Sarnoff Europe (www.sarnoffeurope.com)
and RedMere Technology (www.redmere.com)
today announced the successful implementation of Sarnoff’s
on-chip electro-static discharge (ESD) protection solution in RedMere’s
signal processing technology targeted at high-definition multimedia
interface (HDMI) applications.
RedMere Technology, a leading innovator of semiconductor solutions for
ultra low power interconnect solutions for consumer multimedia and
computing applications, engaged Sarnoff Europe for a TakeCharge Design
Kit. This semi–automated tool enables design
engineers to select and implement the most appropriate ESD protection
strategies while optimizing their integrated circuits (IC) design both
for ESD requirements and full communication functionality.
“The Sarnoff TakeCharge Design Kit enabled
RedMere to quickly and economically increase our IC ESD performance to a
new HDMI industry standard of 8kV HBM without compromising the stringent
operation requirements of a 3.4Gbps data channel,”
said Peter Smyth, CEO of RedMere Technology. “Sarnoff
truly demonstrated the ease-of-use and scalability of their solutions.”
Sarnoff’s ESD design solutions are product
proven in more than 400 commercially released IC's in nano, standard and
HV CMOS, BiCMOS and BCD processes.
“RedMere Technology’s
selection of TakeCharge to aid in a successful first-to-market
introduction of their HDMI application proves the trust semiconductor
companies have placed in the effectiveness of Sarnoff Europe’s
ESD solutions,” said Koen Verhaege, Executive
Director of Sarnoff Europe. “TakeCharge
enables design engineers to access the most advanced on-chip, extreme
low-capacity and area efficient ESD solutions.”
TakeCharge’s, 0.5um to 65nm product proven
ESD protection is licensed for a broad spectrum of applications such as
ASIC’s, FPGA’s,
LCD drivers, power, consumer and communications IC’s.
TakeCharge licensees include leading IDM, fabless and foundry IC
producers worldwide, including Toshiba, Altera, Infineon, ST, Ricoh,
OKI, Sony, Fujitsu, Renesas, Matsushita, Seiko Epson, NJR, PMC-Sierra,
ON, AMIS, RedMere, Nanotech, Gennum, Actel, CamSemi, THine, Inphi, Tower
and others.
About Sarnoff Corporation
Sarnoff Corporation (www.sarnoff.com)
produces innovations in electronic, video and vision technologies that
generate successful new products and services for our government and
commercial clients worldwide. Founded in 1942 as RCA Laboratories,
Sarnoff makes continuous breakthroughs in ICs, lasers, imaging and
sensing devices; biomedical diagnostics; digital TV and video for
security, surveillance and entertainment; high-performance networking;
and wireless communications. Sarnoff is a subsidiary of SRI
International.
About Sarnoff Europe
Sarnoff Europe (www.sarnoffeurope.com)
headquartered in Gistel, Belgium, is a subsidiary company of Sarnoff
Corporation. Sarnoff Europe assumes worldwide responsibility for the
development and commercialization of Sarnoff’s
on-chip ESD protection IP.
About RedMere Technology
Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, RedMere Technology (www.redmere.com)
is a leading innovator specializing in ultra low power semiconductor
solutions for high speed consumer and computing interconnect
applications. RedMere Technology offers the unique Cable MagnifEyeTM
product range for embedded cable applications in addition to this new
range of advanced HDMI switch and repeater products for the HDTV market.
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