Santa Monica Semiconductor (SMS) is a privately owned technology company with expertise in low power long range communications. The company was founded by Lawrence Karr, and holds 20 U.S. patents in the area of low power long range communication, with more pending.
Mr. Karr was the Founder and CTO of RoundTrip LLC, and prior to forming RoundTrip, owned and operated SCA Data Systems, an electrical engineering firm focused on communication, coding and advanced signal processing. Mr. Karr, a graduate of the California Institute of Technology, has broad experience in the creation and implementation of new technologies, and holds 64 issued U.S. patents.