MWC 2014: Mediatek announces MT6630 chipset for Smartphone and Tablets

Mediatek today announced MT6630, the world's first five-in-one combo wireless system-on-a-chip (SOC) to support full featured smartphones, tablets and other premium mobile devices.

The MT6630 dramatically reduces the component count and eBOM while improving ease-of-design for manufacturers by eliminating external low noise amplifiers (LNAs) and integrating the Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz power amplifiers (PAs), Bluetooth PA, and transmit-receive (T/R) switch into a PCBA footprint less than 65 mm2.

Key features:
Dual-band single-stream 802.11a/b/g/n/ac with 20/40/80MHz channel bandwidth 802.11v time of flight protocol support and management engines to enable higher accuracy of indoor positioning via Wi-Fi Advanced support for Wi-Fi Direct Services and Miracast^TM optimization for easier pairing, increased robustness, advanced use-cases and lower power Bluetooth 4.1 with Classic, High-Speed and Low-Energy support, and ANT+ for compatibility with the latest fitness tracking, health monitoring and point of information devices and applications. Concurrent tri-band reception of GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo and QZSS with industry leading sensitivity, low power, positioning accuracy, and the longest prediction engine

FM transceiver with RDS/RBDS Integrated engines and algorithms for full concurrent operation and co-existence, including industry-leading throughput during LTE transmission. The small-footprint design is available in 5 x 5mm WLCSP (Wafer Level Chip Scale Package) or a 7 x 7mm QFN (Quad Flat No-Leads) and requires only 44 components, which is around half that of other integrated wireless solutions.

Mediatek MT6630 is sampling now and complements the recently announced MT6595 octa-core SOC with LTE for premium mobile devices. The first commercially available devices to use MT6630 are expected in the second half of 2014.