Alereon

Alereon was spun off from Time Domain Corporation of Huntsville, Alabama, in August 2003 taking with it a number of engineers, executives, and patents from its parent company. An early investor was Austin Ventures.{{cite news |title= UWB Startup Alereon Uncloaks |work= Light Reading |date= August 25, 2003 |url= http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=39150 |accessdate= August 30, 2013 }} Eric Broockman was the first company CEO in 2003.{{Cite web |date=2003-08-25 |title=Alereon Goes Ultrawide |url=https://www.lightreading.com/network-technology/alereon-goes-ultrawide |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=lightreading.com}}

It initially backed the multi-band orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing approach taken by the MultiBand OFDM Alliance. A number of competing technologies were discussed by the IEEE 802.15 standards committee in 2004.{{cite news |title= Motorola and MBOA split on UWB: Two specs risk chaos and slowdown |date= March 23, 2004 |work= The Register |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/03/23/motorola_and_mboa_split/ |accessdate= August 30, 2013 }} In October 2005, $20 million in financing included investors Centennial Ventures and Pharos Capital.{{cite news

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}} After the IEEE effort was abandoned, the venture arm of Samsung Electronics invested $4 million in December 2006.{{cite news |title= Samsung Invests $4M in UWB Company |author= Suzanne Deffree |date= December 11, 2006 |work= Electronic Design News |url= http://www.edn.com/electronics-news/4316919/Samsung-Invests-4M-in-UWB-Company |accessdate= August 30, 2013 }} By 2009, Brookman was still chief executive{{cite news |title= Ultrawideband: Down, But Far From Out |work= Wi-Fi Planet |author= Jeff Goldman |date= April 8, 2009 |url= http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3814351 |accessdate= August 30, 2013 }} and stepped down in 2014{{Cite web |last= |date=2014-02-18 |title=Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) Announces Eric Broockman As New Vice President And Chief Technology Officer {{!}} Seeking Alpha |url=https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/783255-missionir/2684291-extreme-networks-inc-extr-announces-eric-broockman-as-new-vice-president-and-chief-technology-officer |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=seekingalpha.com |language=en}} to be replaced by David Shoemaker who was previously vice president of Engineering.{{Cite web |title=David Shoemaker - CEO at Alereon |url=https://theorg.com/org/alereon/org-chart/david-shoemaker |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=THE ORG |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2006-05-02 |title=C&L: Softbank president doubles as president of new Japanese mobile unit |url=https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/c-l-softbank-president-doubles-as-president-new-japanese-mobile-unit |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=fiercewireless.com}} In June 2012, an addition $6 million of funding was announced with investors Pharos Capital Partners and Duchossois Technology Partners and led by Enhanced Capital Partners.{{cite news|title=Alereon Announces $6 Million Cash Infusion |date=June 6, 2012 |work=Press release |url=http://www.alereon.com/press-room/alereon-press-releases/239-alereon-announces-6-million-cash-infusion |accessdate=August 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304194621/http://www.alereon.com/press-room/alereon-press-releases/239-alereon-announces-6-million-cash-infusion |archivedate=March 4, 2013 }}

Alereon applies their UWB's in the areas of consumer, military and medical. Their technology covers a larger spectrum than WiFi does and provides more bandwidth for video. In the consumer area, the company works together with monitor and consumer electronics manufacturers for their wireless PC/laptop/tablet docking stations, their wireless monitors, wireless PC-to-HDTV video streaming devices, as well as wireless cable replacements for HDMI, DVI, VGA, USB, audio, and Ethernet.{{Cite web |date=2011-10-31 |title=Alereon Announces Breakthrough Advances in UWB Technology |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20111031005030/en/Alereon-Announces-Breakthrough-Advances-in-UWB-Technology |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2005-02-02 |title=Alereon Partners with Jazz Semi for USB Transceiver |url=https://eepower.com/news/alereon-partners-with-jazz-semi-for-usb-transceiver/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=eepower.com}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-05-15 |title=ALEREON AND STONESTREET ONE SHOWCASE SOLUTIONS FOR WINDOWS MOBILE |url=https://www.electronicproducts.com/alereon-and-stonestreet-one-showcase-solutions-for-windows-mobile/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Electronic Products |language=en-US}} Alereon provides chipsets, modules and software development kits (SDK) and tools. All of the UWB chipsets from Alereon consist of two chips, the AL5350B MAC/Baseband and the AL5100 RF Transceiver.{{Cite web |title=Alereon Announces Global Wireless USB Chipset With PCI Express Interface |url=https://www.rfglobalnet.com/doc/alereon-announces-global-wireless-usb-chipset-0001 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=www.rfglobalnet.com}}{{Cite web |title=AL5100 |url=https://www.everythingrf.com/products/rf-transceivers/alereon/531-1596-al5100 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=everythingrf.com}}

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