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Palma Ceia SemiDesign Announces Silicon-Proven Dual Band LTE NB-IOT Transceiver for IoT Applications

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 15, 2019 – Palma Ceia SemiDesign (PCS), a provider of next-generation wireless connectivity solutions, today announced a silicon-proven LTE NB-IoT transceiver for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications. The transceiver performance conforms to the LTE NB-IoT specification, part of Release 14 from 3GPP. A full characterization report is available for customers that want to review the detailed results.

“The results we are getting from our new silicon show excellent performance across all the operating bands of NB-IoT Release 14,” said James E. Flowers, co-founder & chief operating officer of Palma Ceia. “We continue our ongoing efforts to provide the best-performing IoT connectivity IP, including this 3GPP standard and the WiFi HaLow standard (802.11ah) as well.”

New features of the PCS transceiver include:

Features of the PCS integrated transceiver include:

LTE NB-IoT (LTE-NB1) is a cellular 3GPP standard that utilizes licensed bands to provide low-power connectivity compared to the conventional cellular connections for smart phones. Setting up networks of IoT devices benefits from cellular capacity handling, allowing the creation of large networks of devices, or sensors, that support the concept of the Internet of Things. The performance (throughput/data handling) is intended to be competitive with proprietary LPWA alternatives but uses the existing infrastructure of cellular services providers.

Palma Ceia is moving along a path to produce both a transceiver chip with baseband and a module that can be used as the wireless communication mechanism to interface IoT and M2M products. Along with the possibility of integrating this IP into an SoC, Palma Ceia will be able to offer customers all the necessary options to implement IoT devices in the many and varied application verticals that make up this market.

The current offering is packaged as hard IP (GDS) on TSMC 40nm complete with User/Integration Guide. A test board under development and can be linked to an FPGA for systems testing and validation.

To discuss potential partnerships for deploying the LTE NB-IoT Transceiver, contact Palma Ceia via email at  Email Contact.

About Palma Ceia SemiDesign:

Palma Ceia SemiDesign, Inc. is a provider of communication IP and chips for next-generation WiFi and cellular applications. With a focus on emerging WiFi and LTE standards, PCS supports the design of high-performance devices for broadband, wireless, medical and automotive applications. Palma Ceia solutions are differentiated by low-power, high-performance designs and ease of integration. With headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., the company has design operations in McKinney, Texas, and sales and support activities in mainland China, Israel, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Visit Palma Ceia SemiDesign on the web at  www.pcsemi.com.

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