Innovision Research & Technology PLC

Web Site : http://www.innovision-group.com

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Innovision R&T delivers innovative and market leading ICs for wireless connectivity solutions. The primary focus is on short-range data communication from one device to another, passive and/or active, with a special emphasis on Near Field Communications (NFC) and RFID solutions.

As a leading fabless custom RF IC design and systems provider they offer a complete engineering capability to our clients, including research engineering, custom IC design and production, and system design engineering.

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http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2007/11/14/42626/nfc+chip+ip+will+open+mass+market+says+innovision.htm

NFC chip IP will open mass market, says Innovision
by Richard Wilson

Wednesday 14 November 2007

Near field communication (NFC) semiconductor intellectual property (IP) developed by Innovision Research & Technology is to be made available under an evaluation licensing programme.

According to the company, the availability of the NFC silicon IP will clear the way for semiconductor companies to move to the next stage of NFC integration in chipsets and devices.

It will deliver significant unit cost benefits to implementers of NFC technology, and accelerate mass-market deployment of NFC, said Innovision.

As NFC enters the next phase of volume deployment, manufacturers of handsets and other devices will require a competitive supply base to maintain innovation and reduce the cost of NFC technology, said Marc Borrett, Innovisions business development director.

Making our advanced Gem IP available for evaluation now is a key step in realising this vision, said Borrett.

The Gem IP is compliant with NFC standards and includes support for features such as battery off.

The intention is to offer the IP under an evaluation licence, with forthcoming test silicon. This will allow companies to create demonstration systems to show to end-customers.

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http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Articles/303084/Innovision+license+NFC.htm

Innovision license NFC
Published: 15 November 2007 11:40 AM
Source: The Engineer Online

Innovision Research and Technology is releasing its Gem Near Field Communication (NFC) semiconductor intellectual property (IP) under an evaluation licensing programme.

According to Innovision the move is designed to open up NFC short-range wireless technology to the mass market and will allow companies to develop the technology as a stand-alone system or integrated in a System-on-Chip (SoC).

As NFC enters the next phase of volume deployment, manufacturers of handsets and other devices will require a competitive supply base to maintain innovation and reduce the cost of NFC technology, said Marc Borrett, Innovisions business development officer. Making our advanced Gem IP available for evaluation now is a key step in realising this vision. It will help many device and chipset designers to meet the growing demand for high-performance, lower-cost NFC-enabled devices and applications.

Innovision claim that, for the first time, developers will be able to create high-performance SoC designs that fully integrate NFC into other complementary technologies, including WiFi and other wireless or power chipsets. The benefits of this include a reduction in the complexity and production costs of NFC-enabled devices.

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http://www.embedded.com/products/softwaretools/203101111

Innovision offers NFC technology as IP as expected
By Peter Clarke

EE Times Europe
(11/15/07, 12:10:00 PM EST)

LONDON Innovision Research & Technology plc, supplier of radio frequency identification (RFID) and near field communication (NFC) chips has started an intellectual property evaluation and licensing program for its NFC technology called Gem.

Innovision (Cirecester, England) said the program would enable semiconductor companies to develop NFC capability, either for stand-alone solutions or as part of System-on-Chip (SoC) integrated NFC solutions.

It has been known for some time that Innovision intended to do this. Indeed Innovision may have been supplying semiconductor companies with NFC IP for some time. The IP is compliant with NFC standards, Innovision said.

Innovision's Gem IP will be offered to interested parties under an evaluation licence, with forthcoming test silicon. This will not only enable detailed evaluation of the NFC IP, but also enable the creation of demonstration systems to show to end-customers.

A claimed benefit of the Gem IP is its relative ease of transfer from one silicon foundry process or geometry to another, due primarily to the use of DSP.

RNS today:

Innovision Research&Technology PLC
05 December 2007

Innovision is pleased to announce that it was the provide of NFC tags for the
major launch of the O2 wallet phone, which finished yesterday in London. As part
of the launch, 15,000 Innovision Topaz tags were supplied to 500 London trial
lists selected by O2. Each trial list received a Nokia NFC handset, several
Topaz tags and 200 credited to a Barclaycard Visa/Oyster card application
integrated on the phone. The tags were also used for promotional purposes in
Smart posters at the launch event. The trial will last for six months.

David Wollen, Chief Executive commented 'We see this is an important step in the
adoption of NFC technology within mainstream applications. Based on the
investments to date, Innovision is well placed to provide technology in this
area.'

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