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GreenPeak Designs Low Cost, High Performance ZigBee SOC
RF Communication Controller Using AWR Software
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El Segundo, CA – October 16, 2012
What:
GreenPeak Technologies of Utrecht,
Netherlands, is a fabless semiconductor company offering innovative ultra low power wireless and battery-free data
communication controller chips. GreenPeak was challenged with designing a GP510 system-on-chip RF4CE communication
controller for integration into set-top boxes and GP561 for the remote controller devices. The chips needed to be
optimized for low cost while at the same time providing superior performance.
Using AWR’s Microwave Office™/AXIEM®
software, GreenPeak was able to successfully perform RF board analysis, validation, and optimization for best RF performance,
certification margin, and production yield, while at the same time cutting design iterations down to one or two when
integrating its custom design into the ZigBee remote control device.
GreenPeak chose AWR’s Microwave
Office circuit design and AXIEM 3D planar EM tools for their capabilities in performing electromagnetic (EM) simulation
of single and multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs) and antennas, as well as integrating with component models
for complete RF characterization.
“AWR software enables our team to design worldwide certifiable 2.4GHz
radio circuits on single layer PCB substrates,” said Eugen Moldovan, RF application engineer at GreenPeak. “Microwave
Office and AXIEM tools helped us to drastically reduce our printed circuit costs.”
Where:
Read the full success story online at
http://web.awrcorp.com/Usa/Success-Stories/Microwave-Office/Green-Peak/.
When:
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and iMatch are trademarks of AWR Corporation. Other product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names
of their respective companies.
Contacts:
Sherry Hess
Vice President
of Marketing
AWR Corporation
(310) 726-3000
hess@awrcorp.com
Posted 10/17/2012
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