Pulse~LINK is a privately held fabless

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semiconductor corporation headquartered in

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, located just north of San Diego California, in the United States. Pulse~LINK commercializes ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, for both wireless and wired networks.

Company

Pulse~Link developed a UWB technology based on continuous pulsed UWB (

C-UWB C-UWB is an acronym for continuous pulse ultra-wideband (UWB) technology. C-UWB derives its bandwidth by virtue of the short time duration of the individual pulses. Information can be imparted (modulated) on UWB signals (pulses) by encoding the pola ...

) for whole-home distribution of interactive high data rate multimedia content over wired, wireless and hybrid networks. One implementation of the technology is designed to coexist with existing CATV signals over existing coax to the home. Pulse~LINK's CWave implementation of C-UWB provides raw data rates up to a 2.7 Gigabits per second over

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and wireless networks. It is promoted for its ability to co-exist with CATV signals, as an "overlay" to bring more data to consumer's homes. Pulse~LINK's CWave implementations of

can support the simultaneous operation of IEEE 1394, Gigabit Ethernet and HDMI-equivalent connections with end-to-end quality of service (QoS). Pulse~LINK developed a set of integrated circuits for media access control (MAC) and radio frequency (RF) layers, and later brought a single integrated MCM module incorporating the baseband/mac/rf plus system ram. After joining both the

UWB Forum The UWB Forum was an industry organization promoting interoperable ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless computer networking products from multiple vendors. It was founded in 2004 and disbanded around 2006. History The UWB Forum was founded in 2004, prom ...

and

WiMedia Alliance The WiMedia Alliance was a non-profit industry trade group that promoted the adoption, regulation, standardization and multi-vendor interoperability of ultra-wideband (UWB) technologies. It existed from about 2002 through 2009. History The Wirel ...

in 2004, in February 2005, it positioned its technology as a third alternative to the technologies promoted by the after groups. It had raised $38 million by then. Demonstrations were shown at the

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in 2008, including a television from

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. By January 2009, more competing technologies such as

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were demonstrated at CES. By March 2009, the company reduced its staff and was looking for new investors. After spending an estimated $100 million on research and development, in December 2012 a company reorganization was announced, with Brady Buckley appointed the new chief executive. Later, controlling interest in the company was achieved by Antronix, formerly a customer of Pulse~LINK.

References

External links

Pulse~LINK Corporate Web Site
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