Msscorps Co (汎銓科技) has filed a lawsuit against Enli Technology Co (光焱科技) for patent infringement of its light leakage detecting photonic IC (PIC) for next-generation packaging technology, called co-packaged optics (CPO).
The advanced semiconductor material and failure analysis services provider has lodged a patent infringement complaint with Taiwan’s Intellectual Property and Commercial Court against Enli and is seeking NT$200 million (US$6.3 million) in damages, Msscorps said yesterday.
The lawsuit comes as the company plans to launch CPO inspection equipment by the end of this year to assist customers in detecting light leakage or defects in the waveguides using infrared cameras.
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Msscorps plans to ramp up production of the new CPO inspection equipment next year and expects it to become a second growth engine for the company. The equipment is priced from NT$40 million to NT$100 million per unit, it said.
“Infrared cameras are crucial to detect light leakages and defects of PICs. We hold a key patent to conduct such an inspection,” Msscorps chairman Gino Leou (柳紀綸) told a news conference in Taipei. “Msscorps has been developing CPO inspection technology in collaboration with key customers for six years.”
Msscorps has no intention of settling the lawsuit by licensing the patent to its rival, as the company’s goal is to seize a 90 percent share of the CPO inspection market, Leou said.
The company has been granted key patents for the CPO light defect inspection in Taiwan, Japan and the US, allowing it to defend leadership in this area, he said.
CPO technology is essential for high-performance AI graphics processing units and switch chips, integrating PICs and electronic ICs into a single package to significantly reduce data transmission latency and energy consumption. PIC uses light instead of electricity to transmit data, reducing losses in high-speed communication.
Enli yesterday denied the charges, saying it has been developing optical inspection and PIC inspection for 16 years by investing significant corporate resources. The company does not have to use patents owned by other firms, it said in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
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