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ULTICHIP-3P-UC1046
Ultichip Communication Technology smallcell solutions based on UC1046 and AFE7769
ULTICHIP-3P-UC1046
Overview
The Ultichip Communication Technology Blade40 is a low cost high performance PicoRU solution based on Ultichip's UC1046 DFE and TI's AFE7769 transceiver, supporting 4G LTE, 5G NR or 4/5G dual mode. Three models are available: Blade40-S3500 for 3.5-GHz band 5G NR 4T4R TDD mode, Blade40-S2600 for 2.6-GHz 5G NR and Blade40-S2618TF for 2.6-GHz 2T2R 5G TDD and 2T2R FDD LTE. The output power of Blade40 is up to 250 mw per antenna. Other configuration can be customized to satisfy user requirements.
Blade40 supports full digital front end functionalities of 4/5G RRU, which includes precoding processing, crest factor reduction (CFR), digital predistortion processing (DPD), digital up-conversion (DUC), down-conversion (DDC), configurable filter processor (filter) and so forth.
The fronthaul interface Blade40 is configurable as eCPRI and CPRI format. Both Option-7 per O-RAN specification or Option-8 based on OTIC specification fronthaul functionalities split mode are supported. All LOW-PHY functions are integrated such as a programable fast Fourier transform (FFT/IFFT) processor.
Blade40 supports several synchronization modes, including IEEE 1588v2 PTP, SyncE and GPS.
The low power consumption, easy installation and easy upgrade and expansion features, make Blade40 suitable for indoor coverage scenarios with high demand for data services and high service quality in dense urban areas and hot spots, such as office buildings, subways, train stations, shopping malls, stadiums and airports
Features
- Band: Sub6G
- Antenna carrier: 4T4R at 100 MHz
- Transmitted power: 4x 250 mw
- Reference sensibility: -97 dBm
- ACLR: < -48 dBc (24 dBm, 100 MHz NR, 8.5 dB PAR signal)
- EVM: <2% (24 dBm, 100 MHz NR, 8.5 dB PAR signal)
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BLADE40-S2618 — Ultichip Communication Technology Blade40 S2618 2T2R 5G NR and 2T2R 4G LTE Smallcell
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BLADE40-S3500 — Ultichip Communication Technology Blade40 S3500 4T4R 5G NR Smallcell
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