The ClearPad™ Series 3 Family | Synaptics

The ClearPad™ Series 3 Family

The Synaptics ClearPad portfolio offers capacitive touchscreen input for a complete range of devices, including entry-level feature phones, high-end smartphones, large form-factor tablets, and more.

ClearPad Series 3 products are purpose-built for today’s highest performance mobile devices with up to 5” displays. Trusted by top OEMs around the world, Series 3 combines the high performance and advanced features to enable the industry’s most exciting mobile devices.

ClearPad Series 3 family delivers:

• Highly Accurate, Responsive 10-Finger Touch
  Advanced processing algorithms and optimized touch-sensing controller hardware provide very accurate, responsive, and stable multi-finger position reporting.
• High Performance Passive Pen
  High signal-to-noise ratio and new sensing algorithms enable advanced user input capabilities, such as point-contact stylus detection with automatic stylus/finger disambiguation.
• Widest Range of Sensor Stackups and Design Options
  Flexible and extensible technology enables a wide range of sensor stackups and industrial design options, including Chip-on-Main-Board, Discrete Sensor, On-Glass-Sensor, In-Cell, and On-Cell implementations.
• Design Studio™ 4 Compatible
  The Series 3 family is fully compatible with Synaptics Design Studio 4 for unmatched design flexibility and quick time-to-market.
• Proven Technology
  Synaptics capacitive touch-sensing technology is used in over one billion devices, backed by an unmatched track record of getting devices to market.

Synaptics delivers a broad range of services that go far beyond standard chip offerings, offering deep system engineering and human factors expertise. Our services enable device manufacturers to deliver a consistent high-quality user experience across a wide range of products.

ClearPad 3200

Synaptics ClearPad 3200 is a high-performance, multi-touch input solution for mobile phones and other portable devices, optimized for touchscreens up to 5" diagonal. Its advanced capabilities and robustness enable new user interaction modes, unprecedented levels of industrial design, and integration flexibility.

ClearPad 3200 is supported by worldwide Synaptics engineering centers and field-proven test and development tools. Synaptics development support ensures a high-quality touch input implementation and accelerates your time-to-market.

ClearPad 3200 Features and Benefits

• Robust Noise Immunity with SignalClarity™ Technology
  Our patented SignalClarity technology delivers extremely robust performance against electrical noise, moisture, and temperature variations.
• Advanced Capabilities
  Redesigned analog blocks and new algorithms enable advanced features such as touch performance in the presence of moisture.
• Leading Edge OS Support
  Full compliance with the leading mobile operating systems such as Android and Windows Phone ensures high performance and easy integration.

ClearPad 3250

Synaptics ClearPad 3250 is the world’s first display integration designed to accommodate In-Cell technology. ClearPad 3250 uses a unique architecture with In-Cell firmware to deliver cutting-edge capabilities for display-integrated touch. Sold as a stand-alone touch ASIC, ClearPad 3250 provides best-in-class touch sensitivity to help deliver advanced functionality, such as small-tip stylus support and common glove usage.

In-Cell Definition and Sensor Location

ClearPad 3250 Features and Benefits

• Ultrathin Design
  Without the need for a Discrete Sensor, ClearPad 3250 provides the thinnest solution available today, reducing thickness by up to ~1 mm, depending on the lens.
• Brighter Displays
  By eliminating sensor transmitters on the color filter glass above the backlighting, the equivalent In-Cell module is 10% brighter.
• Supply Chain Efficiency
  Synaptics display integration optimizes supply chain productivity by leveraging the mature and efficient display ecosystem. By embedding touch directly into the display cell, ClearPad 3250 is perfectly optimized at display companies.
• Total System Cost Savings
  Synaptics reduces total system cost while adding value and performance through supply chain efficiencies and complete removal of a Discrete Sensor stackup.
• Display Compatibility
  ClearPad 3250 display integration solutions with In-Cell implementation options are fully compatible with TFT-LCD, a-Si, and LTPS display types. This gives OEMs maximum flexibility and allows leveraging of current display suppliers.