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Domestic Chip Bottleneck Breakthrough Paves the Way for China’s 3G Launch – Comlent samples World’s 1st CMOS TD-SCDMA Transceiver

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Domestic Chip Bottleneck Breakthrough Paves the Way for China’s 3G Launch – Comlent samples World’s 1st CMOS TD-SCDMA Transceiver











SHANGHAI, China (PRWEB) October 30, 2006

Comlent Technology Inc., the only Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) corporate member of China’s 3G standard TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance (TDIA), announced today that it starts sampling RFIC transceiver and analog baseband (ABB) chipset in advanced CMOS technology for TD-SCDMA, the world’s first in its kind.

The chipset includes a single chip transceiver CL4020 that uses a direct-conversion architecture that integrates the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), fractional-N phase-locked loop (PLL), a receiving channel select filter and a transmit driver amplifier and an analog baseband (ABB) chip CL4520 that uses digital signal processing (DSP) to compensate for the imperfections in the analog channel-select filter and to perform dc-offset cancellation. The transmit channel achieves the root mean square (RMS) of the error vectors, EVM, of less than 4%. The phase locked loop integrated phase noise from 1KHz through 640KHz achieves 0.85 degree and noise figure of whole receiving channel is below 4dB, to name a few performance indicators. The testing was conducted in “Agilent-Comlent TD-SCDMA RF Labs”, the only such RF testing lab for TD-SCDMA in Asia. Nearly a dozen inventions have been disclosed during the development of this chip set. Most of them are being filed for patents in both China and the US.

Before this, TD-SCDMA transceivers provided by two foreign companies were both BiCMOS technology based and cover only one of the two allocated frequencies (1880MHz-1920MHz and 2010MHz-2025MHz) to TD-SCDMA in China. CL4020 is world’s first dual-band CMOS TD-SCDMA transceiver that also lifts China’s final bottleneck of domestic TD-SCDMA equipment and chip supplying chain. RF transceiver has been identified as the bottleneck of domestic industrial base by China for both TD-SCDMA and other modern wireless communications.

Comlent, established in Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park in 2002 as the first and currently leading RF and mixed signal IC design house in China, has built a hybrid team of local fresh talent combined with experienced overseas expatriates, CMOS RF and SoC design capability, market channel and strong local government support from ground up. Comlent has been the only RFIC transceiver chip vendor sponsored by Chinese 3G national research grants as well as the only RFIC chip vendor in TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance (TDIA) since April 2006 through a very selective process.

“In the past 4 years, Comlent has envisioned and executed a unique “local plus mobile” strategy. The cornerstone of this strategy is to focus on enabling however cost effective chip solution for explosive wireless and broadcasting consumer markets in China”, stated Dr. Kai Chen, co-founder and CEO of Comlent, “Following two trends lend Comlent strong support and leverage. On the one hand, China has become the global manufacturing center of consumer electronics. On the other China has drafted and is implementing a series of national standards such as 3G mobile communications (TD-SCDMA vs. CDMA2000 in the US), Digital TV (DMB-T/H and STiMi vs. DVB-H in Europe) and satellite global positioning system (Beidou or CNSS vs. GPS in the US)”, continued Dr. Kai Chen, “To better equip Comlent to benefit most from the opportunities, Comlent has strategically evolved and transformed itself from a BiCMOS based RF only company when started four years ago into a CMOS based RF, mixed signal and digital SoC company”.

“RF transceiver chip has been identified and considered the bottleneck for China’s domestic wireless communication industry that hindered the China 3G (TD-SCDMA) deployment in the past 2 years”, stated by Mr. Hua YANG, the general secretary of China’s TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance (TDIA), “Comlent’s selection into TDIA and achievement in sampling RF transceiver for TD-SCDMA removes one of major concerns in the dawn of TD-SCDMA launch”.

“Comlent’s 3G transceiver design is very indicative of rapid acquaintance of high end chip design capability by China based design houses in recent years”, commented by Dr. Datong Chen, the co-founder and CTO of Spreadtrum Communications, “The fact that Comlent brings world class CMOS RF and SoC design capability to local opens wide opportunity for baseband chip suppliers such as Spreadtrum to more closely and strategically team up with to benefit from exponential growth of personal mobile and multi-media platform markets in China and elsewhere”.

As world’s largest mobile handset market, China’s total number of mobile subscribers has exceeded 431 million in June with annual growth of approximately 50 million according to China Ministry of Information Industry (MII). China also manufactures world’s most mobile handsets for both domestic and oversea markets. According to MII, China in 2005 manufactured approximately 290 million mobile handsets, or over 40% of world’s projected total handset output in the year.

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NDRC: China’s Sch? E next, the new prime

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Zhang Ping, director of the mainland in 2009, the 9th of? National Development and R? Form ar? V? L? ax at work in 2010? on promoting investment in the continent, including circuits int? gr? s (IC),? notches, the new aircraft r? gional, such as the four central nucl? areas of large construction, China Information Center minist? re has indicated? that d? development and r? form of the Commission to refine the project, aimed? find a new perc? th point of China growth? economic importance strat? cal.? Central of? Conf economy work? a reference for? economy next year?, has given? tone, “the work of the r? union held on 9, the contents of the continent in the r? partition projects of industrial restructuring project to promote industrial optimization and focus on” the promotion of the circuit int? gr? the? notches, the new plane r? rector, the? Nuclear energy? area “, as the construction of major projects, news, with m? slides of the continent of the future capital of Taiwan? lectroniqueLes enterprises will be the essential part of the market? the continent will be Taiwan, o? business opportunities.? Information Industry Wang possibility? s new business? Ta? wan? D? development and R? form Commission has published? the? China Economy 8? myself Sch? e next to acc? s? the rer m? methods, in particular circuits int? gr? s and display panel has? t? s taken? ous, m? dias Lu statistics, Sch? e next mainland, the market? private? LCDLa TV demand is expected to increase to 32 million common? s, approximately 400 million common? deCRTTV s will be? level ? broadband to rural areas and promote the plan information in rural areas should? also take on the New Brunswick, demand Netbook.? Lu appeal? the m? slides and information industries are two c? t? s is complete? tent each other over the industry, is one of the most effective dialogue en? quent between the two banks and industry exchange, one of the areas Ta? foundry Taiwan has the world’s semiconductor the most advanced? s? LCDTop notch 4 in the world there are two of Taiwan (AUOOptique, the new CMO), while the continent has market? global semiconductor each ann? e 100 billion for the global supply of semiconductor products, “both parties should d? actively develops the circuit int? gr?,? notches and other key technology areas? s. ?? Emergent bio-industriesM? DecineDans column? Zhang Ping ad? Undeclared the next four billion yuan (below) will be 1. 18 trillion in investment r? Alis? S under the Comit? Central CPC eight aspects of acc? s? rer processing mode of? development? economic, eight areas are: the emphasis on the promotion of a stable? development? rapid economic, efforts? promote industrial modernization and the d? development strat? logical new industries, the emphasis on consolidation of the d? agricultural and rural development? economic base and rural incomes and the focus on strengthening the coordination of? Development r? gional; enter? nergiel’att? nuation of climate change and the r? response, a focus on promotion in cl? s of r? shape and opening, efforts to im? improves the lives of the people and strengthening the social construction; concentrate their efforts on “12 5″ major issues li? are? planning and research.? Zhang Ping ad? Undeclared, another will focus on the m? Biological Medicine, the? Lifting biological, software and other areas informationsServiceEt? emergent, beginning R & D, industrialization and commercialization will acc? s? rer revitalizing old industrial bases in northeast China,? support sectors cl? s and leading companies and mergers and acquisitions, technological change and innovation, full participation? international competition and co-operation.

China’s Microelectronics Industry, The Third Wave Of Wave

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Since the reform and opening, China’s microelectronics industry has experienced rapid growth period of three, the first time in 2000 before the new Tao IDT8500 million acquisition of technology to be represented by the new technology’s success Tao has a certain chance, because the main body of the operation of the new Tao in Silicon Valley, but research and development in Shanghai, two outside, the new Tao technology success as the success of China’s domestic microelectronics start not too much at present, new and second tao YANG Chong founder of pioneering technologies Montage Microelectronics Shanghai. The success of the new technology is only coincidence Tao, after all, there is no industrial background support, but the new Tao or promoting the success of an investment boom in China’s semiconductor and start ups, micro electronics in 2007, China formed a second climax, the climax to the Zhuhai Ju force, Vimicro, Shanghai and Wuxi Spreadtrum, represented by the new U. S. NASDAQ listing, with occasional success of the new technology compared to Tao, the four NASDAQ listed companies on the global semiconductor industry has formed a certain impact, Shanghai, Spreadtrum, Actions force of more direct promotion of the mainland domestic communications and audio and video industry, the rise, so do not ignore the global microelectronics industry, the existence of the mainland. Since the introduction of mobile phones MediaTek turnkey solution for rapid development of mainland China cottage industry, cottage 2009, shipments of mobile phones has reached 140 million, and other leading brands rapidly into international markets, the rise of mobile phones cottage on the one hand to promote an indigenous the vigorous development of microelectronics, in turn, the development of the local semiconductor has promoted the cottage down the cost of mobile phone innovation and now local mobile phone design company close to a thousand, depending cottage market, Thai King has also appeared in Shanghai, RDA, and other micro Ge Ke a number of large scale micro electronics companies. While the industry and many friends on the cottage phenomenon disagree, it is undeniable that the cottage phenomenon represents a real rise of the local manufacturing sector, the mainland also rely on cottage industry constitute a complete industry chain of mobile phone in the cottage the rise of the process, the role of non native Microelectronics lightly, Ge Ke Wei’s CMOS camera RDA of FM, PA, and a variety of Bluetooth products greatly reduces the cost of mobile phones in Shanghai Thai King of analog solutions that have brought the cottage mobile phones equipped with international brands such as Noikia, SAMSUN such as competition, capital, is also a cottage to go to the world the biggest advantage of mobile phones in 2010, has confirmed there will be Shanghai Thai King, RDA, Ge Ke micro and three companies listed overseas, Shenzhen core state, national technology, Hangzhou Guoxin , Hwa Ya micro, Beijing Haier take about ten local microelectronics companies in mainland China listed on the GEM, venture capital investment in the industry for many years in microelectronics industry, has finally brought about the third IPO wave. A region’s microelectronics industry, the rise of the total with this strong industrial background of the region, according to economics, saying form a “cluster effect” is a prerequisite for industrial development, the rise of Taiwan’s semiconductor reason is because since the eighties of last century in the computer industry foundry flows, because the foundry industry, micro electronics products easier to know which is more market, Taiwan IC design companies in the top ten, in addition to MediaTek are mostly outside the computer industry related, and some with the MEMORY related, and some with LCD driver related to the other, like VIA to chipset, Realtek network chip companies such as completion of primitive accumulation, the development of Taiwan’s computer industry contributed to Taiwan’s microelectronics industry, the fast start. After three decades of reform and opening up the development of the mainland has been unmatched in the electronics manufacturing world, and has the world’s largest domestic consumer market, with Taiwan’s computer industry started back is different from the mainland diversified development trend of micro electronics, such as Actions Semiconductor , Rockchip, Beijing, Jun, PMP field, Beijing Haier, Hangzhou Guoxin, Zhongtian Union Branch in live satellite set top box market, Shanghai Jing morning in the digital photo frame, a national technology in the field of information security and so on has made a good performance, cottage phone has driven Spreadtrum, RDA, Ge Ke micro companies such as the rise of the next few years can be expected that the local micro electronics and electronics manufacturing will be more frequent the interaction, which is made in China to Created in China the only way to upgrade. Since 2001, David set up the team for the design of Sony’s PS3 game console processor, Microsoft’s foot in 2003 to the development of a huge impact. Microsoft hopes to bring the chip design team for the Xbox360 game consoles, also aimed at the Christmas market in 2005. The design team has employed all the stops to meet the requirements of the two patrons, in a bid to Microsoft’s “victory or death” broken kettle into the boat’s potential and the Sony careful, every step to find a balance between. David and his team 80 hours a week of crazy working condition, suffering from anxiety, friendship and the near collapse, despair, and eventually won. Although mainland China into the third wave of micro wave, with IBM, Intel and other international well known semiconductor company compared to mainland China is still weak and a lot of Microelectronics, stones from other hills may serve to polish jade, in terms of business alliances, project management, intellectual property and whether or not culture, corporate politics, “under the pressure of competing for the” the mainland practitioners are an invaluable reference book.