Design flexibility for femtocells

Lime's proprietary technology has enabled development of a single-chip multi-band multi-standard broadband transceiver IC with outstanding RF performance. The transceiver supports a variety of different standards and frequencies, including WiMAX, 3G and LTE. The configurable nature of Lime's transceiver allows considerable design flexibility. This is particularly important to makers of small cell basestations (femtocells), who have to contend with standards and frequency bands which are constantly emerging and developing.

Minimise cost and inventory

The 'one transceiver for multiple standards' approach significantly simplifies the bill of materials for a typical femtocell product range. Further, the same transceiver can operate in the different frequency bands required in different countries, reducing costs and inventory for global OEMs.

About Lime Microsystems

Founded in March 2005, Lime Microsystems is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in digitally configurable transceivers for the next generation of wireless broadband systems. Lime has development teams in the UK and Lithuania.

Lime's key strengths is its design expertise, covering RFIC design through to end system applications. We have established an international reputation for our analogue, mixed-mode, and RF design. Our customers are able to rapidly evaluate and use Lime products, knowing that the solution will meet the required standards and specifications for the air interface and selected frequency range.

Lime works closely with industry partners to optimise RF and Baseband solutions to ensure the ecosystem for the entire end equipment design is in place. Lime's partnerships help our end customers achieve high performance with lower device and manufacturing costs, less design resource and optimised inventory. Lime is also an active member of the Femto Forum, promoting the adoption of femtocells worldwide and standardising the interface at component and system level.

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