Osram Announces Cross-License Agreement with Lite-On Technology Corporation.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Osram GmbH, Munich, today announced that it has signed a patent cross-license contract with Lite-On Technology Corporation, a manufacturer of optoelectronics in Taiwan. Osram has granted Lite-On a royalty-bearing license to manufacture and sell surface-mount, light emitting diodes See LED. (SMT (1) (Surface Mount Technology) See surface mount. (2) (Station ManagemenT) An FDDI network management protocol that provides direct management. Only one node requires the software. SMT - Station Management LEDs) and white LEDs with conversion technology, for which Osram holds patents. Typical applications for these two LEDs include backlighting back·light n. A type of spotlight, used in photography, that illuminates a subject from behind. tr.v. back·light·ed or back·lit , back·light·ing, back·lights for mobile phones and car radio displays. Osram Opto Semiconductors, a subsidiary of Osram GmbH, developed the conversion technology for LEDs. This technology enables white LEDs to be produced using blue-emitting, InGaN (Indium Gallium Nitride Indium gallium nitride (InGaN, InxGa1-xN) is a semiconductor material made of a mix of gallium nitride (GaN) and indium nitride (InN). It is a ternary group III/group V direct bandgap semiconductor. )-based chips and a suitable fluorescent converter (1) A device that changes one set of codes, modes, sequences or frequencies to a different set. See A/D converter. (2) A device that changes current from 60Hz to 50Hz and vice versa. . "Over the years, we have developed a very strong position and have a good deal of intellectual property at our disposal," explains Dr. Rudiger Mueller, chief executive officer of Osram Opto Semiconductors. The company had signed patent contracts with Nichia, Rohm and Everlight. Osram holds patents for several SMT LED packages and mounting forms. SMT devices are very small and low-profile, enabling greater design flexibility and facilitating further processing in industrial series manufacturing. Lite-On has granted Osram a patent license for special manufacturing processes. About Osram Osram is one of the two largest lighting manufacturers in the world. The Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH subsidiary in Regensburg offers its customers a range of solutions based on semiconductor technology for lighting, sensor and visualisation (graphics) visualisation - Making a visible presentation of numerical data, particularly a graphical one. This might include anything from a simple X-Y graph of one dependent variable against one independent variable to a virtual reality which allows you to fly around the data. applications. The company operates facilities in Regensburg (Germany), San Jose (USA) and Penang (Malaysia). In the 2003 fiscal year (ending in September) around 3.300 employees produced sales totaling EURO 392 million. Further information is available at www.osram-os.com. About Lite-On Visit www.liteon.com |
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