Oki Electric and Tyco Electronics Sign an Agreement to Transfer Technology for USB Power Protection Switch ICs.TOKYO -- Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6703) today announced it has signed an agreement with Tyco Electronics Tyco Electronics was the largest unit of Tyco International Ltd., and the world's leading supplier of passive electronic components. On June 29, 2007 Tyco Electronics became a wholly independent publicly-traded company, along with Covidien, from the breakup of the Tyco conglomerate Corporation to transfer Tyco Electronics' technology of USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. power protection switch ICs to Oki Electric. The technology being transferred is a protection switch IC that is inserted in the power supply line for USB terminals. Use of terminals equipped with USB, a high-speed serial interface The High-Speed Serial Interface (HSSI) is a differential ECL serial interface standard developed by Cisco Systems and T3plus Networking primarily for use in WAN router connections. It is capable of speeds up to 52 Mbit/s with cables up to 50 feet in length. standard, is rapidly increasing in common applications such as digital still cameras and as an interface to connect PCs with digital appliances. The power protection switch IC offers functions to help enable a USB power supply including overcurrent protection, soft-start, and UVLO UVLO Undervoltage Lockout UVLO Under Voltage Lock Out (Under Voltage Lock Out) functions. Oki will accept orders of the USB power protection switch IC beginning July 21, 2006. "We are very pleased with this technology transfer from Tyco Electronics, a globally known company. Based on this agreement, we will provide system solutions that have lower power consumption and lesser components with our differentiating technologies in power management LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. such as high voltage The term high voltage characterizes electrical circuits, in which the voltage used is the cause of particular safety concerns and insulation requirements. High voltage is used in electrical power distribution, in cathode ray tubes, to generate X-rays and particle beams, to processing, low power consumption, and circuit area technologies," said Masahiko Morioka, President of Silicon Solutions Company at Oki Electric. "By taking in the technologies from Tyco Electronics, Oki will expand the offering of system solutions by adding power supply line protection switch IC to our product lineup that includes linear regulator In electronics, a linear regulator is a voltage regulator based on an active device (such as a bipolar junction transistor, field effect transistor or vacuum tube) operating in its "linear region" (in contrast, a switching regulator is based on a transistor forced to act as an and switching regulator." About Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Founded in 1881, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. is Japan's first telecommunications manufacturer, with its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. With the corporate vision, "Oki, Network Solutions for a Global Society," Oki provides top-quality products, technologies and solutions to its customers through its info-telecom system business, semiconductor business and printer business. All three businesses function as a collective force to create exciting new products and technologies that satisfy a spectrum of customer needs in various markets. Visit Oki's global web site at http://www.oki.com/. About Tyco Electronics Tyco Electronics, a business segment of Tyco International Ltd., is the world's largest passive electronic components manufacturer; a leader in cutting-edge wireless components, complete power systems, and premise wiring components and systems; and a provider of critical communications systems to the Land Mobile Radio industry. Tyco Electronics provides advanced technology products from over forty well-known and respected brands, including Agastat, Alcoswitch, AMP, AMP NETCONNECT, Buchanan, CII CII Confederation of Indian Industry CII Chartered Insurance Institute (UK) CII Construction Industry Institute (University of Texas) CII Council of Institutional Investors , CoEv, Critchley, Elcon, Elo TouchSystems, M/A-COM, Madison Cable, OEG OEG Olfactory Ensheathing Glia OEG Oberrheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (German Railroad Company) OEG Operations Evaluation Group OEG Old English Game (chicken breed) , Potter & Brumfield, Raychem, Schrack and Simel. For more information, visit www.tycoelectronics.com. Notes: --Names of companies and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies and organizations. |
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