Icera chipset delivers high performance HSPA

The Livanto ICE8040 chipset supports Icera's Adaptive Wireless Advanced soft modem, a multimode, 3GPP Release 6 cellular modem solution, concurrently supporting Category 8 HSDPA at up to 7.2Mbps and Category 6 HSUPA at up to 5.76Mbps.

It also provides full 2G/3G support including GSM, GPRS, Edge and WCDMA and compressed mode handover between 2G and 3G networks.

The chipset also includes a multi-band RF Cmos transceiver and Pmic device.

Livanto ICE8040 chipset power consumption is extremely low to meet the long battery life demanded in handset devices, with complete system stand-by power in 3G idle mode under 1mA.

Full voice support is offered, including all 2G and 3G voice codecs, plus acoustic echo cancellation and noise suppression capabilities.

Manufactured in an advanced 65nm Cmos process, the Livanto ICE8040 soft baseband device is based on Icera's custom-developed DXP (Deep Execution Processor).

DXP runs at over 1GHz with low power consumption and is able to run all the code required to deliver a complete multimode HSPA cellular modem.

The ICE8040 device includes a high speed and full speed USB 2.0 OTG interface as well as an advanced MIPI-HSI applications processor interface.

An analogue I/Q interface and a MIPI-3GDig RF digital interface are both supported to connect with the RF transceiver.

The memory interface supports SDRam, mobile DDR, NOR Flash and Nand Flash memories and includes on-chip secure boot-Rom and advanced security features.

The ICE8040 is available in a 10.5 x 10.5mm thin BGA package and in a 12 x 12mm Package-on-Package (POP) format allowing Jedec-standard Pop memories and multi-chip memories to be soldered directly on top to reduce board area.