HaiLa Technologies, a company specialising in ultra-low-power radio technologies for IoT, has announced a licence agreement with the University of Washington (UW) to develop and commercialise an innovative backscatter technology aimed at reducing power consumption in wireless communications.
Under this agreement, HaiLa gains access to a suite of strategic patents related to backscatter technology and will spearhead the development and commercialisation of several multi-protocol, RF-capable System on Chip (SoC) solutions designed to offer connectivity with significantly lower 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, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington.
“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,” added Derek Kuhn, President and CEO of HaiLa.
HaiLa, in collaboration with Dr. Reynolds, plans to incorporate additional radio protocols such as Bluetooth into its low-power SoC portfolio. As part of this agreement, Dr. Matt Reynolds will also join HaiLa as an advisor.
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