JMD receives patent and acheives breakthrough in high Q inductor structures
MONDAY, February 6, 2006 - < BACK
Atlanta, GA., February 6, 2006 - Jacket Micro Devices, Inc., a technology leader in integrated RF modules for the wireless industry, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 6,987,307 - "Stand Alone Organic-Based Passive Devices". This patent was awarded to JMD's founders for their invention of a key technology used in JMD's Multi-Layer Organic (MLO) packaging process. This enabling technology allows JMD to create the industry's smallest and highest performance modules for the emerging broadband wireless applications such as 802.11n and 802.16e.
"This patent represents a critical milestone in JMD's intellectual property development and indicates the leading position we have obtained in the use of organic materials in high performance RF applications", stated Dr. George White, JMD founder and CTO. "We have utilized organic materials to fabricate passive components with higher "Qs" than are obtainable with either multi-layer ceramic materials such as LTCC or on-chip passive components." "Q" defines the quality factor of an RF circuit and is the measure of the loss of a passive component such as a bandpass filter. "We recently demonstrated inductor Qs in excess of 200 at 1Ghz. This represents an increase of 4-to-5 times Q's achievable with alternate materials", Dr. White added.
About Jacket Micro Devices
JMD designs, produces and sells advanced RF modules using Multi-Layer Organic technology.
JMD's patented technology combines advanced organic design tools and high volume, high quality
manufacturing processes to achieve the smallest, highest performing RF devices available today.
JMD was founded to commercialize technology developed at Georgia Tech's Microsystems
Packaging Research Center. For more information, visit www.jacketmicro.com or
send email to info@jacketmicro.com.
