Arrow Electronics subsidiary Richardson RFPD has entered into a global franchise agreement with Mixcomm to distribute its upcoming mmWave IC products.

Arrow Electronics subsidiary Richardson RFPD has entered into a global franchise agreement with Mixcomm to distribute its upcoming mmWave IC products.

Mixcomm is a start-up that bases its technology on RFSOI and mmWave technology developed at Columbia University’s Cosmic lab led by Dr. Harish Krishnaswamy, the company’s co-founder and CTO. 

Its products address what considers the key challenges currently constraining 5G mmWave success: limited range, excessive thermal and electrical power consumption and low integration with excessively large antenna rays. These issues diminish customer satisfaction while driving up project cost, Mixcomm argues.

Under the new agreement, Richardson RFPD will distribute the company’s upcoming mmWave products to customers worldwide.

Mixcomm’s first production device is a 5G 28GHz beamforming front-end IC called Summit 2629.

Rafael R. Salmi, Ph.D., Richardson RFPD’s president says “Summit 2629 integrates novel power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, beamformer, calibration and control for a front-end module with optimal partitioning for 5G infrastructure, and we are confident that this debut is indicative of the innovation our customers will come to expect from Mixcomm.”

“Mixcomm is delighted to partner with Richardson RFPD,” said Mike Noonen, CEO. “No other distributor offers the RF credibility, technical expertise, global reach and logistics scale that Richardson RFPD does.”