Analog devices intends to accelerate the development of 5NM complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor radio transceiver asic (application-specific integrated circuit) components, system-on-chip, and…

This $19,958,193.66 Project Grant was awarded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038) to Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) on February 1, 2025. The grant will fund a 3-year effort by ADI to accelerate the development of advanced 5nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) radio transceiver application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) components, system-on-chip, and chiplets. The project aims to integrate ADI's Rakino baseline chip with multiple interface variants, with the goal of beta-sampling new radio reference designs to radio equipment manufacturers by January 2028. The work is structured in three phases, focused on the Rakino baseline chip, Variant 1 extensions, and Variant 2 extensions, to support U.S. cellular radio access networks and open radio unit (O-RU) ecosystems. The grant does not list any sub-recipients.

Activities

Over the three-year performance period, the project is structured into three phases, each corresponding to a set of developments around an IC platform: - phase 1: rakino baseline chip evaluation and radio system integration and evaluation of rakino first silicon.- phase 2: rakino variant 1 extensions, including FR3 band support and interface variants and support for chiplet form factors.- phase 3: rakino variant 2 extensions, including low power form factors and feature sets required for new radio architectures, including oran advances.there are multiple tasks within each phase, with milestones/deliverables consistent with IC development activity running from specification to design, fabrication, evaluation/validation, and initial customer sampling.

Expected outcomes

By the end of the performance period, analog devices expects to be beta-sampling these radio reference designs in hardware to radio equipment manufacturers for their evaluation and validation.

Intended beneficiaries

US cellular radio access networks and o-RU (open radio unit) ecosystems.

Subrecipient activities

The applicant does not list any subrecipient in this application.