"Base station-on-chip" SoCs for picocell and femtocell base stations supports multimode

Freescale Semiconductor has sampled its new QorIQ Qonverge PSC9132, a "base station-on-chip" products built on its QorIQ Qonverge multimode platform for picocell and PSC9130/31 SoCs for femtocell base stations.

According to Freescale, the QorIQ Qonverge portfolio offers a scalable line of processors built on the same architecture that spans from small- to large-cell base stations, allows OEMs to reuse software regardless of cell size and customers can leverage common hardware, software architecture and tools to minimize capital expenditure and benefit from a comprehensive solution that helps speed time to market.

Freescale says the first available QorIQ Qonverge processors are the PSC9130/31 femtocell SoCs (for eight to 16 simultaneous users) and PSC9132 picocell/enterprise SoC devices (for up to 100 simultaneous users), which supports a range of air interfaces, including LTE (FDD/TDD), WCDMA (HSPA+), WiMAX, UMTS and CDMA, also incorporate glueless RFIC communication and antennae interfaces, eliminating the need for additional chips (such as FPGAs) and ultimately reducing board space and cost. The ultra-integrated PSC913x family also provides support for GPS synchronization and 2G/3G sniffing in a single device.

"Availability of the first QorIQ Qonverge products is a milestone for the wireless industry, which is in dire need of innovative new solutions to address challenging power requirements and exploding demand for additional bandwidth," said Scott Aylor, director and general manager of Freescale's Wireless Access Division. "Freescale's QorIQ Qonverge portfolio offers unprecedented scalability and software compatibility, giving customers flexibility, reduced cost and design-time savings as they move up to larger capacity systems."

Other key specifications of PSC9130/31 femto SoC include:
2x2 MiMO
1x e500 core and 1x SC3850 core
MAPLE-B2F acceleration

Other key specifications of PSC9132 pico/enterprise femto SoC include:
2x4 MiMO
2x e500 cores and 2x SC3850 cores
MAPLE-B2P acceleration

Availability: Freescale is currently sampling QorIQ Qonverge products to select customers, and general sampling is planned for Q4 2011.

For more information, visit www.freescale.com