Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOGR20240926008
- Term of Validity
- 10 October 2024 - 10 October 2025
- Company's Country
- Greece
- Type of partnership
- Investment agreement
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A Greek fabless semiconductor company specialised in the design of custom analog, mixed-signal, RF and mmWave integrated circuits has developed a CMOS 8-channel transmit/received TDD beamformer operating in the Ka-band (24-31 GHz). The silicon-proven IC supports 512 on-chip programmable beam vectors for V-pol and 512 for H-pol and also includes power detectors and temperature sensors. Commercial and research and development cooperation agreements are sought.
- Full Description
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The company’s silicon-proven single chip beamforming solution is an 8-channel CMOS integrated circuit, implementing highly integrated, mmWave, agile beamforming offering high performance and configurability for target applications. The implementation delivers a versatile combination of high performance and low power consumption, operating in the frequency range of 24 - 31GHz. It consists of 8 TX/RX front-ends, which can be split in 2 orthogonal polarizations (4 horizontal and 4 vertical). The receiver (RX) front-end (FE) provides 18.8 dB gain after combining and 51 dB gain control (GC) in steps of 0.5 dB, 20 dB of which are used for beam tapering and are almost phase invariant. After calibration, the phase rotation covers 360o with a 5.6o step and minimum gain variation (<0.7 dB). An integrated power detector monitors the RX output level.
The transmitter (TX) FE delivers nominal 1 dB compression point of 18 dBm, with a gain of 24 dB including input split, and 60.5 dB GC in steps of 0.5 dB, 18 dB of which are used for beam tapering and are almost phase invariant. After calibration, the phase rotation covers 360o with a 5.6o step and minimum gain variation (<1.4 dB). Its output power can be sensed by an integrated power detector.
This beamformer is suitable for a variety of applications such as for 5G/6G, FWA, SATCOM wireless telecommunications (point-to-point or point-to-multipoint) where AESA (active electronic steering antennas) technology is critical for mMIMO systems. The developed solution is also suitable for radar applications.
The schematic and manufacturing (GDS-ready) files are available, as is the manufactured silicon, as a stand-alone chip-scale packaged BGA component ready to be integrated into PCBs. The die size is 5.6x 4.3 mm2 and has been packaged in a 92-ball chip scale package (CSP). The designs can be ported to other technology nodes and can be modified to address client requirements. Full datasheet is available upon request. Evaluation boards with a GUI are also available. - Advantages and Innovations
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Advantages of the developed solution:
- The single chip replaces a multichip solution. It therefore reduces power consumption, PCB area, and component count. It also simplifies AESA antenna design, simplifying its manufacturing and cost.
- The developed solution has been realized in a bulk CMOS process, thus further minimizing cost.
- The design consumes less power that other mainstream solutions.
Innovative aspects of the solution:
- Compact, low power and low-cost solution for mmWave massive MIMO beamforming systems.
- Support of 512 beam vectors for vertical and horizontal polarizations for rapid beam control.
- Designed considering PCB and antenna co-integration for the realization of compact and low-cost AESA systems.
In addition to the above, the developed solution can be combined with other IPs of the company either in a PCB level, by combining several of the company’s manufactured silicon solutions, or in the form of GDS files for future tape-outs, to form a complete radio system in the 24-31 GHz band. - Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- IPR status
- Secret know-how
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- The company is looking for developers of semiconductor solutions interested in the design and manufacturing data of the beamformer to create new semiconductor products based on this design or to integrate the beamformer into larger more complex integrated circuits. The beamformer can be ported to other technology nodes and can be altered to meet client specifications. The company is also looking for developers of electronic products requiring a beamformer as a stand-alone component that can be integrated onto a printed circuit board design, or that require a stand-alone beamrofmer board that can be connected to other boards.
- Type and Size of Partner
- R&D Institution
- SME 50 - 249
- Big company
- SME 11-49
- SME <=10
- Type of partnership
- Investment agreement
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 01003025 - Internet of Things
- 01003014 - Internet Technologies/Communication (Wireless, Bluetooth)
- 01002001 - Micro and Nanotechnology related to Electronics and Microelectronics
- 09001009 - Sensor Technology related to measurements
- 01006003 - Mobile Communications
- Market keywords
- 03001001 - Semiconductors
- 01004002 - Data communication components
- 01006002 - Mobile communications, pagers and cellular radio
- 03001007 - Circuit boards
- Sector Groups Involved
- Aerospace and Defence
- Digital
- Mobility - Transport - Automotive
- Electronics
- Targeted countries
- All countries
