Akronic
Greece
Akronic is a specialized design house and IP provider offering high-performance RF/mm-Wave and analog/mixed-signal custom integrated circuits solutions and services at various CMOS and BiCMOS technology nodes in all major foundries.
We pose an extensive know-how in complete integrated wireless transceivers for communications and radar systems which is transformed into silicon IP solutions and design services that address the needs of the modern wireless systems.
Enabling breakthrough in wireless connectivity, our target is to provide leading edge microelectronic solutions for the most challenging applications. Our bespoke services expand across a broad range of applications from DC up to above 100GHz in different market sectors including telecoms, automotive, aerospace and IoT.
We continuously keep abreast of the latest semiconductor technologies and can contribute from sub-system design to complete turnkey solutions. Following a customer-centric approach, we are committed to provide outstanding value by blending integrity, technical excellence, time-to-market and cost efficiency.
Services
RF/mm-Wave IC design
– SSB and DSB up/down conversion mixers (active or passive)
– Variable Gain Amplifiers
– Power Amplifiers and drivers
– Low Noise Amplifiers
– VCOs, CPs, PFD, XTAL
– Frequency multipliers (doubles, triplers, etc.)
– RSSI and power detectors
– IQ LO generators (poly-phase, hybrids, activer)
– IQ vector rotators
– Packaged chips up to 100GHz
– 5G, 802.11x, backhaul/fronthaul (6 – 43GHz, 60GHz, 71 – 76GHz, 81 – 86GHz), FMCW radars (24, 76 – 81GHz), VSAT, etc.
For more information, visit: http://akronic.com/specialty/rf-mm-wave
Analog & Mixed-Signal IC design
Low-pass filters
– Leapfrog, OPAMP or Gm-C based
– 5th or higher order, Chebyshev, Butterworth, etc.
– Channel bandwidth selection
– Cut-off frequency over process re-adjustment
– More than 1GHz maximum cut-off frequency
Base-band functions
– Bandgap, voltage references and current generators
– Gain-control operations, linear-in-dB or stepped
– Power/envelope detectors and RSSI
– AGC loops
– ALC loops
– LO leakage compensation
– Temperature sensors, LDOs, etc.
Signal converters
– High-speed ADC/DACs
– Switched-capacitor and current source DACs
– Successive – approximation (SAR) and time-interleaved ADCs
Frequency synthesis
– Fractional/Integer-N PLL
– Reference divides and multipliers
– Multi-modulus prescalers
– MASH, PFD and charge-pump
– Loop filters
– VCOs and ALC
– Drivers, multiplexer and demultiplexers
For more information, visit: http://akronic.com/specialty/analog-mixed-signal
RF/mm-Wave radio transceivers design
Wireless transceivers for communications
– sub-GHz, Bluetooth, WiFi, X-Band, VSAT
– Wireless transceivers in C, X, Ku, Ka, V, E, bands
– IoT, 5G, P2P/PTMP
– Unlicensed 60GHz for Gbps wireless connections (indoor or outdoor)
– E-band, point-to-point, wireless links (71-76GHz and 81-86GHz)
– Multi-Gbps wireless communications at 120GHz
Millimeter-wave radar sensors
FMCW radar transceivers for automotive and mm-Wave sensing applications:
– X-band, 24GHz, 60GHz, 79GHz, 94GHz and 120GHz imaging
– automotive 77GHz-LRR
– automotive 79GHz-SRR
Phased-array systems
– X-band, Ka-band, V/E-band
– Passive/active phase-shifters
– Analog, digital and hybrid beamsteering
For more information, visit: http://akronic.com/specialty/mmw-ic-transceivers
IP Cores
mm-Wave transceiver - ALTUS28
Compete wireless Ka-band transceiver (24-32GHz)
- silicon proven (experimental validated)
- production ready
- evb available
- http://lefkippos.demokritos.gr/akronic-introduces-altus28tr-integrated-transceiver-for-5g-satcom-and-mmwave-wireless-access-points/
- 5G, P2P/PTMP, RADAR, SATCOM
mm-Wave transceivers
ALTUS20
17 – 23GHz transceiver
ALTUS40
37 – 46GHz transceiver
ALTUS64
57 – 66GHz transceiver
ALTUS75
71 – 78GHz transceiver
ALTUS81
78 – 86GHz transceiver
FMCW RADAR
77-81SRR
Electronic antenna beamsteering
- X-band four elements
- Ka-band eight elements
- RADAR, 5G, SATCOM
Low power and high performance PLLs
– VCO (2 – 12GHz)
– VCO drivers
– Charge pumps
– MMDs
– Mash
– PFDs
– Loop filters
– IoT and mm-Wave links
RF/mm-Wave
– Low noise amplifiers
– Power amplifiers
– SSB and DCP up/down conversion mixers (active or passive)
– Frequency multipliers
– RSSI and power detectors
– IQ LO generators
– Phased-array systems
– VGAs, limiters, etc.
Analog
– 5th Order Chebyshev Filter
– Bandgap, biasing, gain controls
– Temperature sensors
– Power sensors
– LDOs
– ADC/DACs, etc.
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