Sarnoff Licenses TakeCharge ESD Design Solution IP To Matsushita; First Application in HV-CMOS ICs; License Agreement Enhances Matsushita/Sarnoff Strategic Cooperation
GISTEL, Belgium—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Nov. 16, 2004—
Sarnoff Europe (www.sarnoffeurope.com) today announced
that Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Ltd., acting through its
Semiconductor Company in Kyoto, Japan, has licensed Sarnoff's
TakeCharge(r) on-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) design solution
portfolio. The first applications are in high-voltage CMOS (HV-CMOS)
integrated circuits.
"TakeCharge technology can reduce the capacitance of the input and
output (I/O) pins of HV-CMOS IC's. Therefore, its application can
reduce the power required to drive the data bus," said Fumihisa
Nakamura, Category Director, Display Driver and PDP, System LSI
Division of Matsushita Semiconductor Company.
"We are proud to be working with Matsushita, one of the world's
premier suppliers of driver ICs to the fast growing and competitive
consumer market for large flat panel displays," said Koen Verhaege,
Director of ESD Design Solutions & Executive Director of Sarnoff
Europe.
In addition to reducing power consumption at the chip level, the
use of TakeCharge technology for chip design can significantly impact
size and cost at the system level, according to Verhaege. Because the
redesigned I/Os are compatible with higher-speed data buses, the same
data transfer rate can be handled over fewer I/O and signal lines.
This can markedly reduce system size and cost.
TakeCharge has been licensed to leading semiconductor companies in
Japan and around the world.
About Sarnoff Europe
Sarnoff Europe bvba (www.sarnoffeurope.com) located in Gistel,
Belgium, is a subsidiary company of Sarnoff Corporation. Sarnoff
Europe assumes worldwide responsibility for the development and
commercialization of the TakeCharge(r) on-chip ESD protection IP
portfolio.
About Sarnoff
Sarnoff Corporation (www.sarnoff.com) produces innovations in
electronic, biomedical and information technology that generate
successful new products and services for clients worldwide. Founded in
1942 as RCA Laboratories, it develops breakthroughs in ICs, lasers,
and imagers; drug discovery, manufacture and delivery; digital TV and
video for security, surveillance, and entertainment; high-performance
networking; and wireless communications. Its history includes the
development of color TV, the liquid-crystal display, and the
disposable hearing aid, and a leadership role in creating the new U.S.
digital and HDTV standard. Sarnoff also founds new companies to bring
its technologies to market. It is a subsidiary of SRI International.
Contact:
Sarnoff Europe
Henk De Blaere, 32-(0)59-275-917
press@sarnoffeurope.com
