First Sidense Customer Takes Kilopass 1T Patent Coverage License
March 15 2012 - 5:00PM
Marketwired
Kilopass Technology Inc., a leading provider of semiconductor logic
non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), today
announced it has licensed its 1T patent coverage license (PCL) to a
Sidense customer. This is the first in an expected series of
customers to license the 1T PCL. Kilopass continues to be selected
by customers due to its broad embedded NVM product portfolio from
180nm to 28nm to enable next generation development of analog mixed
signal chip sets to complex SOCs. With the 1T PCL, Kilopass is
enabling direct resolution with Sidense customers on their existing
products using 1T technology before the U.S. District Court trial
begins on September 30, 2012.
"We continue to be customer centric in our approach to
litigation and the IP business," said Charlie Cheng, CEO at
Kilopass. "We want to offer business solutions in addition to
product solutions to our customers that create a win-win for both
our customers and Kilopass. Given that we own the patent for 1T
antifuse technology, it makes sense to offer a patent coverage
license to those requesting it."
The 1T patent coverage license program is offered to address
Sidense customers' concerns about the uncertainty of the results of
the litigation and its ramification to their products. Kilopass 1T
patent coverage license program covers three US Patents: US
6,940,751, US 6,856,540 and US 6,777,757, which Kilopass is making
available to Sidense licensees. The patent coverage license is to
address existing products that have taped out and does not include
future products. Below is a picture of a Kilopass 1T cell
manufactured in 2002, more than a year before the founding of
Sidense. For more information on Kilopass 1T patent coverage
license program, please contact info@kilopass.com. To view the
story in EE Times click
http://eetimes.com/electronics-news/4238027/Kilopass-inks-license-deal-with-Sidense-customer-.
About Kilopass Kilopass Technology, Inc.,
a leading supplier of embedded NVM intellectual property, leverages
standard logic CMOS processes to deliver one-time programmable
(OTP) and many-time programmable (MTP) memory. With 58 patents
granted or pending and more than 800,000 wafers shipped from a
dozen foundries and Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs),
Kilopass has more than 100 customers in applications ranging from
storage of firmware and security codes to calibration data and
other application-critical information. The company is
headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit
www.kilopass.com or email info@kilopass.com.
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For more information, contact: Nanette Collins Public Relations
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Kilopass Technology (408) 980-8808 x130 j.mcleod@kilopass.com