Quantenna Communications, Inc. is a leading developer of Full-11n™ semiconductor solutions for the next generation of ultra-reliable, 802.11n Wi-Fi networks. The first company to introduce a commercially available, standards-based 802.11n 4x4 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)solution, Quantenna is focused on enabling a new wave of wireless networking and digital entertainment products and services that have significantly higher quality and reliability require-ments than earlier 3x3 MIMO technology can deliver. The company’s chipsets offer carrier-grade, industry-standard 802.11n features which are essential for distributing multiple HD video streams throughout the home at full, 1080p resolution.
Quantenna’s technology is targeted at devices such as home residential gateways, set-top boxes, routers, HDTVs and consumer electronic devices that require extremely predictable performance, rock-solid reliability, and easy service deployment in order to support whole-home, full HD video distribution and networking services over standard Wi-Fi networks.
HD Video Wi-Fi Technology
Quantenna fully integrated 4x4 MIMO 802.11n Wi-Fi chipsets incorporate the full complement of next-generation features required for video entertainment networking, including:
- 4x4 MIMO technology with support for up to four spatial streams that are capable of unequal modulation to optimize SNR
- Dynamic digital beamforming, low density parity check (LDPC), mesh networking, and channelmonitoring and optimization. These features enable dramatically higher levels of Wi-Fi through-put, quality, reliability and coverage for whole-home networking and HD video entertainment.
Quality and Reliability Advantage
Quantenna’s unique combination of Full-11n technologies effectively achieves improvements including up to five times the coverage and as much as twice the throughput of existing, alternative solutions. Networks based on Quantenna’s Full-11n technology will deliver the same quality as wired Ethernet, and support the so-called “Gold Standard” for carrier deployment of wireless networking and digital entertainment by delivering up to four HD video streams at more than 100 Mbps data rates, over 100 feet, with near-zero packet error rate (PER) data transfers, regardless of signal impairments and other interferences in the home.
Customers
Quantenna's chipsets have been integrated into products that are available at retail outlets from leading manufacturers including Motorola and NETGEAR®. They also have entered field trials with over 30 carriers, worldwide and including Swisscom who have deployed the first high-definition (HD) video-over-Wi-Fi service from a major worldwide provider.
Financing
The company has received more than $80 million in funding from leading venture capital firms, including DAG Ventures, Grazia Equity, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners and Venrock Associates. The funding is being used to help extend Quantenna’s global leadership position in 4x4 MIMO 802.11n Wi-Fi chipsets and accelerate product deployment through carriers and retail channels worldwide.
Founded
Quantenna was founded in 2006 by leading experts in the semiconductor, wireless and networking industries. The team's shared vision is to create wireless semiconductor solutions that solve the whole home wireless networking challenge and how to reliably move HD video from the PC to the TV screen and other devices throughout the home using ubiquitous Wi-Fi technology.
Quantenna has over 60 employees with a majority being PhDs. The company is head-quartered in Fremont, California with offices in Australia, China, and Taiwan
