ANADIGICS Amplifiers Power Beceem's Mobile WiMAX Designs

June 13, 2007

WiMAX power amplifiers (PAs) from ANADIGICS have been specified by Beceem Communications for their latest model BCS200 chipset reference designs. The reference designs support all features of the Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 profile. The ANADIGICS models AWM6423 and AWM6432 WiMAX PA modules integrate step attenuators and output-power detectors along with the InGaP amplifier circuitry and support error-vector-magnitude (EVM) performance of 4 percent for 16-state quadrature-amplitude-modulation (16QAM) signals or 2.5 percent for 64QAM signals. According to Ron Michels, Senior Vice-President and General Manager of Broadband Products at ANADIGICS, "Beceem is making the first step into 4G for WiMAX products, and we are delighted to be a part of the BCS200 chipset reference designs."

ANADIGICS, Inc (www.anadigics.com) Beceem Communications (www.beceem.com)

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.