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	"Nuvation has been an excellent extension of our engineering team at SpeedInfo. Nuvation helped develop our wireless products quickly and efficiently, allowing SpeedInfo to focus our core team on other mission-critical priorities. They have a great work ethic, great breadth and depth of talent, and they're fun to work with!" -- SpeedInfo




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Nuvation has extensive RF expertise and specialized design tools. We have developed RF systems ranging from 88MHz to 24GHz frequencies. RF systems have been implemented in consumer portables, telematics (automotive), robotics, wireless base stations, radar & microwave applications, scientific test equipment, ultrasound and MRI medical imaging systems.

Areas of Expertise

·	FM Subcarrier
·	Bluetooth
·	900 MHz
·	ZigBe802.11 a/b/g/”pre-n”
·	Wireless Base Stations (CDMA, GSM)
·	High-speed “digital” circuits from 1GHz to 10GHz
·	Doppler Radar
·	GPS
·	Microwave (terrestrial and space)

Project Examples

24 GHz Doppler Radar with GPRS Modem


·	Doppler radar gun mounted on street lamp for speed averaging (no camera!)
·	Solar Powered, power management features
·	DSP processes data and uploads over GPRS modem to centralized database
·	Server relays via FM subcarrier to in-vehicle telematics design by Nuvation

Wireless Surveillance System


·	802.11 “pre-N”, one of the first designs to market
·	“Smart” camera with integrated DSP
·	Won 2005 CES Innovations Award for Design & Engineering Excellence
·	Validated to 800’ effective range

GPS Handheld


·	Tight Form-factor, manufacturing cost, noise, and power management constraints
·	Li-Ion rechargeable circuitry adjacent to GPS RF circuitry
·	Shock resistance to 2M drop
·	High performance 12-channel GPS receiver and antennae with 900MHz differential correction
·	Isolatation of signal from noise at 3 orders of magnitude beyond FCC-B

CDMA Base Station Repeater


·	3-board system receives, filters, and amplifies CDMA signals for a wireless base station
·	255 tap digital FIR filter
·	Clock design with tight jitter of 2ps @ 105MHz
·	Custom low-noise power circuitry
·	FFT of the IF signal for power spectrum analysis