Get More LTE with TI s DSP and Analog Solutions Presentation Title Goes Here Kathy Brown General Manager Wireless Basestation Infrastructure Dave Briggs General Manager RF and Radio Products
Meeting demands for data-intensive mobile applications New TCI687 product: A 1.2GHz 3-core DSP with powerful software library delivering performance necessary to support LTE TI already works with eight of the top ten LTE OEMs Allows customers to extend current basestation platforms to support new features/requirements, reducing cost and accelerating time to market New GC5325 single-chip wideband digital pre-distortion transmit processor Enables OEMs to improve power efficiency and reduce overall power consumed by wireless base stations
Consumers want data intensive apps service providers need performance Increased Per User Traffic Drives Infrastructure Growth Peak Data Transmission (Mbps) 0.01 100 10 1 MULTIMEDIA 0.1 E-MAIL SM S IM S GSM STREAMING Text E- mailing Ring tones Simple games GPRS cdma2000 INTERACTIVITY Streaming audio Streaming video clips Enterprise apps (Word, Excel, Outlook) Robust web browsing Complex games Multimedia messaging Video clips Web browsing WCDMA Games 1xRTT EDGE EV-DO Video conferencing GPS Interactive gaming Wireless VPNs Streaming video EVDV HSxPA Source : isuppli 4G EV- DO Rev A
MIPS-hungry LTE demands higher performance solutions OEM requirements: Sufficient MIPs + overhead to deliver robust LTE Scaleable solution to smooth transition from 3G to 4G Simpler network architecture + affordable path during economic downturn Efficient handling of high MIPs functions 1.2GHz DSP delivers: Multicore DSP applies total of 3.6GHz performance DSP based on C64x+ platform, spanning 4 generations of products Higher performance DSP reduces BOM by a minimum of 20% Many intensive MIPs algorithms offloaded to accelerators to allow higher data rates
Silicon is not enough - robust LTE requires optimized software LTE software library features RSA functions as accelerator turbo charging system TI c64x+ DSPs TI LTE Software TI Example Integration/Simulation Loaded with standard functions saving X man-months of design time First general release of library was 8/07; version 3 continues to be updated with additional features Version 4 fully featured library available in 2Q09 -- compliant with LTE spec. TI PHY Library TI Chip Support Library TI c64x+ Foundation Library
New Wideband Digital Pre-distortion Transmit Processor for Wireless Communications Enables OEMs to Achieve Power Efficiencies Beyond 40 Percent
Divergent Wireless Standards Drive Design Complexity Increased Subscribers = Complex Designs Increased voice and data traffic over cellular networks Limited/licensed RF spectrum Base station OEMs forced to develop wideband, complex, spectrally efficient modulation schemes 3G & OFDM-Based Interfaces Offer Challenges 3G, WiMAX, LTE and UMB are inherently more complex Tougher Error Vector (EVM) requirements Larger Peak-to-Average (PAR) requirements Power Amplifier Inefficiencies 3G/OFDM signals are more sensitive to intermodulation distortion (IMD) Multi-carrier power amplifiers (MCPA) work far from saturation, with reduced efficiency Lower efficiency PAs can represent 30% of the overall BTS system cost Trade-offs must be made to meet performance (regulatory) requirements GC5325 Solves These Issues Single chip transmit processor combines crest factor reduction (CFR) and digital predistortion (DPD) Increases efficiency of Multi-carrier Power Amplifiers (MCPA), Eliminates need for more expensive PA components
Single Chip Combines CFR and DPD GC5325 Transmit Processor The GC5325 Sector Transmit Solution optimizes overall system cost and performance by combining the essential transmit signal processing elements in a single low-cost device: Improved MCPA efficiency via Crest Factor Reduction (CFR) Improved MCPA linearity using Digital Pre- Distortion (DPD) Key Features High Performance - significantly improves ACLR and increases PA efficiencies by correcting up to 7th order distortion non-linearities. High Integration - two transmit digital functions in a single device. This level of integration saves on PCB space as well as BOM costs. Flexible - incorporates a C6727 DSP to run the fully adaptive linearization algorithm. Complete Solution - evaluation system incorporates DSP and High Speed Analog technology.
GC5325 Transmit Solution Architecture Only TI can provide a full transmit solution including analog, RF, and DSP products to optimize MCPA cost, linearity and efficiency.
GC5325SEK Eases the Evaluation Process System level performance can be evaluated in the manufacturer s design with the easy-to-use GC5325 system evaluation kit (GC5325SEK). In addition, customers can save four man months of development time by leveraging the GC5325SEK architecture to implement their own design.
Summary The GC5325 is a highly integrated wideband transmit processor designed to improve the power amplifier efficiency and ACLR performance for cellular radio card designs. The GC5325 implements two critical transmit digital functions (CFR, DPD) in a single device. The GC5325 DPD linearization architecture reduces radio card design complexity, development time, implementation size, and overall bill-of-material (BOM) costs. The GC5325 solution is DSP-based and flexible. The GC5325 is suitable for multiple PA architectures as well as existing and emerging wireless standards. The GC5325SEK evaluation system offers fast time-to-market and reduced risk as part of a complete TI-supplied signal chain solution. Customers can have the easy-to-use GC5325SEK up and running in an hour. TI s continued investment in high performance analog helps our customers to meet the challenges of changing wireless standards for today, and tomorrow.