An advanced capacitive-touch switch technology detects variations in position and command, eliminates air gaps, and reduces the number of layers required. This technology offers the highest standards of optical performance with exceptional ease of design for human-machine interfaces, handheld terminals, gaming, medical equipment, and point-of-sale equipment, and mobile applications. The capacitive touch screens respond to fingertip input control without requiring application of any pressure. The structures are very robust and the sensor elements will not wear out. Lifetimes are approximately 100 million touches. Improved visibility results from less reflectivity and higher transparency of the image displayed through the touch panel and allows for a thinner touch screen in front of the LCD (up to 0.5 mm - 0.7 mm thick in the viewing area). Transparency is a minimum of 95 percent and reflection is less than 15 percent. The capacitive touch screens also have a wide operating temperature range of -20 DegC to 70 DegC. For more information, visit: www.optrex.com