Taiwan Companies Eyeing to License WLC

Digitimes sources tell that five to six Taiwan-based companies are negotiating for the acquisition of patented WLC technology with the aim of starting production in the first half of 2009. The companies include lens, image sensor and camera module makers.

A WLC phone camera module may cost less than US$1, much lower than costs of VGA camera modules using a conventional processes. WLC thickness of 2.5mm is much smaller than that of 4.4-5.9mm for the conventional module. These makers plan to use WLC technology to produce VGA and 2MP phone camera modules, the sources noted.

Now, the question is from whom these companies are licensing WLC technology. The only company openly offering such a license is Tessera. It's quite active in Taiwan, so I guess that Tessera will report about the new deals soon.