AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq: SLAB) learned today of MaxLinear's
announcement of a declaratory judgment against the company to obtain a
ruling that MaxLinear products, such as the MxL301 and MxL601 tuner ICs,
do not infringe nineteen patents owned by Silicon Labs.
Silicon Labs has not yet received the official complaint, and will
determine its response upon review. The company pointed out it has an
extensive patent portfolio in RF-related technologies of more than 200
patents, a heritage of first-of-a-kind innovations in iDTV and other
markets, and a track record of vigorously defending its patents against
infringement.
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Silicon Laboratories is an industry leader in the innovation of
high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Developed by a
world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal
design, Silicon Labs' diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor
solutions offers customers significant advantages in performance, size
and power consumption. As a leading developer of RF technology in CMOS,
Silicon Labs has shipped over one billion radio ICs worldwide and has
developed an extensive broadcast patent portfolio which includes more
than 200 patents and applications. For more information about Silicon
Labs, please visit www.silabs.com.
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Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Shannon Pleasant, 512-464-9254
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Source: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
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