
and a -40 to 85degreesC version in the industry standard SO8 pin package for
surface mount manufacturing. Estimated pricing for the MLX90109 is 0.98 Euros
at 50,000 pieces quantity.

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More information can be found at www.melexis.com

Contact: Rik Moens, Marketing & Communication Professional, +32-13-670-795, rmo at melexis.com