General Description

For mobile and handheld applications such as phones, PCMCIA cards, laptops, and PDAs, NXP offers the UXF234xx family, a set of fully integrated, low-power, dual-conversion WiMAX transceivers that enable easy, robust, and reliable broadband communications.

Fabricated using a silicon germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS process, the transceivers provide ultra-low noise and high dynamic range combined with high linearity.

The transceivers keep power consumption to a minimum. Operating from a 2.8-V supply in OFDMA format, the ICs consume only 133 mA in receive mode and only 145 mA in transmit mode.

The transceivers interface to various baseband ICs via a generic analog I/Q interface and co-exist with cellular, WLAN, and Bluetooth standards. Housed in standard HVQFN packages and requiring only a minimum of external components, they save space and reduce cost while meeting TTA and FCC requirements.

In addition to the UXF234xx family, NXP also offers 802.16e WiMAX solutions for basestations.