Mitsubishi Electric Announces Sale of Contact Image Sensor with Ultraviolet Light...

Mitsubishi Electric Announces Sale of Contact Image Sensor with Ultraviolet Light Source

TOKYO--(Business Wire)--
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (President and CEO: Setsuhiro
Shimomura) announced today two models of contact image sensors (CIS)
for the Japanese and overseas markets. Used chiefly to enable banking
machines to read banknotes, these products are the first in the
world(1) to detect special luminous ink that reacts only to
ultraviolet (UV) light. Sales will begin from the end of May 2008.

(1): as of March 25, 2008 (by Mitsubishi Electric)

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Summary of Sale
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Effective Shipment Monthly
Product Type scanning Price Date production
width
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UB2B108AX-
UV 108 mm
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CIS with UV UB2B200AX- amount/ May
light source UV 200 mm specifications 2008(2) 2,000 units
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(2): Delivery date would be 3 months after order or after
specification has been fixed

Aim of Sale

CIS, which is an optical linear sensor with a built-in light
source, a sensor device and an image-processing engine, is widely used
as a scanning device in facsimiles, copy machines and scanners as well
as in banknote sorters, ATMs, automatic payment machines and other
banking machines. Highly efficient CISs are widely used in banking
machines to check authenticity, sort and verify the value of banknotes
by scanning their patterns and colors.

A recent increase in extremely sophisticated counterfeit bills
have stimulated the need for countermeasures such as inscribing
information on bills with special luminous ink that glows only under
UV light. This light, however, damages the sensor materials and
deteriorates performance, and previous CISs in banking machines had
difficulty detecting special luminous ink since previous models had no
UV light source.

Mitsubishi Electric started production and sales of CIS in 1986
and, since then, has received high recognition by Japanese and
overseas banking machine manufacturers for its advanced technology to
achieve high-speed scanning, high sensitivity and high accuracy with
multiple colors. The new CISs for highly efficient banking machines
detect special luminous ink and withstand long-term exposure of UV
light.

Product Features

1) Detection by 370-nanometer wavelength Ultraviolet Light

With a 370-nanometer wavelength light emitting diode, the new CIS
products can detect information printed in special luminous ink that
glows under UV light.

2) Light source can be chosen from five different wavelengths

Up to four types(3) of light sources can be chosen from the
following wavelengths: 370 nm (ultraviolet), 470 nm (blue), 520 nm
(green), 630 nm (red) and 940 nm (infrared).

(3): Combination availability depends on wavelengths

3) Low power consumption

By optimizing the light emitting diode (LED) driver circuit, the
new CIS products operate at low power consumption, even with the UV
light source, of 12 volts and 0.5 amperes, which is the same level as
with visible and infrared light sources.

Environmental Aspects

In compliance with the standards of the six substances for
Europe's Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS),
Mitsubishi Electric's newly developed CIS products can be safely used
in equipment for export.

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Key Specifications
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Model UB2B108AX-UV UB2B200AX-UV
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Scanning width 108 mm 200 mm
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Valid scanning width (total pixels) 850 (864) 1575 (1632)
pixels pixels
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Pixel Density (set at shipment) Choice from 25, 50, 100,
200, 400 dpi
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Output clock frequency 7MHz
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Line read time 250 microseconds/line
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Data output mode 8-bit width digital TTL
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Light source (set at shipment) Choice from LED colors of
red (630nm wavelength),
green (520nm), blue
(470nm), infrared (940nm),
ultraviolet (370nm)
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Power consumption Constant LED current of
12V, 0.5A
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Size 127.6x25x11.2 225.4x25x11.2
mm mm
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About Mitsubishi Electric

With over 80 years of experience in providing reliable,
high-quality products to both corporate clients and general consumers
all over the world, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) is a
recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of
electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and
communications, space development and satellite communications,
consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation
and building equipment. The company recorded consolidated group sales
of 3,855 billion yen (USD 32.7billion*) in the fiscal year ended March
31, 2007. For more information visit
global.mitsubishielectric.com

*At an exchange rate of 118 yen to the US dollar, the rate given
by the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market on March 31, 2007

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Mitsuo Minagawa, +81-3-3218-9208 (Product Inquiries)
Electronic Devices Marketing Department
Minagawa.Mitsuo@cs.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp
here
Yurika Fujimoto, +81-3-3218-3380 (Media)
Public Relations Division
prd.gnews@nk.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp
here

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