Freescale Debuts World's Smallest RF Subsystem Supporting 13 Cellular Bands.3G Transceiver Incorporates Proven EDGE Solution with Open Standard Digital Interface AUSTIN, Texas -- Achieving another milestone in its 3G technology roadmap The context of product management The existence of product managers in the product software industry indicates that software is becoming more and more commercialized as a standard product. , Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. has unveiled the industry's smallest 3G multiband form factor RF subsystem for handset design. The new solution combines Freescale's popular and proven EDGE and UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. technologies into a single, integrated package, enabling dramatic board and cost savings. Significantly reducing time to first call, the new RF subsystem provides the world's simplest programming model for fast, easy implementation and is the first to incorporate an open standard digital interface. The announcement was made in anticipation of next week's 3GSM World Congress being held in Barcelona. "Our continued focus on delivering robust cellular solutions for our customers is represented clearly with the debut of this subsystem," said Klaus Buehring, vice president and general manager of Freescale's Radio Products Division. "With our highly integrated 3G offering, our customers can deliver the multiband/multimode functionality required in today's advanced handsets. Additionally, we have dramatically simplified layer-one programming, accelerating the time to market for 3G design." 3G RF subsystem delivers multiband capabilities The new 3G RF subsystem, the RFX RFX Receiver/Fixture Interface RFX Royal Foreign Exchange (Royal Bank of Canada) RFx Request for Information, Proposal or Quotation RFX Tactical Experimental Reconnaissance Aircraft RFX Record Field Exchange 300-30, features a single integrated package that supports both multimode/multiband UMTS and EDGE networks. With up to 13 bands supported, the RFX300-30 offers the broadest multiband support in the smallest form-factor solution for handset manufacturers today. Processed in 90-nanometer 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. technology, Freescale's RF subsystem delivers tremendous benefit for handset manufacturers, including: * Four band GSM/EDGE support * Nine band UMTS support * HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) See HSPA. support up to 7.2 Mbps * HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) See HSPA. support up to 5.76 Mbps "The combination of the transceiver, power amplifier Power amplifier The final stage in multistage amplifiers, such as audio amplifiers and radio transmitters, designed to deliver appreciable power to the load. and analog baseband in a single subsystem is critical to drive down the cost of next-generation UMTS handsets," said Michael Thelander, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Signals Research Group, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . "These devices must meet stringent size constraints, yet support feature-rich multimedia capabilities that are enabled through HSDPA and HSUPA." The RFX300-30 subsystem combines the analog baseband, RF transmitter, RF receiver, power amplifier and power control and many traditionally passive components into two packages. Specifically, the RFX300-30 consists of Freescale's MMM MMM Myeloid metaplasia with myelofibrosis, see there 7210 UMTS/EDGE transceiver and the MMM6038 EDGE power amplifier. The MMM7210 transceiver combines quad-band GSM/EDGE functionality with up to four of nine UMTS bands, providing support for up to eight total bands at any given time. Layer one programming accelerates time to first call Freescale's innovative layer-one programming function, which debuted in the RFX275-20 RF subsystem earlier this year, has proven to reduce time to first call by up to 66 percent. Previously, an engineer programming the baseband to control the RF transceiver would need to consider all the critical timing between the transceiver, power amplifiers, switches, low noise amplifiers, baseband processor and voltage regulators. These dependencies require a significant investment in time to complete phone development successfully. With Freescale's revolutionary approach, an engineer enters a single command stating the desired channel and power level. This command sets the parameters and times the events such that system compliance is virtually assured. Freescale's programming method uses single-command programming that reduces calibration steps and practically guarantees compliance. First to incorporate open standard digital interface for 3G As the first to incorporate an open standard digital interface for 3G, the RFX300-30 allows phone manufacturers to incorporate components from various suppliers with the confidence that they will all work together. Freescale was among the first companies to build and deliver DigRF-compliant radios in mass production. Availability The RFX300-30 EDGE RF subsystem is sampling now with production slated for Q407. To learn more about Freescale's RF subsystems, visit www.freescale.com/cellularRF. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2006 sales of $6.4 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). www.freescale.com Reader Inquiry Response: Freescale Semiconductor P.O. Box 17927 Denver, CO 80217 USA Freescale[TM] and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. [c] Freescale Semiconductor Inc. 2007. |
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