Mobile WiMAX Chip Integrates Baseband, RF, and Memory
(Top News, 21 May 2008)
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor
Sequans Communications has developed a mobile WiMAX solution that integrates baseband, RF, and memory in a single chip. Featuring a footprint of 12x12mm, the SQN1170, the sixth mobile WiMAX chip from the company, delivers throughput of more than 30Mbps while consuming less than 0.6W total power in peak MIMO mode.
The SQN1170 can be used in mobile phones to embedded PC applications to SDIO modules for consumer electronics devices. The device also enables integrated combination designs such as Wi-Fi/WiMAX half MiniCards with standard PCB and assembly technologies.