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Nujira Limited Articles
4G envelope tracking PA with world record 40 MHz bandwidth
In its latest series of lab tests, Nujira has successfully demonstrated that it is able to support 40 MHz channel bandwidths for 4G LTE-Advanced signals. This is achieved using its NCT-L1300 ET modulator IC and a commercially available handset RF Power Amplifier. Enabled by Nujira’s world leading ET technology, it is the first time that an ET system has delivered 40 MHz bandwidth, while still meeting the stringent regulatory compliance stan...
Nujira signals start of volume production ramp with launch of highest performing Envelope Tracking chip for mobile handsets
Nujira has unveiled its newest Coolteq.L ET power supply modulator chip for LTE handsets. Nujira's NCT-L1300 delivers the best ET modulator performance on the market across all key metrics: system efficiency, noise, bandwidth, linearity and RF output power. The new chip is now being geared up for volume production to support 4G smartphone shipments in 2014.
Nujira beats own world record for ET PA linearity
Nujira will be presenting new performance results at the IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium this week demonstrating that the company has bettered its own world record linearity mark for an RF Power Amplifier operating under ET conditions.
Nujira Announces 200th Envelope Tracking Patent
Nujira has celebrated the opening of the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona by announcing that it has passed the 200 patent mark. Nujira has the most extensive ET IPR portfolio in the industry and this latest milestone demonstrates Nujira’s continuing innovation in developing ET for use in modern digital communications.
Nujira Samples Low Noise Second-Generation Envelope Tracking Chip For Smartphones
Nujira has announced that is sampling its next generation ET IC for mobile handsets, the NCT-L1200, to lead partners. The second product in its Coolteq.L ET product family, Nujira’s NCT-L1200 has already been delivered to several key platform chipset vendors, and is the only product currently available on the market that supports the maximum 20MHz channel bandwidth of LTE.
New 16-Band ET RD Front-End For Global LTE Handsets From Nujira
Nujira Ltd has today released its new “Woodstock” 16-band Multi-Mode, Multi-Band ET reference design for 4G smartphone RF Front Ends. Using Nujira’s recently announced NCT-L1200 ET chip, the reference design overcomes the energy efficiency and frequency band challenges faced by mobile operators and handset OEMs since the introduction of 4G.
Nujira raises $12 million from latest funding round
Nujira has raised a further $12 million in its latest funding round, securing the rollout of the company’s Coolteq.L IC technology for mobile handsets and supporting the ramp to volume production. The latest funding round included a new investor, Zurich-based SAM Private Equity, as well as existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Climate Change Capital, Environmental Technologies Fund, NES Partners and angel investors.
Nujira files 150th Envelope Tracking patent
Nujira Ltd today announced the filing of its 150th patent relating to Envelope Tracking (ET). The milestone comes just 12 months after reaching the 100 patent landmark in April 2011, reinforcing Nujira’s dominant position in the ET IP landscape.
Nujira releases handset RF power amplifier characterisation system
Nujira Ltd. has launched a new handset RF power amplifier (PA) characterisation system, the NCT-T9102, targeted at OEMs, chipset suppliers and PA vendors wishing to measure the performance of Envelope Tracking RF PAs for low power applications. Nujira has developed this system specifically for characterising handset RF PAs under Envelope Tracking (ET) conditions, overcoming the huge challenge of characterizing PAs in ET mode using standard test e...
Nujira becomes Contributor Member of MIPI Envelope Tracking Subgroup
Nujira announced that it is a Contributor Member in the newly formed Envelope Tracking Subgroup of the MIPI Alliance Analog Control Interface Working Group. The MIPI Alliance Envelope Tracking Subgroup will focus on developing MIPI Specifications that facilitate wider adoption of this energy saving technology in smartphones and other mobile devices. In addition to Nujira, members of the Subgroup include Anadigics, Intel, Motorola Mobility, Nokia,...
Second Cleantech award for fast tracking Nujira
Nujira has announced that it was named Most Innovative Company at the 2011 Cleantech Connect awards organised by GP Bullhound. The company also appeared in the top 30 listing of the awards for the third year running. Accepting the award, Gerard Wimpenny, CTO of Nujira, said, “Cleantech Connect features the hottest and fastest growing Cleantech companies from a wide variety of sectors, and we’re extremely proud that Nujira has been recognised...
Nujira appoints Patrick McNamee as VP of Silicon Operations
Nujira, the world’s leading provider of Envelope Tracking technology, today announced the appointment of Patrick McNamee to the newly created post of VP of Silicon Operations with overall responsibility for taking its Envelope Tracking ICs from design completion to volume production. Patrick McNamee has over 25 years experience in the semiconductor industry including 15 years senior management experience with successful fabless semiconductor co...
Nujira opens IC Design Centre in Edinburgh with Support of Scottish Development International
Nujira, the world’s leading provider of Envelope Tracking technology, today announced that it has opened an IC Design Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, and it has been awarded £175,000 funding from Scottish Development International to support the initiative. The new design centre opened today with a small team of engineers but has plans to draw on the pool of IC design expertise based in the region to triple the design centre’s headcount by th...
Nujira and KCB Signal Solutions formalize partnership to support US Military Communications Market
Nujira, world’s leading provider of Envelope Tracking technology, and KCB Signal Solutions today announced a formal partnership to support their growing US military customer base. The two companies intend to establish a joint entity whereby KCB Signal Solutions will develop and support a range of products to address the military communications market’s need to upgrade to modern, high data rate waveforms and yet still meet the demanding size,...
Nujira Envelope Tracking DTV Broadcast Transmitter achieves 45% energy efficiency
Nujira, the world’s leading provider of Envelope Tracking technology, today released details of a 400W Envelope Tracking technology demonstrator for the Digital TV and Radio markets, which delivers an output stage efficiency of 45% for DVB-T OFDM signals over the majority of the UHF band. Nujira Coolteq-u power modulator modules deliver improved power efficiency for most digital broadcasting standards including DVB-T, DVB-T2, ATSC, ISDB-T, DVB...
Nujira Development System enables energy efficient smartphones for global markets
Nujira, the world’s leading provider of Envelope Tracking technology, today announced availability of a new wideband Envelope Tracking (ET) Flexible Development System (FDS) for characterising energy-efficient power amplifiers for global cellular frequency bands. Major handset partners have already taken delivery of this system, which will be demonstrated by Nujira at the IMS/MTT-S conference in Baltimore, Maryland, June 7-9.
New and existing investors back Nujira’s vision with £10 million round
Nujira, the leading developer of technology to reduce power consumption in smartphone transmitters by 30-50%, has secured a further £10 million of funding for its growth plans.
Nujira files 100th Envelope Tracking patent
Nujira today announced the filing of its one hundredth patent, giving it the world’s most extensive and complete portfolio of patents filed or granted covering envelope tracking and the implementation of efficient wideband power amplifier (PA) transmission systems. Nujira’s patent portfolio covers energy efficient RF transmitters in cellular handset, wireless infrastructure and digital broadcast applications across the US, Asia and Europe.
Nujira and Xilinx complete FPGA envelope tracking reference design
Nujira and Xilinx today announced the first successful integration of envelope tracking (ET) technology with a third-party digital pre-distortion (DPD) solution running on an FPGA. The two companies have delivered a reference design for a cellular base station PA circuit with Nujira’s Coolteq.h envelope tracking modulator linearised by a Xilinx DPD block running on a Xilinx Virtex 6 FPGA platform. Envelope signal generation in the FPGA was impl...
Nujira to put ET Envelope Tracking) into 800 million handsets
Nujira today unveiled its roadmap for putting its Coolteq Envelope Tracking technology into 800 million handsets worldwide by 2016. The company is announcing its second generation handset test chip at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, in February 2011, as well as the completion of an Envelope Tracking Processor IC for cellular network infrastructure. Nujira has secured additional funding from its investors to help realise its handset vision, a...