Engineering Design & Consulting Services

Prescient Wireless has a well established track record of developing complex RF products and successfully releasing them into commercial high volume production environments. Our strong knowledge in Wireless System Design is based with a team that has over 180 years of combined industry experience. Our extensive commercial experience in Base Station/RF subsystem architecture, design and manufacturing can provide a key asset in helping you design your product for manufacturability and process control. Prescient Wireless has a proven capability to deliver high quality prototype and commercial product in short cycle times and within budget.

Development Capabilities

Prescient Wireless offers a full range of product development, product supply and consulting services to the wireless industry. Engagements can range from specific assistance during portions of a development cycle to full turn key product realization and ongoing commercial supply.

Prescient Wireless capabilities include:

Fully equipped, 1100 sq. ft. lab

Full setups for automated testing

Technical and Product Development Consultation
Turn Key Product Development and Supply
System Design and Architecture
Product Enhancements
Electrical and RF Design
Mechanical Design
PCB Layout
Prototype Assembly and Test
Test Engineering / Product Certification
Design for Manufacturability
Production Support - initial sourcing through sustained manufacturing
RoHS Compliance

Design Tools

Our seasoned professionals use the same design and assembly tools found in the engineering labs and workstations of the major OEMs to insure a seamless transition to both our clients' design and manufacturing partners' environments.

Mentor/PADS Logic & Layout: for schematic capture and printed circuit board design
LabVIEW: for automated testing and instrument control
Microwave Office: for RF circuit simulation
Matlab: for mathematical analysis/simulation
Qmatch: for impedance matching
I-DEAS NX, AutoCAD, and UGS NX: for Mechanical design and modeling
PWI Parts Management database: Provides indented and costed bills of material with approved vendor lists to assist in the sourcing process
Prototype builds using Zephyrtronics SMT & Thru-hole benchtop system for convective pre-heating and non-contact reflow soldering
PCB repair using Hakko 936 ESD Safe solder stations and 907 soldering irons

Previous and Current Engagements

Previous and current engagements include:

Evaluation of new component technology for a venture capital company prior to investment
Design of collision avoidance and ground tracking RF subsystem elements for a commercial avionics customer
Turnkey reference designs using GaN-on-Si RF Power Transistors for the industry leading supplier
Design and commercialization of a Combined Power Amplifier & Transceiver for a global cellular infrastructure customer.
Design and manufacture of the commercially available Prescient Wireless' Radio Development Platform, currently in use by several customers.