Icron Issued US Patent for USB 2.0 Extension
Technology
BURNABY, B.C. January 16, 2007 - Icron Technologies Corporation
(TSX Venture: IT), the developers of ExtremeUSB® today
announced that it has been issued a patent from the United
States Patent Office for enhancements to its ExtremeUSB technology
for high-speed USB 2.0 implementations.
This patent, titled “Method and apparatus for extending
the range of the universal serial bus protocol”, builds
upon earlier patents covering USB 1.1 range extension. The
invention described in the patent enables long-range or increased
latency communication between high-speed (480 Mb/s) host controllers
and full-speed (12 Mb/s) peripherals. It also provides support
for the high-bandwidth peripherals that were introduced by
the USB 2.0 specification. The patent granted in the USA is
the second of a series of applications filed through the Patent
Corporation Treaty in Canada, the United States and the United
Kingdom. The United Kingdom patent was issued in December
2005.
Icron’s ExtremeUSB 2.0 technology allows manufacturers
of PC’s, peripherals, and consumer electronics to extend
the range that USB 2.0 devices can operate over UTP cable,
fiber optics, powerline or any wireless media at any distance
without making any changes to the USB ecosystem. This ensures
that users will have a “plug and play” experience
right out of the box, requiring no additional drivers, host
controller changes, or user configurations. It supports all
USB supported operating systems including Windows, MAC OS,
Linux, Unix and Solaris.
“USB 2.0 is the most recognized and successful interface
for device connectivity in the PC, CE and mobile device market,”
commented Robert Eisses, President and CEO for Icron. “Icron
continues its leadership in the USB 2.0 market with the receipt
of this patent and expansion of its USB 2.0 extension product
line including new long distance wired and wireless USB solutions.”
About Icron Technologies Corporation www.icron.com
Icron Technologies Corporation's patented ExtremeUSB® technology
extends the range of USB in wired environments and enables
wireless USB over any RF technology. ExtremeUSB is the only
USB-IF compliant extension solution and is deployed globally
in a wide range of applications including: industrial automation,
medical device, aerospace, KVM and computer networking. ExtremeUSB
technology is available in a variety of formats including
technology licenses, OEM modules, developer kits, as well
as branded and private-label products.
Icron is a publicly traded corporation and trades under the
symbol "IT" on the TSX Venture Exchange. For more information
on the company and its products, please visit www.icron.com
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