Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions (TAOS) was formed in 1998, to develop, manufacture, and market leading-edge integrated optoelectronic products. Utilizing state-of-the-art technology, TAOS’ semiconductor devices combine precision mixed-signal functionality with photo-detectors on the same integrated circuit to produce products with performance and cost advantages over conventional solutions. Austriamicrosystems (ams) acquired Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions in 2011; Consolidating with Austria Micro Systems, the two companies have formed as Ams. Ams is a designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs (integrated circuits) for the consumer, communications, industrial, medical and automotive markets.
The types of products manufactured by Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions: Light-to-Voltage Sensors, Light-to-Frequency Sensors, Linear Sensor Arrays, Light to Digital Sensors, Color Sensors, and Color Reflective Sensors.
Historically, applications that require the sensing of light stimulus to execute a function have been implemented by either a photodiode or phototransistor – neither of which support the emerging needs for higher performance optical sensor-based applications.
Utilizing state-of-the-art technology, TAOS semiconductor devices combine precision mixed-signal functionality with photo-detectors on the same integrated circuit to produce products with performance and cost advantages over conventional solutions. TAOS’s intelligent opto sensors simplify the measurement and analog-to-digital conversion of light, and are designed to reduce the need for signal conditioning or pre-processing circuitry in light-centric systems. Our light sensing solutions improve system performance and reduce design-cycle time giving designers the flexibility and performance they require at an attractive system cost.
