Alereon
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | , USA |
Key people | David Shoemaker (CEO) |
| Website | www |
Alereon, Inc,is afabless semiconductorcompany. It usesultrawideband(UWB) radio technology to developCertified Wireless USBandWiMedia Alliance-compliant UWBintegrated circuits(ICs). Headquartered inAustin, Texas,Alereon also has offices inKoreaandHong Kong.
History
[edit]Alereon was spun off from Time Domain Corporation ofHuntsville, Alabama,in August 2003 taking with it a number of engineers, executives, and patents from its parent company. An early investor wasAustin Ventures.[1]Eric Broockman was the first company CEO in 2003.[2]
It initially backed the multi-bandorthogonal frequency-division multiplexingapproach taken by the MultiBand OFDM Alliance.[1]A number of competing technologies were discussed by theIEEE 802.15standards committee in 2004.[3]In October 2005, $20 million in financing included investors Centennial Ventures and Pharos Capital.[4]After the IEEE effort was abandoned, the venture arm ofSamsung Electronicsinvested $4 million in December 2006.[5]By 2009, Brookman was still chief executive[6]and stepped down in 2014[7]to be replaced by David Shoemaker who was previously vice president ofEngineering.[8][9]In June 2012, an addition $6 million of funding was announced with investors Pharos Capital Partners and Duchossois Technology Partners and led by Enhanced Capital Partners.[10]
Operations and technology
[edit]Alereon applies theirUWB's in the areas of consumer, military and medical. Their technology covers a larger spectrum than WiFi does and provides more bandwidth for video. In the consumer area, the company works together with monitor and consumer electronics manufacturers for their wireless PC/laptop/tablet docking stations, their wireless monitors, wireless PC-to-HDTVvideo streaming devices, as well as wireless cable replacements forHDMI,DVI,VGA,USB,audio, andEthernet.[11][12][13]Alereon provides chipsets, modules andsoftware development kits(SDK) and tools. All of the UWB chipsets from Alereon consist of two chips, the AL5350B MAC/Basebandand the AL5100 RFTransceiver.[14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ab"UWB Startup Alereon Uncloaks".Light Reading.August 25, 2003.RetrievedAugust 30,2013.
- ^"Alereon Goes Ultrawide".lightreading.com.2003-08-25.Retrieved2023-11-06.
- ^"Motorola and MBOA split on UWB: Two specs risk chaos and slowdown".The Register.March 23, 2004.RetrievedAugust 30,2013.
- ^"Alereon Announces Series B Funding: Capital to be used to begin production shipments of AL4000 Chipset for wireless USB market".Press release.October 25, 2005. Archived fromthe originalon November 24, 2013.RetrievedAugust 30,2013.
- ^Suzanne Deffree (December 11, 2006)."Samsung Invests $4M in UWB Company".Electronic Design News.RetrievedAugust 30,2013.
- ^Jeff Goldman (April 8, 2009)."Ultrawideband: Down, But Far From Out".Wi-Fi Planet.RetrievedAugust 30,2013.
- ^"Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) Announces Eric Broockman As New Vice President And Chief Technology Officer | Seeking Alpha".seekingalpha.com.2014-02-18.Retrieved2023-11-06.
- ^"David Shoemaker - CEO at Alereon".THE ORG.Retrieved2023-11-06.
- ^"C&L: Softbank president doubles as president of new Japanese mobile unit".fiercewireless.com.2006-05-02.Retrieved2023-11-06.
- ^"Alereon Announces $6 Million Cash Infusion".Press release.June 6, 2012. Archived fromthe originalon March 4, 2013.RetrievedAugust 30,2013.
- ^"Alereon Announces Breakthrough Advances in UWB Technology".www.businesswire.com.2011-10-31.Retrieved2023-11-06.
- ^"Alereon Partners with Jazz Semi for USB Transceiver".eepower.com.2005-02-02.Retrieved2023-11-06.
- ^"ALEREON AND STONESTREET ONE SHOWCASE SOLUTIONS FOR WINDOWS MOBILE".Electronic Products.2007-05-15.Retrieved2023-11-06.
- ^"Alereon Announces Global Wireless USB Chipset With PCI Express Interface".www.rfglobalnet.com.Retrieved2023-11-06.
- ^"AL5100".everythingrf.com.Retrieved2023-11-06.
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