With the advent of the personal communications industry, a new sector of wireless component manufacturers has emerged that have developed semiconductor processes that provide new levels of integration for radio frequency (RF) subcircuits. These processes have been primarily applied in commercial consumer devices (pagers, cell-phones) needing only modest environmental qualification (room temperature, low shock/vibration). A need exists to adapt these new processes for high-rel wireless data applications while taking advantage of their inherent cost benefit. The elements of this proposal bring the benefit of integration (smaller size, lower power, and reduced cost) while providing increased performance (higher data rate and operating range). The team's strong background in high-rel radio communications equipment design, manufacturing, and testing makes it particularly well-suited to address these topics. Benefits include miniature size, lower power, higher bandwidth, longer operating range wireless data communications Commercial applications include embedded wireless data communications for long distance applications (automotive, aeronautical, naval, industrial)
Keywords: Miniature, Embedded, Transceiver, High-Bandwidth, Radio, Wireless, Low-Power
