Company:Alereon

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Alereon
TypePrivate
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded2003
Headquarters
Austin, Texas , Texas
,
USA
Key people
David Shoemaker (CEO)
Websitewww.alereon.com

Alereon, Inc, is a fabless semiconductor company. It uses ultrawideband (UWB) radio technology to develop Certified Wireless USB and WiMedia Alliance-compliant UWB integrated circuits (ICs). Headquartered in Austin, Texas , Alereon also has offices in Korea and Hong Kong.

History

Alereon was spun off from Time Domain Corporation of Huntsville, Alabama, in August 2003 taking with it a number of engineers, executives, and patents from its parent company. An early investor was Austin Ventures.[1] Eric Broockman was the first company CEO in 2003.[2]

It initially backed the multi-band orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing approach taken by the MultiBand OFDM Alliance.[1] A number of competing technologies were discussed by the IEEE 802.15 standards committee in 2004.[3] In October 2005, $20 million in financing included investors Centennial Ventures and Pharos Capital.[4] After the IEEE effort was abandoned, the venture arm of Samsung Electronics invested $4 million in December 2006.[5] By 2009, Brookman was still chief executive[6] and stepped down in 2014[7] to be replaced by David Shoemaker who was previously vice president of Engineering.[8][9] In June 2012, an addition $6 million of funding was announced with investors Pharos Capital Partners and Duchossois Technology Partners and led by Enhanced Capital Partners.[10]

Operations and technology

Alereon applies their UWB's in the areas of consumer, military and medical. Their technology covers a larger spectrum than WiFi does and provides more bandwidth for video. In the consumer area, the company works together with monitor and consumer electronics manufacturers for their wireless PC/laptop/tablet docking stations, their wireless monitors, wireless PC-to-HDTV video streaming devices, as well as wireless cable replacements for HDMI, DVI, VGA, USB, audio, and Ethernet.[11][12][13] Alereon provides chipsets, modules and software development kits (SDK) and tools. All of the UWB chipsets from Alereon consist of two chips, the AL5350B MAC/Baseband and the AL5100 RF Transceiver.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "UWB Startup Alereon Uncloaks". Light Reading. August 25, 2003. http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=39150. Retrieved August 30, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Alereon Goes Ultrawide". 2003-08-25. https://www.lightreading.com/network-technology/alereon-goes-ultrawide. 
  3. ↑ "Motorola and MBOA split on UWB: Two specs risk chaos and slowdown". The Register. March 23, 2004. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/03/23/motorola_and_mboa_split/. Retrieved August 30, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Alereon Announces Series B Funding: Capital to be used to begin production shipments of AL4000 Chipset for wireless USB market". Press release. October 25, 2005. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131124003513/http://www.alereon.com/press-room/alereon-press-releases/123-alereon-announces-series-b-funding. Retrieved August 30, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Suzanne Deffree (December 11, 2006). "Samsung Invests $4M in UWB Company". Electronic Design News. http://www.edn.com/electronics-news/4316919/Samsung-Invests-4M-in-UWB-Company. Retrieved August 30, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Jeff Goldman (April 8, 2009). "Ultrawideband: Down, But Far From Out". Wi-Fi Planet. http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3814351. Retrieved August 30, 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) Announces Eric Broockman As New Vice President And Chief Technology Officer | Seeking Alpha" (in en). 2014-02-18. https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/783255-missionir/2684291-extreme-networks-inc-extr-announces-eric-broockman-as-new-vice-president-and-chief-technology-officer. 
  8. ↑ "David Shoemaker - CEO at Alereon" (in en). https://theorg.com/org/alereon/org-chart/david-shoemaker. 
  9. ↑ "C&L: Softbank president doubles as president of new Japanese mobile unit". 2006-05-02. https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/c-l-softbank-president-doubles-as-president-new-japanese-mobile-unit. 
  10. ↑ "Alereon Announces $6 Million Cash Infusion". Press release. June 6, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130304194621/http://www.alereon.com/press-room/alereon-press-releases/239-alereon-announces-6-million-cash-infusion. Retrieved August 30, 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Alereon Announces Breakthrough Advances in UWB Technology" (in en). 2011-10-31. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20111031005030/en/Alereon-Announces-Breakthrough-Advances-in-UWB-Technology. 
  12. ↑ "Alereon Partners with Jazz Semi for USB Transceiver". 2005-02-02. https://eepower.com/news/alereon-partners-with-jazz-semi-for-usb-transceiver/. 
  13. ↑ "ALEREON AND STONESTREET ONE SHOWCASE SOLUTIONS FOR WINDOWS MOBILE" (in en-US). 2007-05-15. https://www.electronicproducts.com/alereon-and-stonestreet-one-showcase-solutions-for-windows-mobile/. 
  14. ↑ "Alereon Announces Global Wireless USB Chipset With PCI Express Interface". https://www.rfglobalnet.com/doc/alereon-announces-global-wireless-usb-chipset-0001. 
  15. ↑ "AL5100". https://www.everythingrf.com/products/rf-transceivers/alereon/531-1596-al5100. 

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