Berkana Wireless Develops First Single-Chip CMOS RF Transceiver for GSM/GPRS Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2003 Significant Technical Accomplishment Made Possible by Berkana's Design Technology on TSMC's CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. Process Berkana Wireless Inc., a provider of highly integrated CMOS RF solutions for wireless connectivity, announced that it has developed the first single-chip CMOS radio transceiver for the GSM/GPRS cellular wireless standard. The BKW9000 transceiver replaces over 35 discrete RF components with a single CMOS IC CMOS IC Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Integrated Circuit and is built on TSMC's 0.18-micron MS/RF CMOS process. As a result, the BKW9000 features smaller device dimensions, enhanced performance and more cost-effective than ICs fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: on equivalent BiCMOS and SiGe, the alternative processes for RF chips. Berkana's proprietary design technology can also support multiple RF standards including 3G, GPS, 802.11 and Bluetooth. TSMC TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation TSMC Traffic Systems Management Center TSMC Toll Station Management Controller TSMC Transportation Supply Maintenance Command TSMC Technical Services Manager Code is the only dedicated foundry to have shipped over one million wafers for mixed signal / RF CMOS technologies. "We are proud to announce that Berkana engineers have successfully designed a complete GSM/GPRS transceiver based on TSMC's standard RF/MS CMOS process technology," said Sam Nakib, VP of Worldwide Sales and Business Development at Berkana. "This is a significant achievement for Berkana. Our innovative design IP and TSMC's process technology made this accomplishment possible," he added. About Berkana Wireless Berkana Wireless Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. that develops highly integrated mixed-signal RF integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. for cellular and other wireless applications using proprietary digital CMOS techniques. Berkana's vision is to deliver dramatic cost, power, and space savings to the cellular phone radio function, and to enable next-generation multi-mode handsets and wireless terminals. More information about Berkana can be found at www.berkanawireless.com. |
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