RFaxis offers innovative embedded antenna solutions

IRVINE, USA: RFaxis, a fabless semiconductor company focused on innovative, next-generation RF solutions for the wireless and connectivity markets, announced the debut of its embedded antenna products.

Taking an innovative approach to antennas, RFaxis will now have the ability to offer total front-end solutions. To head up its efforts, RFaxis has appointed noted industry veteran Dr. Ping Peng as vice president, Antenna Products. Key among Dr. Peng's first initiatives will be to create the industry's first series of broadband, high efficiency, high gain embedded antennas.

"A true RF front-end includes an antenna, and many so-called front-end solutions available today are lacking antennas," noted Mike Neshat, president and CEO of RFaxis.

"We feel that it was a natural fit for RFaxis to step in and solve this issue. Antennae make wireless a reality, and RFaxis will be delivering a series of patent pending, complete front-end reference designs based on our own RFeICs and antennas. With the introduction of this series, we will become a one-stop shop for complete RF front-end solutions."

RFaxis' patent pending RFeICs integrate the PA, LNA, transmit and receive switching circuitry, the associated matching network, and the harmonic filter all in a single-chip, single-die device.

These RFeICs combine superior performance, high sensitivity and efficiency, low noise, small form factor, and low cost to form an ideal solution for applications requiring low power, extended range and bandwidth and small form factor.

With an initial focus on antenna solutions for Zigbee, Bluetooth, WLAN, WiMAX, and mobile phone standards, RFaxis will offer a series of complete front-end products, as well as stand-alone, embedded antennas in the near future.

Dr. Peng said: "I am truly excited to join the RFaxis team of innovators. RFaxis' RFeICs are the perfect platform and will give me the freedom to tailor antennas to different applications. Our antenna innovations, combined with RFaxis' RFeICs, will help bring antenna technology to the next level." Dr. Peng will be responsible for leading the day to day engineering, R&D, marketing, sales, and manufacturing of all antenna products.