CMOS LC Tank Circuit Technology to Auction on November 11th at ICAP Ocean Tomo's Fall 2010 Live IP Auction

CHICAGO, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Ocean Tomo, the intellectual property brokerage division of ICAP plc (IAP.L) and the world's premier patent auction firm, will auction a patent portfolio related to Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) LC tank circuit technology at the upcoming Fall 2010 Live IP Auction in Napa, California on November 11th. The portfolio includes five US patents and three US patent applications.

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As consumer electronics push the boundaries of computation complexity, a distributed clock network of flux linked CMOS LC tank circuits can be used to solve many of the fundamental power dissipation problems associated with clocking strategies. The patents in this lot aim to solve many of these issues. The assets describe flux linkage techniques that can be used to orchestrate a number of seemingly individual and distributed CMOS LC tank circuits to behave as single phased or multi-phased clock network and may have applications for multi-core processors. Apparatuses are described to reduce eddy current loss in a metallic conductor and to reduce the resistive losses in inductors. Several frequency-adjusting techniques are also presented which can be used in a distributed clock network environment within either a single substrate or between substrates as in a multi chip module (MCM). A mechanical flux linkage adjustment or a finite state machine technique can be used to adjust the oscillator frequency.

The Electronic Design Automation Tools market is projected to reach $9.85 billion by 2015. Global revenue from power management semiconductors is expected to nearly double in the coming years, rising to $40.8 billion in 2014. "This lot should be of interest to semiconductor designers, semiconductors manufacturers, or other companies involved in the production of products that rely on integrated circuits," said Dean Becker, CEO of ICAP Ocean Tomo.

The patents have been cited by Atmel, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation – Yonsei University.

To learn more about these patents and how to participate in the Fall Live Auction please contact Dean Becker at [email protected].

To view the Fall Auction catalog online visit http://icapoceantomo.com/auction/fall/catalog.

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