Akoustis Receives Volume Order from A Third Tier-1 Customer for Its 5.5/6.5 Ghz Wifi 6E Xbaw Coexistence Filter Solutions
January 29, 2021 at 05:30 pm IST
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Akoustis Technologies, Inc. that it has received a volume order for its 5.5 GHz and 6.5 GHz XBAW WiFi 6E filter solutions from a new tier-1 customer. The 5.5 GHz filter module covers the entire 5.1 to 5.8 GHz spectrum of the WiFi 6E standard, while the 6.5 GHz filter module covers the entire 5.9 to 7.1 GHz spectrum. The customer is building a MU-MIMO router using multiple XBAW filters per device, targeting the consumer market. The Company expects the product to enter production in the second half of calendar 2021. The FCC announced in late April the approval of 5.925 to 7.125 GHz for unlicensed use, which is the spectrum addition since the FCC allocated unlicensed spectrum for WiFi in 1989. The next generation of WiFi that is expected to use these new frequency bands is called WiFi 6E. This approval will create another significant new band, or combination of bands, over the next several years. Since the FTC’s April announcement, governments around the world have begun allocating the same or similar spectrum for future WiFi use. Akoustis’ high frequency, high performance XBAW process and filters are experiencing growing interest as the Company entered production in multiple markets in calendar 2020, including 5G network infrastructure, high-band WiFi and phased-array radar applications. Akoustis has added 15 filters to its product catalog including a 5.6 GHz WiFi filter, a 5.2 GHz WiFi filter, a 5.5 GHz WiFi-6E filter, a 6.5 GHz WiFi 6E filter, three small cell 5G network infrastructure filters including two Band n77 filters and one Band n79 filter, a 3.8 GHz filter and five S-Band filters for defense phased-array radar applications, a 3.6 GHz filter for the CBRS 5G infrastructure market and a C-Band filter for the unmanned aircraft systems market. The Company is also developing several new filters for the sub-7 GHz bands targeting 5G mobile device, network infrastructure, WiFi CPE and defense markets.
Akoustis Technologies, Inc. is a commercial product company. The Company operates through two segments: Fabrication Services and RF Filters. Its Fabrication Services segment consists of engineering review services and backend packaging services. Its RF Filters segment consists of amplifier and filter product sales. The Company develops RF filters for fifth generation (5G), wireless fidelity (WiFi) and defense bands through its resonator device models and product design kits (PDKs). It is focused on developing, designing, and manufacturing RF filter solutions for the wireless industry for products, including smartphones and tablets, network infrastructure equipment, WiFi Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), automotive, industrial and defense applications. The Company has developed a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) based bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technology. It is also engaged in providing back-end semiconductor supply chain services.