(February 1, 2010) CHICAGO — ICAP Ocean Tomo, the intellectual property brokerage division of ICAP Plc (IAP.L), is offering for sale a patent portfolio relating to wafer-level semiconductor packaging owned by Hymite A/S. The 77 issued U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications cover new packaging technologies for optical communications components, LED emitters, and semiconductor fabrication.
The assets disclose cost-efficient wafer-level semiconductor packaging techniques applicable to high-power and high-frequency applications, including LED, MEMS, and optical communications component packaging. Key technologies of this portfolio include high-current-carrying through-wafer interconnects (through-silicon via — TSV), which enable wafer-level surface mount (SMT) chip-size packaging (WLPCSP). WLPCSP can improve manufacturability by reducing costs, increase performance, enable reduced component size, and improve product scalability.
The patents also include a high-power/brightness LED packaging solution that offers excellent thermal performance in a highly manufacturable platform and MEMS packaging technology that features flux-less hermetic sealing on the wafer level with controlled internal package atmosphere. Several of the technologies included in this portfolio have been developed to the production phase and the related know-how is included.
“Hymite is pleased with the general acceptance of its unique technology in the market – major players in high speed communications, high-power LEDs and MEMS have already engaged Hymite on developing unique products,” stated Christian Tang-Jespersen, Hymite president and CEO.
To learn more about the patents available for sale in this portfolio, contact ICAP Ocean Tomo at (866) 779-8363 or at [email protected]. ICAP Ocean Tomo is the intellectual property brokerage division of ICAP, an interdealer broker and provider of post trade services. The Group matches buyers and sellers in the wholesale markets in interest rates, credit, commodities, foreign exchange, emerging markets, equities and equity derivatives through voice and electronic networks. ICAP is also the source of global market information and research for professionals in the international financial markets. For more information, visit www.icap.com.