"Our first products in this area have been extremely successful,
and we're continuing to build on that success and widen the
competitive gap through relentless integration," said Tyson Tuttle,
vice president of Silicon Laboratories. "The Si4702/03
second-generation FM tuners offer the smallest, easiest, most
cost-effective and feature-rich FM solutions on the market. Our
innovative FM radios are enabling the industry trend to integrate
radio functionality onto handsets where music and media features are
becoming standard in a variety of models, including entry level
phones."
With FM radios being increasingly integrated into handsets and
portable devices, performance, integration and size become critical as
they impact both the customer experience and the ultimate cost of the
product. To deliver unmatched performance, Silicon Laboratories' FM
radio tuners leverage a patented, field-proven, low-IF digital
architecture and embedded processor technology, reducing cost and
enabling superior sound quality performance and adjustability in
critical FM receiver specifications. The Si4702/03 devices offer
industry-leading selectivity and sensitivity as well as easily
adjustable seek, soft mute and blend, all of which are fundamental to
superior performance in highly variable FM broadcast environments.
The Si4703 addresses feature-rich devices by offering additional
detection and processing of the Radio Data Service (RDS) and Radio
Broadcast Data Service (RBDS) information. The Si4703 enables data
such as the station ID and song name to be displayed to the user. The
Si4702/03 FM tuners are software driver compatible with the Si4700/1
FM tuners.
Pricing and Availability
The Si4702 and Si4703 are available in a compact 3 x 3 x 0.55 mm
20-pin quad flat no-lead (QFN) package. Pricing for the Si4702 is
$2.60 in quantities of 10K. Pricing for the Si4703 is $2.99 in
quantities of 10K. Volume production is expected in the fourth quarter
of 2006. An evaluation board is available for $150. For more
information on the FM Tuner products, please visit
www.silabs.com/fmtuners.
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
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high-performance, analog-intensive mixed-signal integrated circuits
(ICs) for a broad range of applications and has more than 600 patents
pending and issued. Silicon Laboratories' diverse portfolio of highly
integrated, patented solutions is developed by a world-class
engineering team with decades of cumulative expertise in cutting-edge
mixed-signal design. The company has design, engineering, marketing,
sales and applications offices throughout North America, Europe and
Asia. For more information about Silicon Laboratories please visit
www.silabs.com.
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