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Akoustis Receives Design Win and Increases Volume Shipments to Tier-1 WiFi 6E OEM
This is the Third Design Win Akoustis has Received for its New Patented WiFi 6E XBAW Filters 5.5 GHz/6.5 GHz Tandem XBAW Filter Solution for MU-MIMO Gateway
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[{"type":"text","content":"This is the Third Design Win Akoustis has Received for its New Patented WiFi 6E XBAW Filters 5.5 GHz/6.5 GHz Tandem XBAW Filter Solution for MU-MIMO Gateway ProductCustomer Production Ramp Expected in Early Calendar 2022 Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKTS) (“Akoustis” or the “Company”), an integrated device manufacturer (IDM) of patented bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band RF filters for mobile and other wireless applications, announced today that its patented XBAWTM filters have been designed into a new carrier-class WiFi 6E gateway platform by a tier-1 OEM. Akoustis has commenced volume shipments of filters as the customer prepares for production ramp of new tri-band routers in early 2022. The new design will use two 5.5 GHz and two 6.5 GHz XBAWTM coexistence filters for a tri-band multi-user, multiple-in-multiple-out (MU-MIMO) gateway product. The 5.5 GHz filter module covers the UNII 1-3 spectrum of the WiFi 6E standard, while the 6.5 GHz filter module covers the entire UNII 5-8 spectrum. The Company expects the new router to enter production in early 2022. Jeff Shealy, founder and CEO of Akoustis, stated, “Our momentum in WiFi 6E continues to increase given our market-leading XBAW™ technology and our growing portfolio of WiFi 6E filters.” Mr. Shealy continued, “We expect more near-term design win announcements as OEM’s recognize the flexibility, superior selectivity and spectrum use afforded by our 5.5/6.5 GHz, 5.6/6.6 GHz and custom WiFi 6E XBAW™ solutions.” Akoustis is actively delivering volume production of its WiFi 6 tandem filter solutions to multiple customers, shipping multiple 5G small cell XBAWTM filter solutions, delivering initial designs of its new 5G mobile filter solutions to multiple tier-1 customers and is now entering the market with its new WiFi 6E coexistence XBAWTM filter solutions. Given the rapidly growing sales funnel activity as well as ongoing interaction with customers regarding expected ramps in both 5G mobile, WiFi 6 and WiFi 6E in calendar 2022, the Company plans to increase the annual production capacity at its New York fab by the end of calendar 2021 to approximately 500 million filters per year. Akoustis currently has 15 commercial XBAW™ filters in its product catalog, and recently introduced 5.6 GHz and 6.6 GHz WiFi 6E coexistence fil...