Companies Team to Optimize Small Cell Technology

July 3, 2013

An RF power solutions company and a mixed signals semiconductor company have joined forces to optimize small cell technology for the base station market.

Iliza Sokol

To bring low power, cost-efficient solutions to the small cell base station market, Scintera networks has joined forces with Freescale Semiconductor. Freescale will design small cell RF power amplifier (PA) devices and evaluation boards using Scintera’s RF PA Linearizer (RFPAL) products.

Small cell deployments aim to support major increases in worldwide Internet Protocol (IP) traffic and system power requirements. RFPAL technology enables the use of pre-distortion for improved amplifier linearity at lower power levels than previous technologies. The two companies hope that their engagement will benefit not only customers, but network operators and ultimately their subscribers.

About the Author

Iliza Sokol | Associate Digital Editor

Iliza joined the Penton Media group in 2013 after graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a BS in Advertising and Marketing Communications. Prior to joining the staff, she worked at NYLON Magazine and a ghostwriting firm based in New York.