[opendtv] Micronas Delivers World's Smallest Digital TV Demodulator
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:37:15 -0500
So, the "cabinet full of equipment" that some found so intimidating in
2002 became a 7 X 7 mm chip.
"Can't be done."
Bert
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Jan. 4, 2007 - Trade News - 0702
Micronas Delivers World's Smallest Digital TV Demodulator
ATSC A/53 compliant demodulator meets imminent FCC tuner mandate for US
market without compromising performance for size or cost.
Freiburg, Germany, January 4, 2007 - Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange:
MASN), a leading supplier of innovative application-specific IC system
solutions for consumer electronics, today announced availability of the
DRX3931J, an 8VSB and QAM 64/256 demodulator with integrated IF
amplifier. The DRX3931J demodulates standard- and high-definition
television signals according to ATSC-A/53, the North American digital
television broadcast standard and QAM 64/256 signals as specified by
ITU-T J.83 Annex B.
Offered in a tiny 7x7 mm 48 pin QFN package, it is the smallest solution
on the market, and represents an 80 percent reduction in size compared
to other solutions. In addition to being highly cost competitive, the
dramatic reduction in size also makes it uniquely suited for
space-constrained designs like multi-tuner applications, PC-based
systems and tuner Network Interface Modules (NIMs).
"The last phase of the FCC tuner mandate is certainly the most critical
phase for cost and size sensitive applications like small size TVs,
terrestrial set top boxes, DVD recorders, PCTV applications and other
devices with terrestrial reception capabilities," said Stefan Szasz,
Marketing Manager ATSC at Micronas Semiconductors Inc., San Diego,
California. "Ironically, these are also applications that are most
likely to be used for digital terrestrial TV reception and thus require
robust and reliable reception performance. The DRX3931J is optimized to
support all types of applications in the most competitive manner without
compromising any of the critical factors like performance, size and
cost, which are vital for the success of our customers in the market
place" Szasz added.
The ATSC-compatible DRX3931J is based on Micronas's primeD(r)
demodulator technology, the field-proven "ghost friendly" 8VSB
demodulator technology from Micronas. Solutions based on primeD improve
performance in the multipath-rich environments typical in cities and
ensure reliable reception under severe signal conditions.
Rich Citta, Chief Scientist at Micronas Semiconductors and one of the
key architects of the ATSC standard, says "Micronas's primeD technology
does not simply discard undesired signal echoes, but instead combines
them with the desired signal. This results in superior performance under
realistic field conditions." He adds that the DRX3931J enables highly
optimized adjacent-channel performance by integrating a broadband input
power detector.
The integrated IF amplifier allows customers to use lower cost tuner
modules, further reducing the system cost. A pin-compatible version
without the integrated IF amplifier is available for use with highly
integrated silicon tuners.
The DRX3931J solution includes a range of software modules to control
the device. All modules share a common API. This approach ensures
accelerated design times for a quick time-to-market which is essential
in today's competitive environment.
For 100K annual quantities, the pricing will be around 4 US Dollars.
Samples are available today, with mass production planned for the second
quarter of 2007.
Copyright (c) 2006 Micronas, All rights reserved
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