Percello to unveil third-generation femtocell SoC

Mobile World Congress 2010; RA'ANANA, ISRAEL: Percello Ltd., an Israeli fabless semiconductor company developing highly integrated and low-cost digital baseband processors for UMTS and LTE femtocells, has unveiled the PRC6100, the industry's most integrated digital baseband SoC for residential use.

The newest member of the Percello Aquilo Femtocell SoC product line, the PRC61000 enables femtocell vendors to reduce cost, size and power of femtocells, while ensuring security.

The PRC6100 maximizes digital integration on a single chip to deliver the lowest cost and greatest security available for an HSPA+ femtocell. The chip contains high speed MIPS24Kc and its peripherals, femtocell L1 engine (FLE) and embedded DDRs. As a result, it does not require any external memory, or digital parts on the board. The PRC6100 is compliant with 3GPP HNB specs. It supports eight users and offers HSPA+ data rates of 21.6 Mbps downstream and 5.76 Mbps upstream.

"PRC6100 enables vendors to develop HSPA+ femtocells that are smaller and cost less," says Rafy Carmon, vice president of Research and Development at Percello. "In addition PRC6100 introduces new security standards for femtocell with its integrated DDRs."

Samples of the PRC6100 are now available for selected customers.