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Ricoh takes up TakeCharge
Japan's Ricoh has licensed Sarnoff Europe's TakeCharge technology, which allows integrated circuit (IC) designers to create on-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuitry. This enables robust specification performance on first implementation, shortening time to market by eliminating costly, time-consuming redesigns.
Japan's Ricoh has licensed Sarnoff Europe's TakeCharge technology, which allows integrated circuit (IC) designers to create on-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuitry. This enables robust specification performance on first implementation, shortening time to market by eliminating costly, time-consuming redesigns.
Initially Ricoh will use TakeCharge for product applications in its analogue CMOS family of processes. The technology has been customised to Ricoh's requirements.
TakeCharge has been silicon proven in advanced processes down to 65nm CMOS including silicon on insulator (SOI). Toshiba, Sony, OKI, JRC, Hynix, Infineon, Altera, PMC-Sierra, and Scintera have previously taken up licenses to the technology.
Sarnoff's Europe subsidiary, based in Belgium, has world wide responsibility for the development and commercialisation of TakeCharge.
