Airoha Technology Corp. Announces AL2230, First WLAN 802.11b/g Transceiver with Embedded Power Amplifier and Power Detector.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HSINCHU, Taiwan and NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004 Airoha's Single Chip Solution Leverages Jazz Semiconductor's SiGe Technology Airoha Technology Corp., a wireless communication design company that develops radio frequency (RF) and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs), today announced the AL2230, the industry's first WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network 802.11b/g single chip Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC RFIC Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit RFIC Radio Frequency Interface Chip ) with an embedded power amplifier (PA) and power detector (PD). Developed for 802.11b/g dual mode applications, Airoha utilized Jazz Semiconductor's specialty silicon germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS manufacturing process technology to design the AL2230 and meet its aggressive performance targets. The Airlink AL2230 single chip transceiver is capable of meeting the demanding performance and power consumption requirements of the dual mode 802.11b/g standard for wireless applications. Using the optimized SiGe process and design platform from Jazz Semiconductor, Airoha achieved a highly integrated design which includes the PA, voltage controlled oscillator oscillator Mechanical or electronic device that produces a back-and-forth periodic motion. A pendulum is a simple mechanical oscillator that swings with a constant amplitude, requiring the addition of energy at each swing only to compensate for the energy lost because of air (VCO (1) (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) An oscillator that can be tuned over a wide range of frequencies by applying a voltage (tuning voltage) to it. Used in many applications such as radio tuners, VCOs are less costly than crystal oscillators, but not as stable. ), low noise amplifier (LNA LNA Low-Noise Amplifier LNA Locked Nucleic Acid (Link Technologies Ltd.) LNA Linolenic Acid LNA Licensed Nursing Assistant LNA Launch Numerical Aperture LNA Ladies National Association LNA Leading National Advertisers, Inc. ), balun and loop filters. The embedded PA can deliver 17 or 21 dBm Output Power (Pout) in OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) A digital transmission technique that uses a large number of carriers spaced apart at slightly different frequencies. or CCK (Complimentary Code Keying) A direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) coding method used in the 802.11b wireless LAN standard for 5.5 and 11 Mbps. The slower 1 and 2 Mbps specifications use Barker coding which has a chip rate of 11 compared to 8 in CCK. mode. The AL2230 features its patent pending "auto I/Q imbalance calibration" mechanism, which enables the AL2230 to calibrate the I/Q imbalance quickly and automatically, minimizing the time required for an otherwise manual process. "We utilized Jazz Semiconductor's processes, design kits and customer services in our AL2210 and continue to work with Jazz to integrate their SiGe technology into our next generation single chip solutions including the AL2230," said Michael Lu, Airoha president. "We look forward to continuing this successful relationship and will continue to leverage Jazz's wafer manufacturing to offer competitive cost solutions to our customers." "We seek to provide high performance analog and RF silicon technology and a comprehensive design platform to enable the leadership position of our customers in the market place," said Paul Kempf, Jazz Semiconductor chief marketing and technology officer. "We look forward to supporting the future projects of this world class design team to advance the integration and performance of wireless solutions." With a low off-chip component count, the Airlink AL2230 has the potential to achieve a low bill of materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. (BOM) cost and among the smallest printed circuit board (PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. ) area in the world. Airoha is working with several leading 802.11b/g baseband vendors to provide cost effective reference boards with diverse host interfaces (such as USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , mini-PCI, CardBus, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , etc.). Reference boards are expected to debut in the first quarter of 2004. Airoha and Jazz Semiconductor also collaborated to develop the highly integrated 802.11b wireless transceiver solution, the AL2210. The single chip transceiver was introduced in August of 2003. About Airoha Airoha Technology Corp. is a Taiwan based fabless company that develops highly integrated circuits for wireless communication solutions. Spun-off from BenQ in August 2001, Airoha has the advantage of a built-in customer base, enjoying strong market leadership positions in PC, data communication, cellular, handheld device and WLAN applications. The company is committed to providing high performance, cost-effective and highly integrated RF/mixed signal integrated circuit (IC) solutions, including system level expertise in global system mobile (GSM) and WLAN communications. Product applications include telecommunications and data communications. By integrating proprietary technology processes, the company provides customers with cost effective and high performance solutions. Airoha partners with foundries that are leading radio-frequency semiconductor manufacturers to ensure the best quality products. To learn more about Airoha, please visit www.airoha.com. About Jazz Semiconductor Jazz Semiconductor is an independent wafer foundry focused primarily on specialty process technologies for the manufacture of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor devices. Jazz Semiconductor has an over 35-year heritage of developing processes for the manufacture of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and benefits from the investment of approximately $1 billion in manufacturing assets since 1995. Jazz is a leader in specialty process technologies, particularly in silicon germanium bipolar CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. , or SiGe BiCMOS. Jazz currently provides cost-effective manufacturing capacity to its customers from its wafer fabrication facility, located in Newport Beach. In addition, Jazz has manufacturing partnerships with Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation and Hua Hong NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Electronics Co., Ltd. Jazz Semiconductor's principal executive offices are located at 4321 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach, CA 92660. The Jazz Semiconductor Web site is located at www.jazzsemi.com. |
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