SEQUANS Communications, announced that USI (Universal Scientific Industrial), a leading global networking and communications equipment manufacturer based in Taiwan, is using Sequans chips as some of its solutions to manufacture Mobile WiMAX end user devices and SIP-based (system-in-package) modules. USI has been manufacturing WiMAX devices since 2004, and has special expertise in wireless SIP module technology, for which it has recently won a national invention and creation award from the Taiwan government.

For the end user devices, which include USB dongles, ExpressCards, modems and IADs, USI is using Sequans’ award-winning SQN1130 mobile station chip, which is WiMAX Forum Wave 2-ready, including both PHY and MAC layers and 2X2 MIMO. The SQN1130 chip delivers industry-leading high throughput, low power consumption, and superior receiver sensitivity as a function of Sequans’ patent-pending mimoMAX™ technology. For the SIP-based modules, which include devices with SDIO and USB 2.0 interfaces, USI is using the SQN1130 plus Sequans’ RF chip, the SQN1140, supporting the 2.3-2.7 GHz frequency band.