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Fairchild files new patent infringement lawsuit.
The company alleges that certain products from Power Integrations infringe one or more of Fairchild's U.S. patents.
Fairchild Semiconductor, a supplier of high performance products that enable energy efficiency, announced that it has filed a new patent infringement lawsuit against Power Integrations.
In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Del., Fairchild alleges that certain Power Integrations' pulse width modulation (PWM) integrated circuit products infringe one or more claims of three U.S. patents owned by Fairchild subsidiary System General Corporation.
The U.S. patents are No. 7,259,972, entitled "Primary-Side-Control Power Converter Having Switching Controller Using Frequency Hopping and Voltage And Current Control Loops;" No. 7,352,595, entitled "Primary-Side Controlled Switching Regulator;" and No. 7,061,780, entitled "Switching Control Circuit with Variable Switching Frequency for Primary-Side-Controlled Power Converters."
Fairchild is seeking monetary damages and an injunction preventing the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or importation of Power Integrations products found to infringe the asserted patents.
In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Del., Fairchild alleges that certain Power Integrations' pulse width modulation (PWM) integrated circuit products infringe one or more claims of three U.S. patents owned by Fairchild subsidiary System General Corporation.
The U.S. patents are No. 7,259,972, entitled "Primary-Side-Control Power Converter Having Switching Controller Using Frequency Hopping and Voltage And Current Control Loops;" No. 7,352,595, entitled "Primary-Side Controlled Switching Regulator;" and No. 7,061,780, entitled "Switching Control Circuit with Variable Switching Frequency for Primary-Side-Controlled Power Converters."
Fairchild is seeking monetary damages and an injunction preventing the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or importation of Power Integrations products found to infringe the asserted patents.
