GCT Semiconductor Develops Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 Compliant 3.5GHz Monolithic Single-chip Solution

(Product News, 10 Jun 2008)

GCT Semiconductor has developed what is said to be the industry's first mobile WiMAX 3.5GHz Wave 2 single-chip, the GDM7213, which includes RF, MAC and PHY, into one monolithic integrated circuit.

The monolithic single-chip WiMAX solution enables low-power consumption, small form-factor design and low bill of materials cost, all key factors for driving broader WiMAX deployment. "Compliant with WiMAX Forum standards, this new solution is ideally suited as the core of WiMAX applications such as USB dongles, data cards (incl. PCI Express), customer premises equipment (CPE) and small modules," says Dr. Kyeongho Lee, President and CEO of GCT Semiconductor.

Based on GCT's CMOS RF technologies, GDM7213 implements MIMO, and all PHY and MAC features required for WiMAX Forum Wave 2 Certification. This compact solution offers a highly integrated, low-power transceiver which minimizes the number of external RF front-end components. It also includes a mobile WiMAX baseband with high performance dual-processors, and an impressive array of peripherals for connectivity.

GDM7213 complies with IEEE 802.16e mobile WiMAX and WiMAX Forum wave 2 certification requirements, supports seamless handover across different cell sectors and operates over the full 3.4GHz to 3.7GHz range. GDM7213 is currently sampling to beta customers. Production is planned for the third quarter of 2008.

GCT's WiMAX product portfolio also includes GDM7205, the world's first mobile WiMAX IEEE 802.16e Wave 2-compliant monolithic single-chip; and GDM7215, which offers the functionality of GDM7205 plus Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, all in one monolithic integrated circuit. GDM7205, GDM7213 and GDM7215 are pin-compatible, allowing customers to reuse system design and PCB layout.

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