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Altera Partner Profile: Commsonic

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Overview

Commsonic specializes in the development of FPGA, digital signal processing (DSP), and ASIC subsystems for applications in wireless and wireline communications.

The company's expertise is primarily in the gate- and power-efficient implementation of physical-layer (PHY) functions such as modulation, demodulation, and channel coding. Commsonic has extensive experience with all major elements of a modern "baseband core," including medium access control (MAC), voiceband DSP, mixed-signal/radio interfaces, and embedded CPU/software.

Commsonic’s design and engineering services are available on a turnkey basis, but they are more often provided as part of a support package attached to cores from the company’s family of modem intellectual property (IP).

Commsonic’s FPGA IP spans the latest international standards for cable, satellite, and terrestrial digital TV, and includes high-performance, adaptable, single-carrier (QAM) and multi-carrier (COFDM) modulator and demodulator solutions for DVB-S2, DVB-C/J.83, and DVB-T/H.

Available Products

Commsonic offers the megafunctions shown in Tables 1 and 2.

Table 1. Available AMPPSM Approved Certified IP Cores (1)
Function Literature
DVB-S2 Modulator CMS0025 Product Brief
QAM (DVB-C/J.83) Modulator CMS0024 Product Brief
DVB-C/J83 Demodulator CMS0022 Product Brief
COFDM (DVB-T/H) Modulator CMS0009 Product Brief

Note:

  1. AMPP: Altera® Megafunction Partner Program. "AMPP Approved" indicates IP cores that meet Altera's sales standards and have passed rigorous engineering testing.
Table 2. Other IP Cores
Function Availability Literature AMPP Approval
APSK (DVB-S2) Demodulator CMS0014 Now Product Brief Pending
Broadband QAM Modulator CMS0004 Now Product Brief Pending
Broadband QAM Demodulator CMS0006 Now Product Brief Pending

Additional Services and Features

Commsonic provides the following additional services and features:

  • Customization and adaptation of cores for special and/or proprietary applications
  • IP evaluation/demonstration using Altera’s Cyclone® II and Stratix® II device-based DSP development platforms
  • Support services covering software, hardware, and algorithm development as well as system-level integration
  • Performance simulation models (MATLAB)
  • Supply of major component cores, including channel codes (FEC) and transport stream processors (PCR, SFN, and so on)

Contact Information

For additional information, contact Commsonic at:

Commsonic Limited
St Johns Innovation Centre
Cowley Road
Cambridge
ENGLAND CB4 0WS

Tel: +44 (0)1223 421845
Fax: +44(0)1223 871071

Email: info@commsonic.com
URL: www.commsonic.com

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