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The Start of Eridan

Eridan's history can really be summed up by saying that it took the serendipitous combination of three minds coming together to create a new technological innovation. It was Earl McCune's expertise in polar transmitters, Dubravko Babic's knowledge and experience with Gallium Nitride, and Doug Kirkpatrick's...

Meet The Team: Robin, our Document Controller

Eridan exists because of the amazing people working here, so we will be introducing you to them. Robin Barkin is a Document Controller at Eridan and this is her journey. (Some of Eridan's amazing ladies, from left to right: Hala, Hazal,...

Why you should care about O-RAN

O-RAN allows telecommunication infrastructure to “plug and play” new innovations to create a more sustainable network. Where we are today As a consumer, you’d be surprised to find incompatible phone or laptop chargers, headphones (unless you’re still sporting that vintage 3mm audio jack), wireless accessories on Bluetooth,...

Eridan Raises $46M to Accelerate Global Connectivity

Mountain View, Calif. (May 12, 2022) – At Eridan we are announcing today that we’ve raised $46 million in financing for further development and production of our MIRACLE RF Front End Module. We’re using the money to enable improved connectivity...

Road to Widespread 5G: The Cost of 5G

Based on telecommunication ads, it feels like 5G is everywhere. In reality, 5G has three major constraints hindering widespread distribution: spectrum, energy, and money. Current 5G technology is financially inefficient and unsustainable because as equipment...

The Road to Widespread 5G: Not Enough Spectrum

In order to achieve widespread 5G coverage, the 5G network must be profitable to manufacture, install, and operate. To do this, 5G needs to be better optimized globally than both 4G-Long Term Evolution (LTE) and the current initial deployments of 5G-New Radio (NR) within the constraints...

The Road to Widespread 5G: Not Enough Power

The 5G network must be profitable to manufacture, install, and operate. To do this, 5G must achieve a more global optimization within the constraints of spectrum, energy, and money than both 4G-Long Term Evolution (LTE) and the current introduction to 5G-New Radio (NR). Optimization has more recently favored maximizing...