Elonics Utilises 90nm CMOS for New Generation of RF Products
28 April 2008

Elonics today announced its first mixed-signal radio frequency (RF) product utilising IBM’s advanced 90nm complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) process. This is a major milestone on Elonics’ path to the
commercialisation of its standard RF products business.

“Elonics is committed to creating world-class RF products and IBM’s bulk CMOS process is helping us achieve that goal,” said David Srodzinski, CEO and founder, Elonics. Our move to 90nm is another step in our strategy to ensure that Elonics is well positioned to leverage the intrinsic advantages that come from using CMOS. The large volume of wafers processed in CMOS allows us to take advantage of the economies of scale, which combined with good
yield, fast cycle-time and high quality, provide palpable benefits to our customers.”

Elonics is a world leader in the design of advanced RF transceiver products and continues to push the very limits of what is achievable in CMOS today. A combination of many man years of experience in RF design, alongside a real understanding of semiconductor device physics, provides a foundation for the creation of new RF products in these advanced CMOS processes.

“We are dedicated to providing companies with the processes and solutions necessary to help them gain a competitive advantage and become a leader in their respective industry,” said Adrian O’Connor, Director Semiconductor Sales EMEA, IBM Microelectronics. . “Our 90nm CMOS process has provided Elonics with access to IBM development in advanced technology nodes in order to help the company effectively produce its next generation of mixed-signal
radio frequency (RF) products. We are excited by this and future opportunities working with Elonics.”

About Elonics - “Wireless Silicon for a Digital Age”
Elonics Ltd. is a fabless mixed-signal semiconductor company specialising in the design anddevelopment of multi-band radio frequency (RF) IC products. Founded in 2003 and based in Livingston, United Kingdom, Elonics has developed an innovative radio frequency architecture called DigitalTune™ that is the foundation for a family of re-configurable CMOS RF front end products.

Elonics innovative technology allows manufacturers to design high performance multi-band radio transceivers with unrivalled power consumption and low system cost. Elonics products are targeted at high volume portable consumer electronics applications that require wireless multi-media connectivity where size, performance, price and power consumption are paramount.

Elonics’ first product family is the E4000 series of silicon tuner solutions targeted at the reception of multi-standard digital TV and radio including DVB-T, ISDB-T, T-DMB, DVB-H, ISDB-H, DMB-T, DAB and FM radio.
Elonics secured £2M ($4M) Series A funding in February 2008. Key investors include Braveheart Investment Group, Scottish Venture Fund and a number of private investors including Brian Souter and Sir Tom Farmer.

About DigitalTune™
Elonics DigitalTuneTM is a patent pending radio frequency architecture that enables the design of multi-band RF front ends using a single monolithic CMOS IC. The digitally programmable multi-band architecture is used in the E4000 tuner family to cover the complete spectrum from VHF 2 to L Band (76MHz to 1.70GHz) for mobile broadcast applications. DigitalTune™ is a universal architecture, and is capable of supporting other RF applications where reconfiguration
is highly desirable.

The direct conversion zero IF architecture is designed to save power and lower system cost. It eliminates the requirement for expensive and bulky external components such as SAW filters and RF baluns, yet offers extremely high performance. Elonics innovative DigitalTune™ architecture enables manufacturers to significantly improve upon today’s solutions offering support for multiple standards with a common re-configurable RF front end.