Innovative UWB Development
As digital media pervades our homes, the need for fast data transfer is increasing. However, if the speed is insufficient, users will avoid using the technology.
Today there are cabled technologies that allow the fast transfer of data (USB and FireWire). These technologies require the user to carry the necessary cables with them with their cameras, etc. A built in wireless solution is very attractive if it can have the right performance and cost.
UWB offers very high-bandwidth communications that has the potential to free equipment - such as DVD players, audio speakers, high definition TVs, PCs and printers - from the need to be connected by wires to record, play or exchange data.
Our client, ITI Techmedia, wanted to develop market leading Intellectual Property to allow solutions that solve this problem, and many others, to be provided to end-users. In looking for a partner, they wanted a company with a track record in developing market leading Intellectual Property that provided strong differentiation in the market. They chose Cambridge Consultants as a key member of this team, performing system design and technical leadership.
Cambridge Consultants, acting as the project's lead technical authority, are working on UWB system definition, hardware, software and mesh networking technology, targeted at wireless enabling equipment such as PCs and other consumer electronic devices.
Cambridge Consultants has a long track record of developing integrated circuits (ICs) for wireless applications. Among its achievements are the spin-out of CSR, who make the world's leading single-chip Bluetooth solution, and the sale to Ember of single-chip IP technology targeted at the emerging 802.15.4/ZigBee wireless networking market. The company also has over 20 years' experience of work in UWB technology.