Fujitsu Launches Smallest RF Module for Mobile WiMAX Devices

(Product News, 11 Feb 2008)

Fujitsu Ltd has launched what it claims to be the world's smallest radio frequency(RF) module for mobile devices, which supports all of the RF circuitry necessary for mobile WiMAX. Designed using 90nm CMOS process technology and co-developed with Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd, the MB86K71 RF module feature all of the RF circuits necessary for mobile WiMAX devices including RFIC, antenna switches, a power amplifier, filters, and an oscillator circuit, in a 15x15x1.5mm package.

The new RF module also supports MIMO technology, enabling high-speed and reliable wireless connections that are essential for Mobile WiMAX devices. Furthermore, this RF module can be connected to Fujitsu's previously released mobile WiMAX baseband chip, MB86K21, enabling customers faster development and faster time to market of mobile WiMAX devices.

Sample shipment is scheduled to start at the end of February 2008.

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