Technology for G3 J Johansson

Technology that make things mobile & implementation of UMTS/UTRA/IMT-2000Jan JohanssonDirectorUniversity Liaisons & Technology Management Microelectronic´s : 

Technology that make things mobile & implementation of UMTS/UTRA/IMT-2000 Jan Johansson Director University Liaisons & Technology Management Microelectronic´s BR/TL Jan Johansson 980426

Terminology : 

Terminology UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems UTRA UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access IMT-2000 International Mobile Telecommunication Systems BR/TL Jan Johansson 980426

What is UMTS/IMT-2000? : 

Multimedia services (<2 Mbps) + 2nd gen. services 1990 2000 1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation Analogue speech Digital speech + low-rate data (<64 kbps) NMT, AMPS, TACS GSM, PDC, IS-95, IS-136 (D-AMPS) UMTS/IMT-2000 1980 What is UMTS/IMT-2000?

TDMA : 

TDMA f1 f2 f3 . . . . Time Freq. Ampl. Meetings 980502 BR/TL Jan Johansson Time slots

CDMA : 

CDMA Freq. Band Ampl Code Noise Cocktail Party 980502 BR/TL Jan Johansson

IMT 2000 User Data Rates: 

IMT 2000 User Data Rates Bits/sec 1 M 100 k 10 k 1k Internet Access Medium Quality Graphics Text Voice Video High Quality BR/TL Jan Johansson 980426

Mobile Telephone/Internet users: 

Mobile Telephone/Internet users 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Millions Mobile telephone users Internet users 1994 1993 0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Technology choice – key considerations: 

Technology choice – key considerations Technology for high bit rates Low-risk, mature technology Shortest possible time to market Maximum service flexibility Global acceptance of standard Lowest possible transmission cost Superior spectrum efficiency Best coverage and capacity Lowest possible implementation cost Lowest possible infrastructure cost Lowest possible complexity of equipment

Key Market Drivers and Building a Successful Operator Business - GSM&WCDMA: 

Key Market Drivers and Building a Successful Operator Business - GSM&WCDMA Internet access for Mobile Multimedia Making the 3rd generation Personal Multimedia market a success - Cost and Timing battles Preserving the investments - evolution from GSM New generation of technology - higher efficiency and capability Personal Multimedia/Mobile Internet access require high quality networks with low infrastructure and terminal cost

Implementation Technologies: 

Implementation Technologies Antennas RF ADC Dig IF + Logic DSP CTRL PA/MCPA SW …. Competence in all these areas is a necessity BR/TL Jan Johansson 980426

SYSTEM On a CHIP: 

SYSTEM On a CHIP 970914 BR/TL Jan Johansson Analog DSP CTRL FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE TO HW/SW MAPPING HW/SW INTEGRATION BOARD and COMPONENT LEVEL RF SYSTEM ANALOG SUB SYSTEM DIG.SUB SYSTEM ASIC ASIC ASIC CTRL SW DSP SW DIG HW MAD FUNCTIONAL PARTITIONING TARGET SYSTEM BIN BIN Behavioral System View Actual Syst. HW/SW Comp. View SW Alg.

SYSTEM INTO SILICON: 

SYSTEM INTO SILICON RF Dig A/D D/A Mathematics System Protocol Algorithm Architecture CIRCUIT DESIGN Components & Material BR/TL Jan Johansson 980426 Profile of Competence Total view is important

DSP Implementation Alternatives: 

DSP Implementation Alternatives 970903 BR/TL Jan Johansson Flexibility Area/Cost SW dev. Effort Perf. Speed Vendor Independence HW Design Effort STD DSP ASIC FLEX ASIC STD DSP Core+Logic

Flex ASIC (Flexible DSP ASICs) : 

Flex ASIC (Flexible DSP ASICs) Processing power Vs Silicon area Power reduction 971130 BR/TL Jan Johansson STD DSP 1 X ASIC 20 X Flex ASIC 10 X

Flex ASIC Chip Architecture: 

Flex ASIC Chip Architecture 971130 BR/TL Jan Johansson . . . . . . .

Flex ASIC SW Development Tools: 

Flex ASIC SW Development Tools Assembler Link Editor Debugger Linkable simulator C compiler 971130 BR/TL Jan Johansson

Flex ASIC HW Dev. Tools & Methodology: 

Flex ASIC HW Dev. Tools & Methodology 971130 BR/TL Jan Johansson RTL lev. VHDL Synthe- sise Sim P & R STD ASIC Flow

Flex ASIC Issues: 

Flex ASIC Issues 971130 BR/TL Jan Johansson Why own DSP cores? Vendor independence Own IP Use of STD ASIC flow Easy to move to another process Enables common mem. concept Configurable to particular application Possible to include dedicated HW and instructions Allow parallel execution of instructions Emulator support

Slide19: 

Silicon chips without SW will be useless in the future Hardware spec Software spec

SYSTEM INTO SILICON Memory versus Logic: 

SYSTEM INTO SILICON Memory versus Logic BR/TL Jan Johansson 980426 Logic chip with mem. Mem. chip with logic

System Design Productivity Triangle: 

BR/TL Jan Johansson 980426 System Design Productivity Triangle 20% > 80% 80% > 20% Goal >

Summary Implementation Technology: 

Summary Implementation Technology Relevant connection from highest system level down to component and material level. SOC HW without SW will be useless in the future. Low power means power minimization for both SW & HW Manage future complexity More innovations on application specific Architectures for mem. access and data-path Manage future complexity Future systems will include electrons and Photons(mixed)

Summary: 

Summary Market-driven Introduction of third-generation multimedia services based on mass market cost-of-service (WCDMA) Worldwide GSM mass market Support for high-speed circuit-switched data over GSM Support for Internet/intranet services (GPRS) Enhanced data rates over GSM up to 384 kbps (EDGE) 1999 2000 1998 1997 2001/2002 GSM and WCDMA to Third-generation