SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, February 23, 2024 │ For several years, tension between China and the US have increased, reaching a peak with the ban of new communications equipment from five Chinese companies, including Huawei and ZTE, amid concerns over national security. To overcome this issue, China is pushing its domestic industries to regain a monopoly[…]
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – February 02, 2023 │ KnowMade introduces two newcomers from China (MEMSonics and EPICMEMS) who appear to be strengthening their intellectual property in RF technology. What do their patents reveal? MEMSonics and EPICMEMS: two good examples of rising RF front-end IP players For ten years, China has been the patenting activity hub[…]
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – May 3, 2022 | In February 2022, Murata and Resonant announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Murata will acquire Resonant for $4.50 per share in cash (see the press release). For years, Knowmade has been monitoring patenting activity related to RF acoustic wave filters through dedicated Quarterly[…]
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – October 26, 2020 | On October 16, 2020, STMicroelectronics announced the acquisition of a French fabless company, SOMOS Semiconductor (“SOMOS”), specialized in RF power amplifiers (PA) and RF front-end modules (FEM) based on the mainstream complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology (Press release). The acquisition is expected to strengthen STMicroelectronics’ position in[…]