Asahi Kasei Microdevices

Facts

Segment

SEMICONDUCTORS

Country

Japan

Headquarters

Tokyo, Tokyo

Founded

1980

Website

https://www.akm.com/global/en/

About Asahi Kasei Microdevices

Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation is a Tokyo-headquartered operating company within the Asahi Kasei Group. Its electronics history dates to 1980, and the current business combines compound-semiconductor sensing with analogue and digital mixed-signal IC design. Product domains include Hall and magnetic sensors, current sensors, electronic compasses, millimetre-wave radar, gas sensing and audio or communications components.

The robotics link is concentrated in sensing and motor-control applications. Official industrial materials show current sensors used around robot drives, while magnetic and radar devices provide position, motion and non-contact environmental information. AKM supplies these chips and modules to system makers; it does not own the downstream robot architecture or autonomy software. Customer names, robotics-specific unit volumes and segment revenue are usually undisclosed, so the profile keeps the exposure at the semiconductor layer.

Summary

Type: Sensor semiconductor supplier

Core: Magnetic, current and radar ICs

Function: Measure motion, power and surroundings

Audience: Robot, motor and equipment OEMs