Courtesy of Benzinga.
ams AG (OTC: UKUF), a leading provider of high performance sensors and
analog ICs, announced today that the company has acquired the CMOS
Sensor Business from NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI). The acquisition expands ams’
environmental sensor portfolio with advanced monolithic and integrated
CMOS sensors that measure several environmental variables such as
relative humidity, pressure and temperature in one sensor device.
“Environmental sensors can replicate and enhance human responses by
monitoring and measuring smell, pressure and temperature. By capturing
this information electronically, data-driven decisions can be made
automatically and efficiently,” said Thomas Riener, Executive Vice
President, Marketing & Strategy at ams. “The acquisition of NXP’s CMOS
Sensor Business expands our existing environmental
