WEMA1: Enabling low cost Wi-Fi SoCs for Defense and Aerospace Applications

Abstract
The wireless industry is exploring the use of low-cost Wi-Fi SoC for applications outside of Wi-Fi. Some use cases include point-to-point wireless, airborne communications and other medium-range communications standards. Typical SoC/DFE functions are expensive for wireless transmission. Engineers can make use of Qorvo RF Synthesizers with integrated mixers, along with the newly introduced Qorvo high-performance TCXOs for medium range airborne communications systems. This approach simplifies the design and lowers costs while still allowing designers flexibility to work within allocated frequency bands.