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RFEL Winners of the South East Business Awards (SEBA)	Mar 2008	Article : Isle of Wight company wins South East Business Award for Innovation & Creativity	Images : Award image 1 (jpg 700k) Award image 2 (jpg 246k)
RFEL named as SEBA Finalist	Feb 2008	Article : Outstanding Isle of Wight Company named as finalist in South East Business Awards	Images : Signal Processing (gif 22k) RFEL Technology Range (gif 23k)
Advanced DSP Strategy	Jan 2008	Article : RF Engines Ltd (RFEL) progress with advanced DSP strategy	Images : Isle of Wight 1 (jpg 23k) Isle of Wight 2 (jpg 21k)
CORDIC	Dec 2007	Article : RF Engines Ltd (RFEL) announces new CORDIC IP design	Images : CORDIC (gif 8K)
UK Government	July 2007	Article: RF Engines wins another UK government grant
Hyperspeed	April 2007	Article : New datasheet on RF Engines' HyperSpeed range of high performance FFT cores
Mixed Radix Solutions	April 2007	Article :(including images) RF Engines' Mixed Radix cores, adaptable for next generation 3GPP LTE base station applications ( pdf 301K )	Images : Mixed Radix FFT Architecture (jpg 55K)
ChannelCore64	Mar 2007	Article :(including images) RF Engines' award winning ChannelCore64 now available optimised for Xilinx Virtex4 ( pdf 301K )	Images : ChannelCore Block Diagram (jpg 210K)
RFEL Expansion	Mar 2007	Article : RF Engines growing from strength to strength ( pdf 157K )
Winners of embedded system at Elektra06	Nov 2006	Article :(including images) RFEL wins Embedded System award at Elektra 06( 2.8M )	Images : ChannelCore Block Diagram (jpg 210K) Award presentation (jpg 198K)
Shortlisted at Elektra 06	Oct 2006	Article :(including images) RFEL shortlisted for Embedded system award ( 196K )	Images : ChannelCore Block Diagram (jpg 210K)
Advanced FPGA channeliser design	May 2006	Article :(including images) RF Engines sign further contract with Thales UK ( 108K )	Images : ChannelCore Block Diagram (jpg 210K)
Multiresolution Filterbank System	May 2006	Article :(including images) RFEL extends its relationship with the French CEA with studies into advanced measurement techniques ( 248K )	Images : Multiresolution Filter Output (jpg 210K)
Polyphase solution for DSTO	Apr 2006	Article :(including images) Polyphase filtering for FPGA provides performance boost for DSTO's advanced receiver design ( 110K )	Images : High Resolution Filterbank (jpg 210K)
ChannelCore64 Launch	Oct 2005	Article :(including images) RF Engines Launches ChannelCore64 - achieving 64 reconfigurable DDC channels in one FPGA ( 89K )	Images : ChannelCore Block Diagram (jpg 210K)
Flexible channeliser and integrated spectrum analyser for RDE	Sept 2005	Article :(including images) Rheinmetall Defence contract RF Engines for an FPGA based Flexible Channeliser and integrated Spectrum Analyser ( pdf 392K )	Images : Spectrum Analyser Display (jpg 177K)
FFT Library Released	July 2005	Article :(including images) RF Engines releases a library of high performance FFT cores for FPGA ( pdf 121K )	Images : Pipelined FFT (jpg 54K)
Signal Processing Studies for UK MoD	June 2005	Article :(including images) RF Engines studies advanced signal processing techniques for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) ( pdf 267K )	Images : Mixed Radix Spectral Analysis (jpg 43K)
RFEL Fractional Resampler	June 2005	Article :(including images) New, unique fractional resampling cores from RF Engines ( pdf 164K )	Images : Resampler (jpg 86K)
RFEL 1GHz Spectrometer Core	Apr 2005	Article :(including images) RF Engines' 1GHz Spectrometer Core drives unprecendented performance enhancements in radio astronomy ( pdf 129K )	Images : Spectral Analysis System (jpg 459K) Spectrometer Block Diagram (jpg 74K)
RFEL supply Hyperspeed and Hyperlength FFT's	Mar 2005	Article :(including images) Further contract successes for new HyperSpeed and HyperLength FFT cores from RF Engines ( pdf 165K )	Images : Product Capability Graph ( jpg 46K)
RFEL launch Hyperspeed and Hyperlength FFT's	Sept 2004	Article :(including images) RF Engines launch world leading FFT cores at GSPx 2004 show ( pdf 364K )	Images : Product Capability Graph ( jpg 46K)
RFEL announce SpectraChip™	Sept 2004	Article :(including images) SpectraChip replaces analogue circuits in spectrum analysers ( pdf 364K )	Images : Waterfall Plot ( jpg 75K) Spectrum Plot( jpg 61K) Block Diagram ( jpg 73K)
RFEL to supply Signal Processing core for RDE-Germany	July 2004	Article :(including images) Rheinmetall Defence (RDE) contract RF engines for complex Signal Processing Design ( pdf 136K )	Images : Figure 1 ( jpg 97K
New 'Matrix' range of mixed radix IP Cores	June 2004	Article :(including images) RF Engines launches 'Matrix' range of flexible digital radio channeliser designs ( pdf 186K )	Images : Figure 1 ( jpg 54K) Figure 2 ( jpg 45K)
RFEL supply system-on-chip for Acqiris digitizer systems	May 2004	Article :(including images) RF Engines work with Acqiris to supply high speed digitizer design and processing core) ( pdf 159K )	Images : Figure 1 ( jpg 220K)
RFEL development system evaluated by French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)	Jan 2004	Article :(including images) RFEL development system evaluated by French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) ( pdf 100K )	Images : Figure 1 (zip jpg 158K) Figure 2 (zip jpg 64K)
Start-up of the year RF Engines hits the ground running in 2004	Jan 2004	Start-up of the year RF Engines hits the ground running in 2004 ( pdf 100K )
Slice and Dice Chunks of Radio Spectrum	Nov 2003	Article featured in Wireless Systems Design Nov/Dec2003
RFEL Wins Start-up of the year at European Electronics Industry Awards	Oct 2003	Article :(including images) RFEL Wins Start-up of the year at European electronics industry awards ( pdf 100K )	Images : RFEL_Group (zip jpg 582K)
RFEL Launch Flexible Bit True Models	June 2003	Article :(including images) RF Engines releases new flexible bit true models for its Vectis™ Pipelined FFT and Ventrix™ Polyphase DFT IP Cores ( pdf 257K )	Images : Figure 1 (zip jpg 92K) Figure 2 (zip jpg 137K)
RF Engines Adds Polyphase DFT Core	May 2003	Article :(including images) RF Engines adds world's first off-the-shelf Polyphase DFT Core to Its range ( pdf 143K )	Images : Figure 1 (zip jpg 144K)
RFEL Launch TPFT at ISPC 2003	Mar 2003	Article :(including images) RF Engines to launch dynamically re-configurable radio spectrum channeliser at the ISPC in 2003 ( pdf 535K )	Images : Figure 1 (jpg 248K) Figure 2 (jpg 168K)
RF Engines get SMART award for Tuneable PFT	Nov 2002	RF Engines’ wins another UK Government funding award for its Tuneable Pipelined Frequency Transform
RF Engines latest contract with Thales	Oct 2002	RF Engines wins study and design contract with Thales into wideband signal processing techniques
RF Engines launches Tuneable PFT	Sept 2002	RF Engines launches dynamically re-configurable radio spectrum channeliser
Major PFT Design and License deal	May 2002	RFEL and Major US Defense Contractor close major PFT design and licensing deal
Launch of New Vectis Pipelined FFT Cores	Apr 2002	RF Engines uses its signal processing expertise to implement one of the world's fastest FFT cores
UK Ministry of Defense	Mar 2002	Additional Licensing for RF Engines PFT to UK MOD
Advanced Architectures	Feb 2002	RFEL work with Advanced Architectures to develop PFT for ultra low power applications on ASIC
SMART Award	Feb 2002	RFEL awarded 2nd SMART award to develop tunable PFT
Communications Design Conference	Sept 2001	RFEL launches radical new way to simultaneously process digital signals across a wide bandwidth in real time
International Test Conference	Oct 2001	RFEL launches radical new way to improve next generation of spectrum analysers
COTScon	Dec 2001	Radical new way to process RF signals for electronic warfare and communications systems

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Corporate Images :



Full RFEL Logo	RFEL Logo	Antenna - :Down conversion/channelisation Copyright Photodisk	Fighter plane - Application Defence Copyright :Photodisk

Lab/Spectrum analyser - Application: Signal Analysis ,test instrumentation Copyright : Photodisk	John Summers : CEO	Simon Underhay : Sales Director	Eddy Fry: Technical Director

John Lillington : Founder & Technical Consultant

Product & Other Images :


Simplified block level PFT	Expanded block level PFT architecture	Frequency Band Splitting	Comparison PFT Vs FFT unweighted filter

Comparison PFT Vs FFT Kaiser weighted filter	Comparison PFT Vs FFT dynamic range 130dB	Example of simple tree structure band splitting. (not the PFT architecture)	Conventional Complex down converter

Block diagram of interleaved complex down converter	Simplified interleaver	Combined CDC & CUC architecture	Waterfall plot of PFT capturing 30ns pulses and 80GHz/s sweeping signal

Waterfall plot of PFT capturing 80GHz/s sweeping signal	Comparison PFT Vs 1024 point FFT ( blackman - harris window) with CW signal	Comparison of FPGA Slices against No of Bins for PFT Vs DDC	Second SMART Award to develop tuneable PFT

Plot1 from Pipelined FFT Core press release showing continuous sweeping signal	Plot2 from Pipelined FFT Core press release with conventional recycling FFT architecture showing missing sections.	Plot1 from TPFT press release showing snap-shot of TPFT control software	John Summers receiving UK Government award for the Tuneable PFT

John Lillington receiving SMART achievement award for significant commercial success	Fig 1 from TPFT press release allowing carriers/channels to be extracted on the fly	Fig 2 from TPFT press release with examples of different frequency plans that the TPFT can switch between.	5 tap Polyphase DFT response vs 1024 point Blackman Harris windowed FFT

Fig1 from Bit-True New Models Press Release	Fig2 from Bit-True New Models Press Release	RF Engines with the European Industry Award as Start-up of the year	Signal Processing Demonstration Unit with Advanced Spectrum Display Software

Advanced Spectrum Display Software (ASDS)	High Speed Digitizer and processing core for Acqiris	Example of Mixed Radix FFT Architecture	Channel extraction using Mixed Radix FFT

Rfel Home Page logo.	SpectraChip Press release - Waterfall Plot	SpectraChip Press release - Spectrum Plot	SpectraChip Press release - Block diagram

Hyperspeed, and Hyperlength additions to RFEL FFT Cores	RFEL Spectrometer System with Acquiris AC240 platform	Spectrometer Block Diagram	Resampler

Pipelined FFT Block Diagram	ASDS Spectral Display Screen Shot	ChannelCore64 Block Diagram	High resolution Filterbank

Multi-resolution filter banks	ChannelCore	ASDS main screen as part of the SV900 system	Winners of Elektra06 Embedded system. John Summers receiving award

Isle of Wight (1)	Isle of Wight (2)	John Lillington : Founder & Technical Consultant	SEBA Awards Night 2008. From Left to right: Eddy Fry (RFEL Technical Director), John Summers (RFEL CEO)

SEBA Awards Night 2008. From Left to right: Mishal Husain (BBC), John Summers (RFEL CEO), Eddy Fry (RFEL Technical Director), Dean Drew (Shoosmiths, joint award sponsors with QinetiQ)