RF transceiver agreement

HiSilicon and Imec have signed a research agreement to develop RF transceiver architectures for next-generation mobile terminals.

With the partnership, HiSilicon joins Imec’s R&D program on cognitive reconfigurable radio to jointly conceive low-power and compact high-performance reconfigurable RF transceivers using CMOS technology.

The program investigates reconfigurable RF solutions, high-speed/low-power analog-to-digital converters and new approaches to digitise future RF architectures and minimise antenna interface requirements.

By combining fundamental rethinking of the circuit architectures and designs with the use of the benefits that the technology offers (such as high intrinsic speed of the nanoscale transistors), the program aims at developing small and power-competitive reconfigurable radio transceivers in 28 nm digital CMOS technology covering all key broadband communication standards.