Product category:
Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: PMC-Sierra | Subject: PM8800/1
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 September 2007
WiMAX chips take MIMO onboard
Highly integrated WiMAX RF IC features full twin-transmitter/twin-receiver multiple-in/multiple-out capability.
PMC-Sierra has developed its first WiMAX RF IC solutions for femtocell basestations, customer premises equipment and mobile station designs The PM8800 WiZIRD 2Tx/2Rx is the industry's most integrated WiMAX RF IC solution with full twin-transmitter/twin-receiver multiple-in/multiple-out (MIMO) capability to support a maximum downlink datarate of 63Mbit/s per sector and a peak uplink datarate of 28Mbit/s per sector in a 10MHz channel
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Packet content classification processor speeds IP
PMC-Sierra has announced the availability of the PM2329 ClassiPI packet content classification processor for Gigabit Ethernet and OC-48 applications.
Level 4 devices support 10Gbit Ethernet
PMC-Sierra has unveiled the Xenon (10Gbit Ethernet for optical networks) family of clock recovery and concatenated PHY/framer devices.
The PM8800's multiband capability (2.3-2.7 and 3.3-3.8GHz) allows a single design to cover all popular licensed radio spectra worldwide.
These advanced features enable next generation consumer services such as gaming, video and voice conferencing, streaming media applications, as well as video posting and sharing.
The PM8801 WiZIRD 1Tx/2Rx integrates a single transmit and two receive radio paths, as well as multiband support, and is ideal for WiMAX Wave2 subscriber equipment such as CPE and laptop devices.
Further reading
Top density for single channel OC-3 ATM/POS-PHY
The PM5384 S/UNI-1x155 from PMC-Sierra is a single channel OC-3c SONET/SDH-PHY for ATM/POS with industry standard UTOPIA Level 2 and POS-PHY Level 2 system interfaces.
High-density T1/E1 processing solution
PMC-Sierra has introduced the PM4328 TECT3, the newest member of the TEMUX product family that is optimised for channelised DS3 applications.
Evaluation for four-channel line interface chip
The PM2354 Comet-Quad evaluator kit is a comprehensive PC-based evaluation and development platform for PMC-Sierra's PM4354 Comet-Quad product.
The WiZIRD family is powered by PMC-Sierra's "extend range, rate and roaming architecture" (Extrrra), which enables WiMAX service providers to expand coverage areas with minimum capital expenditure, increase the datarate using full 2Tx/2Rx MIMO capability, and support global roaming.
PMC-Sierra is working with Sequans Communications, a leading WiMAX baseband chip supplier, to integrate its WiZIRD RF IC family with Sequans' advanced SQN1130 and SQN2130 subscriber station and basestation chips.
The collaboration has yielded best-of-breed Mobile WiMAX product designs, including multiband CPE, femtocell, and mobile station.
These complete solutions address OEM/ODM needs to deliver the carrier class end products required for high-performance, cost-effective and quality-driven WiMAX deployments.
PMC-Sierra and Sequans Communications will be showing IEEE802.16e-2005 Wave2 WiMAX femtocell and mobile station designs at WiMAX World USA, in Chicago on 26th and 27th September 2007.
"PMC-Sierra's multiband and 2Tx/2Rx WiZIRD RF IC family meshes perfectly with both our SQN2130 basestation and SQN1130 mobile station baseband chips, delivering the high performance femtocell, CPE and mobile station designs required to drive worldwide WiMAX adoption", says Bernard Aboussouan, Vice President of Marketing at Sequans Communications.
Global WiMAX service providers need to expand their coverage area with minimal capital investment.
The versatility of PMC-Sierra's PM8800 WiZIRD 2Tx/2Rx allows the same RF IC device to be used in both Femtocell basestation and subscriber station designs.
With the combined volume of CPE and infrastructure markets, cost-effective WiMAX femtocell basestations can be designed and deployed to extend network coverage.
The increase of multimedia content sharing over the Internet requires high downlink and uplink bandwidth.
Using PM8800 WiZIRD 2Tx/2Rx's full MIMO capability, advanced Wave2+ mobile stations can offer higher uplink and downlink datarates over existing solutions.
With its multiband feature, the WiZIRD product family covers the popular licensed spectra planned for WiMAX deployment around the globe and enables OEMs and ODMs to address multiple geographies with a single design.
"Global WiMAX deployment is at a crossroads today, and many of the challenges to large scale deployment can only be addressed by an innovative RF IC solution", says Tom Sun, Vice President and General Manager for PMC-Sierra's Broadband Wireless Division.
"PMC-Sierra's WiZIRD product family with its Extrrra architecture is the only RF IC solution that can extend range coverage, increase datarate and enable global roaming".
The PM8800 WiZIRD 2Tx/2Rx is the industry's highest density WiMAX RF IC solution, integrating full 2Tx/2Rx MIMO capability, multiband support, direct-conversion ZIF RF transceiver, analogue and digital convertors, and an industry-standard JEDEC JESD207 compliant baseband digital interface in a single device.
The dual-radio path PM8800 WiZIRD 2Tx/2Rx eliminates the need for multiple radio devices and provides programmability to support multiple frequency bands for worldwide WiMAX roaming.
The device delivers up to 64QAM modulation for both Tx paths at 0dBm output power level with an EVM rating that addresses a complete spectrum of WiMAX solutions from basestation applications to mobile subscriber solutions.
The PM8801 WiZIRD 1Tx/2Rx offers similar functionality to the PM8800 WiZIRD 2Tx/2Rx, but integrates a single transmit and two receive branches, multiband support and analogue I/Q interfaces.
The devices are software and hardware compatible.
The PM8800 WiZIRD 2Tx/2Rx and PM8801 WiZIRD 1Tx/2Rx are sampling now.
The devices are implemented in CMOS technology and housed in 108-pin MLF/QFN packages.
The devices are rated for industrial temperature operation (-40 to +85C).
• PMC-Sierra: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Electronicstalk email newsletter
• Electronicstalk Home Page
