Picocom introduces industry’s first system-on-chip for 5G small cell Open RAN radio units

Picocom, has announced that it has launched PC805, a new system-on-chip (SoC) optimised for 5G small cell Open RAN radio units (O-RUs).

The highly integrated, small-footprint, low-power SoC is designed to ease the implementation of 5G NR/LTE small cell O-RUs to support a variety of deployment use cases. These include enterprise, industrial, neutral host and private networks.

Designing an O-RU with PC805 is greatly simplified and delivers a significantly reduced bill of materials compared to current designs. The SoC interfaces directly with O-DUs via Open Fronthaul (split 7.2) and supports seamless connections to RFICs with a standardised JESD204B high-speed serial interface. PC805 is shipped with a fully integrated O-RAN compliant Picocom 5G NR RU and M-plane software suite.

PC805 can perform aggregation of four or more 4T4R carriers in a 200 MHz instantaneous bandwidth (IBW), applicable for operation in the US CBRS and equivalent bands that are increasingly becoming available in other countries (for example, UK band n77 shared access band). A single PC805 can also support multiple bands, including both TDD and FDD for both 5G NR and LTE, with a cascade of two SoCs doubling the bandwidth supported.




PC805 launches with a complete software suite and a companion RU Demonstrator Board, the PC805RDB, to ease development and accelerate time-to-market. The PC805RDB is a flexible 5G NR/LTE Radio Unit board used to demonstrate the PC805 SoC with an onboard RF transceiver, front-end and associated support circuitry, and software. The PC805RDB integrates a Texas Instruments (TI) AFE7769D 4T4R RFIC, complete with an RF front end, based on an iCana demonstrator design.

PC805 is available in a 17mm x 17mm FC LFBGA Flip-Chip Ball Grid form factor, and Picocom will provide samples to lead customers from November 2023.

For more information on PC805 or to download the product brief, visit picocom.com/products/socs/pc805.

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