USB 2.0 Flash Drive Controller
Datasheet
SMSC USB97C242 Page 6 Revision 1.4 (05-03-07)
DATASHEET
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SMSC devices made the subject of this document or to use related SMSC software programs, technical
information and licenses under patent and other intellectual property rights from or through various persons
or entities, including without limitation media standard companies, forums, and associations, and other
patent holders may be required. These media standard companies, forums, and associations include
without limitation the following: Sony Corporation (Memory Stick), SD3 LLC (Secure
Digital/MultiMediaCard), the SSFDC Forum (SmartMedia), and the Compact Flash Association (Compact
Flash). SMSC does not make such licenses or technical information available; does not promise or
represent that any such licenses or technical information will actually be obtainable from or through the
various persons or entities (including the media standard companies, forums, and associations), or with
respect to the terms under which they may be made available; and is not responsible for the accuracy or
sufficiency of, or otherwise with respect to, any such technical information.
SMSC's obligations (if any) under the Terms of Sale Agreement, or any other agreement with any
customer, or otherwise, with respect to infringement, including without limitation any obligations to defend
or settle claims, to reimburse for costs, or to pay damages, shall not apply to any of the devices made the
subject of this document or any software programs related to any of such devices, or to any combinations
involving any of them, with respect to infringement or claimed infringement of any existing or future patents
related to solid state disk or other flash memory technology or applications (“Solid State Disk Patents”). By
making any purchase of any of the devices made the subject of this document, the customer represents,
warrants, and agrees that it has obtained all necessary licenses under then-existing Solid State Disk
Patents for the manufacture, use and sale of solid state disk and other flash memory products and that the
customer will timely obtain at no cost or expense to SMSC all necessary licenses under Solid State Disk
Patents; that the manufacture and testing by or for SMSC of the units of any of the devices made the
subject of this document which may be sold to the customer, and any sale by SMSC of such units to the
customer, are valid exercises of the customer’s rights and licenses under such Solid State Disk Patents;
that SMSC shall have no obligation for royalties or otherwise under any Solid State Disk Patents by reason
of any such manufacture, use, or sale of such units; and that SMSC shall have no obligation for any costs
or expenses related to the customer’s obtaining or having obtained rights or licenses under any Solid State
Disk Patents.
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**To obtain this software program the appropriate SMSC Software License Agreement must be executed
and in effect. Forms of these Software License Agreements may be obtained by contacting SMSC.
