Brief Description
Silicon Clocks was founded in 2006 to develop high performance semiconductor timing and sensor designs and its patented CMEMS technology. Silicon Clocks was backed by leading venture investors including Tallwood Venture Capital, Charles River Ventures, Formative Ventures, Lux Capital and Silicon Labs.
The company was co-founded by Dr. Roger Howe, former co-director of the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center and UC Berkeley Professor of Electrical Engineering, and BSAC post-doctoral researcher Emmanuel Quevy.
Silicon Clocks Inc. was acquired by Silicon Laboratories in 2010.
Inventors
Andrea Franke, Roger Howe, Tsu Jae King Liu, Emmanuel Quevy, Hideki Takeuchi
Company Founders
UC Berkeley Professor Roger Howe (co-director of Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center), Emmanuel Quevy (UC Berkeley postdoc), Sunil Bhave (UC Berkeley BS, PhD, EECS), Andrew McCraith (UC Berkeley Haas MBA)
Timeline
- 2006. Company founded.
- 2010. Acquired by Silicon Labs (Nasdaq: SLAB)