Staccato Hires CMOS Muckamuck

SAN DIEGO -- Staccato Communications, Inc., (www.staccatocommunications.com) a leading innovator in Ultra-wideband (UWB), today announced that Lars Mucke has joined Staccato's design engineering team where he will be responsible for UWB Radio Frequency (RF) systems architecture.

Mucke brings 17 years of experience in RF systems and integrated circuit (IC) design for low-cost, high-volume products. Most recently he was vice president of semiconductor technology at Silicon Wave, where he led and contributed to the development of broadband tuner products and the first generation of Bluetooth CMOS products. In addition, he was responsible for the RFIC engineering and semiconductor technology department. Previously he was with Nokia Mobile Phones in San Diego where he served in a variety of technology and project leadership roles and global advisory committees.

"Lars is part of a very small community that has successfully brought high-speed RF silicon in CMOS to high-volume production," said Staccato CEO Roberto Aiello. "He expands Staccato's expertise in CMOS RF significantly and that experience, combined with our existing patented all-CMOS architecture, will greatly enhance Staccato's ability to quickly bring the first all-CMOS, standards-compliant UWB products to market."

Doug Laird, co-founder of Transmeta and Staccato board member, added, "You can count on two hands the number of high-speed, RF CMOS, production silicon devices that have made it successfully into high-volume production and Staccato's team now combines the lead engineers and team members for two of those success stories."

Lars Mucke holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Denmark and holds six issued patents.

Staccato Communications Inc.