AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 18, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq: SLAB), a leader in high-performance,
analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today announced that its highly
integrated Si2170 TV tuner has been selected by Mitsumi for iDTV and
set-top box modules. Mitsumi chose Silicon Labs' single-chip analog and
digital TV tuner because of its leading performance, lowest system cost
and strong roadmap for further integration.
Mitsumi is a leading TV module and subsystem board maker in Japan that
provides high-performance, cost-competitive modules to TV and set-top
box OEMs. The Si2170 device enables Mitsumi to deliver unparalleled size
reduction and higher performance than using a traditional mixed
oscillator phase-locked loop (MOPLL)-based solution. Enhanced
performance in key metrics such as sensitivity, selectivity and blocking
directly impacts the end-user reception experience, a key criteria for
Mitsumi's OEM customers.
"This early design win validates the strong performance of our silicon
tuner solution," said Tyson Tuttle, vice president of Silicon
Laboratories. "Customers globally are evaluating this solution and
uniformly acknowledging that it is the highest performance silicon tuner
available. We believe our patented approach will enable TV makers to
finally replace expensive and complex discrete tuner technology."
Silicon Labs' patented and proven digital low-IF architecture enables
the Si2170 TV tuner to achieve the highest level of performance and
integration while addressing the challenges created by hybrid analog and
digital reception and multiple regional standards. The architecture
allows many functions that typically rely on analog and discrete fixed
components to be implemented with cost-effective and
software-programmable digital signal processing. This breakthrough
enables TV manufacturers to use a single hardware platform to optimize
system parameters and comply with all worldwide cable and terrestrial
broadcast standards such as ATSC/QAM, DVB-T/C, ISDB-T/C, NTSC, PAL and
SECAM.
Additionally, the integrated ATV demodulator creates a universal
interface to system ICs, which further simplifies the customer's design
and enables coordination of tuner and demodulator functions to optimize
reception of analog TV signals, eliminating visual beats or artifacts.
Silicon Laboratories' Si2170 TV tuner is based on a number of patented
RF innovations and has more than a dozen patents pending on the
architecture and design.
About Mitsumi Electronics Co., Ltd.
Mitsumi is a global company that was founded in 1954 and is
headquartered in Tama, Japan. Since our inception Mitsumi has been
committed to the innovative development and manufacturing of a wide
array of components that are used in electronic devices manufactured by
the premier names in automotive, consumer and industrial electronics. As
we navigate through the future, Mitsumi is dedicated to the continual
advancement of technologies centered around radio frequency,
electro-mechanical devices and micro manufacturing.
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Silicon Laboratories is an industry leader in the innovation of
high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Developed by a
world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal
design, Silicon Labs' diverse portfolio of highly-integrated,
easy-to-use products offers customers significant advantages in
performance, size and power consumption. These patented solutions serve
a broad set of markets and applications including consumer,
communications, computing, industrial and automotive.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, Silicon Labs is a global enterprise with
operations, sales and design activities worldwide. The company is
committed to contributing to our customers' success by recruiting the
highest quality talent to create industry-changing innovations. For more
information about Silicon Labs, please visit www.silabs.com.
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