Akoustis Technologies, an integrated device manufacturer (IDM) of patented bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band RF filters for mobile and other wireless applications, announced 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 an 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 the calendar 2021.
The demand for their WiFi 6E XBAW filters is robust given for its superior selectivity performance. They are leading the development of BAW-based micro-filter solutions for the WiFi 6E market for CPE devices as well as gaining interest from the 5G mobile handset market and expect WiFi 6E business to drive significant revenue growth moving forward.
The FCC announced in late April the approval of 5.925 to 7.125 GHz for unlicensed use, which is the largest spectrum addition since the FCC allocated an 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.
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