When a specification looks out of reach and others stop, that is where we push the limits of RF performance.
Tight specifications, difficult bands, aggressive budgets: that is our starting point. We design power amplifiers, LNAs, switches, beamformers and front-ends from requirements to tape-out-ready layout and measured demonstrator, as an extension of your team or as your full design partner.
European design, outside ITAR scope — No US-controlled IP.
Your RF & mmWave front-end, designed with your team.
Architecture, PA / LNA / switch / attenuator / beamformer design, EM, layout and independent design reviews.
Best forEngineering teams that need extra RF capacity or an independent design review.
Explore this serviceA complete block: specification, design, layout, verification, tape-out-ready GDS and design report. Fixed-price work packages can be agreed after scoping.
Best forA block with a clear specification and a defined hand-over to your team.
Explore this serviceState of the art, budgets and simulations, then a demonstrator with European MPW runs, packaging and partner labs where available.
Best forDe-risking a new architecture or technology before a full programme.
Explore this serviceProposal writing and work packages for ESA (ARTES, TDE), EDF and CNES / France 2030 programmes.
Best forConsortia preparing ESA, CNES, EDF or France 2030 proposals and work packages.
Explore this serviceTime & materials, fixed-price work packages or co-development — with confidentiality and IP arrangements agreed for your project.
With European foundries and partner labs where available, within an agreed programme.
Each gate freezes one deliverable, so nothing already validated is reopened. Gold means the GDS is frozen and ready for the foundry run at M3.
Scope, interfaces and acceptance criteria agreed with your team.
Feasibility report and recommended line-up
State of the art, line-up, budgets, first simulations
Milestone M1Go / no-go review
Verified design database
Schematic, EM, layout, DRC/LVS, design reviews
Milestone M2Design review
Tape-out-ready GDS on an MPW slot
Multi-project wafer runs, with European foundries where available
Milestone M3Sign-off review
Packaged parts and test data
Assembly, S-parameters, power, modulated tests
Milestone M4Test review
Measured demonstrator and design report
Measured hardware and full design report
Milestone M5Final review
Design report and measured results handed over to your team.
Every project is different: timelines depend on the technology, the frequency band, the circuit complexity and the foundry MPW calendar. After a first technical discussion, we give you a step-by-step schedule aligned with your programme milestones.
Discuss your timelineApplied to power amplifiers, LNAs, switches, attenuators, phase shifters, beamformers and complete front-ends.
After the loops: measured hardware against simulation
Schematic with realistic models and finite-Q passives
Steps 1–3Layout with RC extraction and cascaded EM blocks
Steps 4–5Top-level EM and top-level RC simulations, final optimisations
Step 6, before tape-outHeld with your engineers, so you keep full visibility and can steer the design before each step.
Satellite links, radar, active antennas and millimetre-wave networks.
Links, terminals and payloads in low and geostationary orbit.
NeedTerminals and payloads need enough RF power at the antenna and a receiver that adds little noise, within tight size, weight and power limits.
RF contributionThe RF front-end: power amplification, low-noise reception, switching and beam-steering control.
Ground and airborne radar (X-band first), spaceborne SAR imaging, defence radios and multi-band front-ends under strict SWaP constraints.
NeedA radar or defence radio transmits high power and still has to receive very weak signals, within tight size, weight and power limits.
RF contributionThe transmit/receive RF front-end: power and low-noise amplification, switching and receiver protection.
Beamforming, transmit/receive functions and electronically steered tiles.
NeedAn electronically steered antenna must fit a small element spacing, stay matched across RF paths and remove its own heat.
RF contributionThe transmit/receive RF paths and the beamformer behind the radiating elements, with calibration and thermal design in view.
Millimetre-wave radios for base stations, small cells and fixed wireless links.
NeedMillimetre-wave radios need linear, efficient RF power and a quiet receiver in a compact, cool unit, with many channels in parallel.
RF contributionThe millimetre-wave RF front-end and beamformer. 5G is the current target; 6G is an exploratory direction.
We can discuss your NDA and agree confidentiality and IP arrangements before technical work begins.
GaN, SiGe BiCMOS, RF-SOI and CMOS, with European foundries where possible.
We confirm availability and a proposed start date after a first technical discussion.
Not yet — we’re building our product line. See our roadmap.
An initial discussion of your application and engineering needs, with no obligation and no transfer of intellectual property. Do not submit confidential, proprietary or controlled data. Select the review in the subject list to request a meeting.
