HaiLa Technologies licenses backscatter tech from University of Washington
Image by kjpargeter on FreepikHaiLa Technologies has announced that it has entered into a licence agreement with the University of Washington to develop and commercialise its backscatter technology used to reduce the power consumption of wireless communications.
Under the terms of the agreement, HaiLa is granted rights to a number of patents related to backscatter technology and will undertake the development and commercialisation of several multi-protocol, RF-capable System on Chip (SoC) solutions which will offer connectivity with significantly reduced power consumption.
“We are very excited to collaborate with HaiLa to bring the power and performance advantages of backscatter to a wide range of IoT sensors and devices. Combining UW’s two decades of academic leadership in backscatter technology with HaiLa’s industry leadership in low-power wireless IoT chips will enable a new generation of standards-based smart devices with unprecedented performance and battery life compared to current Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices,” said Matt Reynolds, the associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Washington.
Derek Kuhn, the president and CEO of HaiLa, said, “The license agreement with the University of Washington complements HaiLa’s IP portfolio and further demonstrates our commitment to developing the most power-efficient radio technologies for IoT. We are confident that our collaboration with Dr. Reynolds will result in true ambient-powered connected devices which will eliminate batteries, the operational expenses associated with constantly changing batteries, and the environmental impact of battery waste.”
In collaboration with Dr. Reynolds, HaiLa intends to add additional radio protocols like Bluetooth to its low-power SoC portfolio. As a part of this agreement, HaiLa is adding Dr. Matt Reynolds as an advisor.
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