SEQUANS Releases Mobile Wimax
Wave 2 Chip
Other Topics: Wireless Broadband
Las Vegas, Saudi National WiMAX
Network, WiMAX Wave 2 Chips
SEQUANS
March 26, 2007
Chip features high performance MIMO for industry's highest throughput
and lowest power consumption
SEQUANS Communications, a leading supplier and developer of fixed and
mobile WiMAX semiconductor solutions, today introduced its newest chip,
the SQN1130, for WiMAX mobile stations. The chip includes all MAC and
PHY features required by the 802.16e Wave 2 mobile WIMAX profile,
including full 2X2 MIMO, plus a low complexity implementation of MIMO-unique
to Sequans--based on a patent-pending algorithm that delivers the
highest performance achievable while minimizing power consumption. |
Sequans has already set
records for low power consumption and high throughput with its WiMAX
Wave 1 chip released last fall, and with the new SQN1130, Sequans has
bested itself by lowering power consumption an additional 20 percent
while continuing to improve on its already very high throughput. Sequans'
SQN1130 consumes a mere 280 mW of power in active mode and delivers
throughput of over 30 Mbps.
"The performance of the SQN1130 clearly shows that WiMAX in every mobile
device is a present possibility," said Bernard Aboussouan, Sequans VP of
marketing and business development. "The high throughput and low power
consumption of our new chip make it suitable for even the smallest of
mobile devices and shows that WiMAX can be the powerful alternative to
3G that it has been envisioned to be."
The SQN1130 is RF-independent and tightly integrated with leading RF
solutions, including those from (in alphabetical order) Analog Devices,
AsicAhead, Maxim, NXP, and Sierra Monolithics, providing equipment
manufacturers the ability to address opportunities worldwide in
virtually any frequency band.
Sequans has contracted with the industry's leading ODMs to deliver in
the coming months a wide range of WiMAX mobile devices incorporating the
SQN1130; these include ExpressCards, USB dongles, PCMCIA cards, and also
fixed devices such as desktop CPE.
Sequans SQN 1130 Feature Highlights
- Full 2X2 MIMO - for transmit and receive diversity, spatial
multiplexing, and collaborative MIMO
- Industry's lowest power consumption - 280 mW in active mode, and <10
mW in idle mode
- Industry's highest throughput - >30 Mbps total throughput
- Patent-pending MIMO implementation
- Complete reference design - including RF, hardware drivers,
application software, and full simulation and verification environment
- Small package - 11X11 VFBGA
The SQN1130 is the 3rd generation WiMAX chip Sequans has brought to
market. Sequans' publicly announced customers include (in alphabetical
order) Alcatel-Lucent, Airspan, Aperto Networks, Axxcelera, LG, Redline,
Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices, SOMA Networks, Telsima,
WiNetworks. |
