PMC-Sierra Demonstrates Industry’s First Digital Predistortion Engine that Enables Carriers to Meet FCC Requirements for WiMAX

PMC-Sierra Demonstrates Industry's First Digital Predistortion Engine that Enables Carriers to Meet FCC Requirements for WiMAX

PMC-Sierra, Inc. announced that its industry-leading PM7800 PALADIN(R) 10 and PM7815 PALADIN 15 devices have successfully demonstrated compliance to the rigorous Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 04-258 WiMAX requirements. These solutions leverage PMC-Sierra's industry-standard wireless Digital Predistortion (DPD) technology and its high frequency mixed signal design capabilities to enable products for the emerging WiMAX wireless standard.

PALADIN is the Only DPD Engine to Meet FCC Performance Requirements

The PALADIN 10 device successfully demonstrated compliance to the rigorous FCC 04-258 WiMAX requirements. Compliance to these requirements is essential for service providers planning to deploy WiMAX equipment in the 2.5-2.7 GHz range in the United States. PMC-Sierra's PALADIN 10 DPD solution, combined with Freescale Semiconductor's latest N-channel RF Power MOSFET (the MRF6S27085H) form the heart of a linear Power Amplifier (PA) for WiMAX base stations transmitting in the 2.5-2.7 GHz frequency band.

DPD technology has long been accepted for CDMA2000 and WCDMA 3G cellular base stations. PMC-Sierra has been a pioneer in the commercialization of DPD, and its PALADIN products have been proven in thousands of deployed 3G base stations. However, the FCC performance requirements are much more stringent for WiMAX than for 3G. The PALADIN is the only DPD engine to meet the FCC performance requirements.