LONDON — Nujira has formed a design centre in Bath, England, to focus on the development of power efficient RF transmitters for the broadcast and mobile communications sectors.
The centre will be led by Simon Whittle, who has more than 25 years experience of base station and high performance transmitter development. He will be supported by a team of engineers offering RF systems, RF power amplifier, DSP and FPGA design skills.
"Improving the efficiency of RF transmission is seen as critical by mobile networks and broadcasters alike, as they seek to manage their operating costs going forward as well as to achieve their Corporate Social Responsibility goals," said Tim Haynes, CEO, Nujira (Cambridge, England).
The aim is to offer consultancy services to industry.
"There is a pool of RF systems, digital pre distortion and Digital/Analog IC design expertise in the Bristol area, and our new office harnesses this to help our customers bring to market the most efficient possible RF transmitter design achievable within their project parameters," said Haynes.
Earlier this year, Haynes told EE Times Europe Nujira planned to commercialize its patented envelope tracking power saving technology by wireless infrastructure gear suppliers to include companies developing digital broadcast transmission equipment and next generation mobile handsets. For the handsets business, the company is looking at an IP licensing model, and Haynes said he anticipates its technology will be incorporated in handsets by 2011.
Whittle joins Nujira from PowerWave Technologies where he was Product Manager for digital radios, managing the design and production transfer of high power UMTS and WiMAX digital transceiver products for major OEMs.
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