Asahi Kasei Microdevices

Asahi Kasei Microdevices develops magnetic, current, radar, gas and mixed-signal semiconductor devices. Its sensor ICs support motor control, position feedback, current measurement and non-contact perception in industrial robots and other machines.

Facts

  • Segment: Semiconductors
  • Country: JP
  • Founded: 1980
  • Website: https://www.akm.com/global/en/

About

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.

Supply

  • Blue Robotics - Outbound - robotics sensors - Blue Robotics lists the AKM AK09915 magnetometer in the current Navigator BOM - source: bluerobotics.com
  • Luxonis - Outbound - robotics sensors - Luxonis OAK 4 D integrates an AKM AK09919C three-axis magnetometer - source: docs.luxonis.com

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Market context

Comparable profiles and adjacent companies connected by shared workflow, capability, or stack position.

  • Awinic - comparable profile - peer: Analog Semiconductors
  • MEMSIC - stack adjacency - stack: Magnetic Sensors
  • Analog Semiconductors - Peer Group - Verified against official company materials and existing source-backed supply evidence during full-profile enrichment.

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Timeline

  • 2026-07-15 - Production Milestone - AKM starts AK5816AIM mass production and reports Hebel Village use - The module entered mass production in July 2026, moving the camera-less sensing platform beyond evaluation availability. Asahi Kasei Homes uses the technology in Hebel Village bathrooms and living spaces for non-contact monitoring. The deployment provides… - source: akm.com
  • 2025-09-04 - Product Launch - AKM launches AK581xAIM camera-less radar sensing modules - Each 23 × 23 mm module combines an AK581x radar IC with a four-transmit/four-receive antenna array. The modules measure presence, breathing, position and posture and support fall detection without a camera or wearable. AIMEZ-V and LUMI evaluation kits… - source: akm.com
  • 2025-05-02 - Partnership - AKM and Silicon Austria Labs complete integrated current-sensor proof of concept - The design combines direct-copper-bonded power semiconductors, gate driving and current sensing on a standard PCB. AKM’s EZ232L linear Hall IC targets accurate coreless measurement for SiC traction inverters and DC/DC converters. The partners positioned the… - source: akm.com

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Team

  • Naoyuki Kurita - President - Current president of Asahi Kasei Microdevices as of 1 April 2026.

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Relations

  • Silicon Austria Labs GmbH - Power Electronics Research Partner - AKM and Silicon Austria Labs integrated AKM current sensing into a compact high-current power module in a proof of concept.
  • Asahi Kasei Corporation - Group Parent - Asahi Kasei Microdevices is an operating subsidiary within the Asahi Kasei Group.

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Deployments

  • Deployment Status - Service launched at Hebel Village - 2026-07-15 - Asahi Kasei Homes - senior housing indoor monitoring - AKM reported that services using AK5816AIM modules had launched in Hebel Village senior housing for non-contact monitoring in bathrooms and living spaces.… - source: akm.com

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Operations

  • Mass Production Status - AK5816AIM mass production began in July 2026 - 2026-07-15 - AKM began mass production of the AK5816AIM integrated 60 GHz radar module in July 2026; no unit volume or capacity was disclosed. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: akm.com

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