iEW220 to provide customers with increased functionality and extended battery life
London, October 15, 2019 - Imagination Technologies announced the launch of its latest Ensigma Series IEEE 802.11a / b / g / n 1X1 SISO Wi-Fi silicon intellectual property (IP) solutions iEW220 , the product consists of a radio frequency (RF) , baseband and MAC units, it can support 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency spectrum.
iEW220 TSMC (TSMC) 40nm process is designed to provide industry-leading power and chip area in a case where the functions and performance uncompromised. It is designed to meet the communication needs of the Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable devices such as low-power markets, supporting complex low-power system-on-chip (SoC) to fulfill all communication needs, and get the best battery life .
Richard Edgar, senior director of product management Ensigma of Imagination Technologies, said: "With the Wi-Fi IP in our latest version of the introduction, Ensigma provides a leading solution that has the Internet of Things market for low-power Wi-Fi required all the features present, a semiconductor manufacturer for the primary market has been adopted in the design of a section of its IP, thus confirming that. "
iEW220 analog part of the hard core synthesizable RTL and digital sections, in order to achieve maximum flexibility and the fastest time to market, while reducing development costs. Imagination has now started to provide authorization iEW220, its main features include:
· Chip design has been completed: pre-certified Wi-Fi Alliance IEEE802.11n, WPA3, WMM-PS and PMF test plans, in line with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and European Union regulations
· The overall chip area Solution: (after TSMC 40 layout) less than 6mm2, significantly reduced costs
· Industry-leading performance and coverage rate: transmit (Tx) power up to 19 dBm, receive (Rx) sensitivity up to -97 dBm
· The latest security design: supports the latest Wi-Fi Alliance WPA3 security encryption, including encryption and optional GCMP Chinese encryption standard WAPI
Optional power management unit (PMU): SoC may enable use of a single battery of 2.9 to 4.5 v. PMU area of less than 1mm2, thereby reducing material (BOM) cost and overall solution area
· Integrated power amplifier (PA), low noise amplifier (LNA) and baluns: reduced chip and system-level cost of materials (BOM) cost. The IP integrated receive / transmit antenna switch, can directly support a single antenna, thereby simplifying the system level design, reduce manufacturing and testing costs
· Optional UMAC: reducing the dependence on third-party software, and improves integration and shorten time to market (TTM)
· Based on LMAC and UMAC ROM can achieve minimum area of chip solutions
Support station, soft AP and Wi-Fi direct, supports up to four associated equipment
As an IEEE 802.11n Wi-Fi family of communications, enriching the IEEE802.11 standard, speed up the transfer rate, improve reliability and extend the coverage of the wireless transmission.
