45nm research targets Gbit/s radios

Imec's SDR-front-end programme targets the development of a new generation of cost, performance and power-competitive reconfigurable radios using 45nm digital CMOS technology

Renesas Technology has entered into a strategic research collaboration with Imec to perform research on 45nm RF transceivers targeting Gbit/s cognitive radios.

Renesas has joined Imec's software-defined radio (SDR) front-end programme.

This research programme includes reconfigurable RF solutions, high-speed/low-power analogue to digital convertors (ADCs) and new approaches to digitise future RF architectures.

Researchers from Renesas will reside at Imec to closely collaborate with Imec's research team.

In this way, they will build a fundamental understanding and develop robust solutions for Renesas' future mobile electronics products.

Imec's SDR-front-end programme targets the development of a new generation of cost, performance and power-competitive reconfigurable radios using 45nm digital CMOS technology.

This radio will have a programmable centre frequency from 100MHz to 6GHz and programmable bandwidth from 100kHz to 40MHz, covering all key communication standards.

The research programme builds on Imec's 130nm RF transceiver results (published at ISSCC 2007), the world's first prototype of a true SDR transceiver IC (Scaldio).

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