Info Image

Plasma Antennas Claims New mmWave Technology Cuts 5G Base Stations Cost by 50%

Plasma Antennas Claims New mmWave Technology Cuts 5G Base Stations Cost by 50% Image Credit: Plasma Antennas

Plasma Antennas, a UK smart antenna research, design and manufacturing company, has unveiled the mmWave Plasma Silicon Antenna (PSiAN) that the company claims can provide huge improvements in performance for 5G base stations compared to the current generation of technology.

Based on the company’s patented Plasma Silicon technology, the antenna reduces the cost of a 5G base station by up to 50% by eliminating phase shifters, reducing and consolidating amplification and reducing computation.

The PSiAN has no moving parts and is dynamically reconfigurable as it forms and steers beams. The technology does not need calibration and can handle practically unlimited power, having already been tested up to 40 watts. The Plasma Silicon-based products are smaller, lighter and use less power than equivalent products using current technology. The PSiAN also has an omni mode, when it draws no power at all.

The company has shown the value of the technology in a variety of scenarios, including 360 ̊ field of view beam forming and steering 28GHz 5W PSiAN, useful for pole mounted small cells, indoor small cells, or on a vehicle and a high power, long range, low loss small cell base station antenna for standalone and MIMO 5G, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), and Connected Vehicle applications.

These devices can also be stacked to form and steer beams in two dimensions (azimuth and elevation), or to form multiple beams and MIMO applications.

Paul Philipson, CEO, Plasma Antennas
Our patented Plasma Silicon technology provides a solution which answers both of these problems simultaneously, delivering a huge leap forward in performance and power consumption, and dramatically impacting the economics of future 5G networks.

Author

Ray is a news editor at The Fast Mode, bringing with him more than 10 years of experience in the wireless industry.

For tips and feedback, email Ray at ray.sharma(at)thefastmode.com, or reach him on LinkedIn @raysharma10, Facebook @1RaySharma

PREVIOUS POST

Syniverse APIs to Add Messaging to Listrak’s Cross-Channel Offerings

NEXT POST

BT First Operator to Sign Data Exchange with INTERPOL