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Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 December 2003

Royalty-free licences to accelerate UWB
drive

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To accelerate adoption of ultrawideband technology in wireless personal area network applications, TI is to offer royalty-free licences for its patents relating to the proposed IEEE802.15.3a standard.

To accelerate adoption of emerging high-speed ultrawideband (UWB) technology in wireless personal area network (WPAN) applications, Texas Instruments is to offer royalty-free licences under TI essential patents directed toward the IEEE802.15.3a standard, pending ratification of the MultiBand OFDM Alliance's (MBOA) proposal as the new IEEE802.15.3a standard for high speed WPANs TI is a member of the MBOA, and is committed to enabling UWB technology