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SiGe Semiconductor, Inc. announced today the most integrated RF front-end module to date for Wi-Fi products designed to comply with IEEE (News - Alert) 802.11n specifications, today a swiftly growing segment of the Wi-Fi market.

 

Products featuring 802.11n are equipped with enhanced range and throughput of wireless transmission, at the same time maintaining backwards compatibility to the worldwide installed WLAN infrastructure base. The higher throughput allows WLAN products to support traditional data and voice applications and meet consumers’ streaming video demand.

“The new SE2593A provides the optimal solution to customers aiming to capitalize on the growing market for high-bandwidth wireless services,” said Jose Harrison, SiGe Semiconductor’s director of product marketing. “Our new module is easy to implement, and provides integration, performance and flexibility that surpasses any other solution on the market. These benefits allow manufacturers to get their products to market quickly while also ensuring an optimal end-user experience.”

The SE2593A features 2.4GHz and 5GHz power amplifiers and low noise amplifiers, transmit and receive switch, power detector, diplexers and associated matching in a miniature land grid array package. The small size means that multiple modules can now create 2 transmit by 2 receive (2x2), 3x3 or 4x4 MIMO designs in support of higher bandwidth. This allows for streaming video applications, at the same time accommodating shrinking form factors. It’s also the smallest commercially available MIMO front-end to integrate a dual-band LNA, which improves total system noise figure, enhancing throughput and range to ensure better performance.

Brian Solomon is a Web Editor for TMCnet, covering news in the IP communications, call center and customer relationship management industries. To see more of his articles, please visit Brian Solomon’s columnist page. 

 

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