Products and Services

RivieraWaves offers a unique and proven wireless Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio in the Bluetooth^® and WiFi areas for integration into ASIC and FPGA. The RivieraWaves IPs, made of digital hardware, software and radio frequency building blocks enable RivieraWaves' customers to develop low power, low cost and innovative solutions that have significant impact on the market. RivieraWaves complements its IP offering with design services from simple IP customization to complete ASIC and application development.

RivieraWaves is the ideal partner for companies planning to deliver wireless connectivity IC for the mobile, medical, sports & fitness, watch, entertainment, metering, industrial markets and other wireless sensor based applications.

**Classic BR/EDR Bluetooth IP family**

Compatible with Bluetooth 3.0, and backward compatible with Bluetooth 1.2, 2.0+EDR and 2.1+EDR, it is composed of:

Bluetooth hardware baseband controller, available in RTL source code, driven by its firmware, available in C source code. More details can be found on this page.
Bluetooth Radio, with integrated digital modem, targeted for TSMC 90nm LP RFCMOS, available in schematics and GDSII. More details can be found on this page.

This family is suitable for use in various applications such as feature phone, computer (desktop, laptop, netbook, tablet), mono/stereo headset, car kit, navigation, portable media player, digital TV, Set Top Box, etc.

Bluetooth low energy IP family

Compatible with the stand alone Bluetooth low energy portion of the Bluetooth 4.0 specifications, it is composed of:

hardware baseband controller, available in RTL source code, driven by its firmware, available in C source code. More details can be found on this page.
host protocole software stack and profiles, available in C source code. More details can be found on this page.

This family is suitable for use in various applications such as watch, wireless sensors for medical and sport&fitness (heart rate belt, glucose meter, temperature sensor, ...), remote controller, etc...

Dual mode Bluetooth low energy IP family

Compatible with Bluetooth 4.0, with full support of classic BR/EDR Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy, it is composed of:

Bluetooth hardware baseband controller, available in RTL source code, driven by its firmware, available in C source code. More details can be found on this page.
Bluetooth Radio, with integrated digital modem, targeted for TSMC 90nm LP RFCMOS, available in schematics and GDSII. More details can be found on this page.

This family is suitable for use in various applications such as smartphone, computer (desktop, laptop, netbook, tablet), mono/stereo headset, car kit, navigation, portable media player, digital TV, Set Top Box, etc.

Wi-Fi 802.11abg IP

RivieraWaves offers a complete portfolio of Wi-Fi 802.11abg IPs for integration into ASIC and FPGA. This portfolio is composed of:

802.11 abg MAC, hardware and software, also supporting 802.11e (WMM, WMM-PS, WMM-AC), 802.11i (WPA, WPA2) and WPS, available in RTL and C source code
802.11 abg modem, supporting DSSS, CCK and OFDM modulations, from 1Mb/s to 54Mb/s datarate, available in RTL source code
802.11abg dual band radio (2.4GHz and 5GHz), targeted for TSMC 0.18um RFCMOS, available in schematics and GDSII
low power 802.11abg single band radio (2.4GHz), targeted for TSMC 0.18um RFCMOS, available in schematics and GDSII

For more details on RivieraWaves Wi-Fi 802.11abg IP portfolio, please go to WLAN 802.11abg.

Wi-Fi 802.11n IP

RivieraWaves offers a complete portfolio of Wi-Fi 802.11n IPs for integration into ASIC and FPGA. This portfolio is composed of:

802.11n MAC, hardware and software, also supporting 802.11e (WMM, WMM-PS, WMM-AC), 802.11i (WPA, WPA2), WPS, Wi-Fi Direct. Available in RTL and C source code
802.11n modem, supporting DSSS, CCK and OFDM modulations.The modem is scalable from 1x1 up to 4x4, with 40MHz bandwidth support and two spatial streams. Available in RTL source code

Digital, analog and mixed signal commodity IPs

RivieraWaves offers digital, analog and mixed signal commodity IP Cores which are sub-components of the RivieraWaves Bluetooth and WLAN IPs and platforms. They are silicon-proven on TSMC 0.18um and/or TSMC 90nm manufacturing processes. Feel free to contact us for more details on the IPs listed below:

RF pads
RFPLL
DPLL
ADC
- 8-bit @ 60MHz in TSMC 0.18
- 9-bit @ 80MHz in TSMC 0.18
- 2-bit Dual I/Q Sigma-Delta ADC @ 52MHz in TSMC 90nm
DAC
- 8-bit @ 60MHz in TSMC 0.18
- 8-bit @ 80MHz in TSMC 0.18
- 6-bit @ 13MHz in TSMC 90nm
Peripherals
- UART
- SPI
- PCI
- GPIO
- Interrupt controller
- AHB/APB bus system (arbiter, bridge, ...)
- SRAM controller
- ROM controller
- LVDS driver/receiver

Design Services

RivieraWaves offers complete VLSI and software design services that include:

IP customization
software porting to other processors and operating systems
integration support
complete ASIC development
application development

For more details on RivieraWaves Design Services, please go to Design Services.