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07.02.2005 13:46:00
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New Analog Devices Transceiver Enables World's Smallest Radio for GSM
New Analog Devices Transceiver Enables World's Smallest Radio for GSM and GPRS Wireless Handsets New addition to Othello family achieves breakthroughs in size, component count reduction, and bill-of-materials costs.
Building upon its heritage in RF technology innovation and wireless systems design expertise, Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) today unveiled a chip that shrinks the radio in cellular telephones to as little as 1.5 square centimeters. The new Othello-G radio chip for GSM/GPRS communications enabled a fully-functional reference design with approximately 75 percent fewer components than its previous version and enabling a complete quad-band radio that is 30 percent smaller than anything available on the market. The Othello-G radio supports full quad-band operation and integrates virtually all the necessary components for a complete cellular handset radio design such as voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) and the associated tank circuits, PLL loop filters, and power management.
"Othello-G enables the most compact GSM radio solution the industry has seen to date," said Christian Kermarrec, vice president, RF and wireless systems, Analog Devices, Inc. "With more than 15 years of GSM wireless handset and RF design expertise, Analog Devices has achieved another important advancement in direct conversion radio technology -- the technology adopted by the cellular industry as best-suited to GSM/GPRS applications."
Kermarrec also added, "Because GSM is the world's most dominant cellular standard, it is more important than ever for the cellular industry to continue looking for ways to lower development costs. In established cellular regions, there is a need to lower the cost of adding new wireless features quickly, while in emerging cellular market segments it is important to ensure the availability of low-cost handsets to support continued growth. We believe our handset customers will be able to achieve significant BOM savings with the Othello-G radio."
"In 1999, Analog Devices successfully introduced direct conversion, zero-IF, radios to the market with its Othello family...at a time when the industry didn't think it was technologically feasible," said Will Strauss, president, Forward Concepts. "With today's announcement, it's impressive to see the high-level of integration and significant size reduction Analog Devices is able to continue achieving with its Othello radio architecture."
About Analog Devices Othello-G Radio
Analog Devices Othello-G radio (part number AD6548) is a single-chip solution combining all the radio and power management functions for an ultra-compact, cost-effective GSM/GPRS radio. The only external components required for a complete radio design are the receive SAW (surface acoustic wave) filters, power amplifier, transmit/receive switch, and a few passives. Othello-G features four fully integrated programmable gain differential LNAs (low-noise amplifiers) for full quad-band (GSM850/900/1800/1900) support. Othello-G uses a single integrated LO (local oscillator) VCO (voltage control oscillator) for both receive and transmit circuits. The synthesizer lock times are optimized for GPRS applications up to and including class 12. To dramatically reduce the radio BOM, the synthesizer integrates a loop filter and incorporates a complete reference crystal calibration system. ADI's Othello-G radio is available now.
The new Othello-G radio also complements Analog Devices' family of SoftFone(R) baseband chipsets for wireless terminals. ADI's SoftFone chipsets are entirely RAM-based, thereby providing handset manufacturers with the flexibility to support changes in cellular standards and/or customize features and options for a wide range of phones by simply changing software and without the need to add new hardware. Together, SoftFone and Othello enable substantial BOM savings while maintaining flexibility, providing benefits to handset manufacturers and operators.
About Analog Devices' Wireless Terminal Chipsets
As a leading supplier of components to the GSM industry since 1990, Analog Devices has built a portfolio of solutions for mobile devices that leverages high-performance analog and DSP core technology. As customer needs have evolved, ADI's wireless terminal product portfolio has evolved from DSPs and analog building-block components, to sophisticated digital baseband processors, advanced analog and mixed- signal data conversion, power management, radio frequency ICs, and ultimately to today's complete chipsets and reference designs. These products include a number of industry firsts, such as the Othello family--the world's first open-market direct-conversion radio chipset; and Analog Devices' SoftFone chipset, the first RAM-based baseband processor, which enables wireless terminal device manufacturers to easily customize user features and options entirely in software, while incorporating breakthrough advancements in power consumption, cost and size. Analog Devices' wireless chipsets leverage the company's high-performance signal processing expertise and are designed with a unique systems understanding approach. This approach is part of the reason why ADI's wireless chipsets power many leading mobile device manufacturers and brands worldwide such as LG, Quanta, Research In Motion (RIM), Sharp, Siemens, Sierra Wireless, TCL, and many more.
About Analog Devices, Inc.
Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest-standing, highest-growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "ADI" and is included in the S&P 500 Index. www.analog.com.
Othello and SoftFone are registered trademarks of Analog Devices, Inc. All other trademarks included herein are the property of their respective owners.
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Business Editors/High-Tech Editors
NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2005--
Building upon its heritage in RF technology innovation and wireless systems design expertise, Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) today unveiled a chip that shrinks the radio in cellular telephones to as little as 1.5 square centimeters. The new Othello-G radio chip for GSM/GPRS communications enabled a fully-functional reference design with approximately 75 percent fewer components than its previous version and enabling a complete quad-band radio that is 30 percent smaller than anything available on the market. The Othello-G radio supports full quad-band operation and integrates virtually all the necessary components for a complete cellular handset radio design such as voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) and the associated tank circuits, PLL loop filters, and power management.
"Othello-G enables the most compact GSM radio solution the industry has seen to date," said Christian Kermarrec, vice president, RF and wireless systems, Analog Devices, Inc. "With more than 15 years of GSM wireless handset and RF design expertise, Analog Devices has achieved another important advancement in direct conversion radio technology -- the technology adopted by the cellular industry as best-suited to GSM/GPRS applications."
Kermarrec also added, "Because GSM is the world's most dominant cellular standard, it is more important than ever for the cellular industry to continue looking for ways to lower development costs. In established cellular regions, there is a need to lower the cost of adding new wireless features quickly, while in emerging cellular market segments it is important to ensure the availability of low-cost handsets to support continued growth. We believe our handset customers will be able to achieve significant BOM savings with the Othello-G radio."
"In 1999, Analog Devices successfully introduced direct conversion, zero-IF, radios to the market with its Othello family...at a time when the industry didn't think it was technologically feasible," said Will Strauss, president, Forward Concepts. "With today's announcement, it's impressive to see the high-level of integration and significant size reduction Analog Devices is able to continue achieving with its Othello radio architecture."
About Analog Devices Othello-G Radio
Analog Devices Othello-G radio (part number AD6548) is a single-chip solution combining all the radio and power management functions for an ultra-compact, cost-effective GSM/GPRS radio. The only external components required for a complete radio design are the receive SAW (surface acoustic wave) filters, power amplifier, transmit/receive switch, and a few passives. Othello-G features four fully integrated programmable gain differential LNAs (low-noise amplifiers) for full quad-band (GSM850/900/1800/1900) support. Othello-G uses a single integrated LO (local oscillator) VCO (voltage control oscillator) for both receive and transmit circuits. The synthesizer lock times are optimized for GPRS applications up to and including class 12. To dramatically reduce the radio BOM, the synthesizer integrates a loop filter and incorporates a complete reference crystal calibration system. ADI's Othello-G radio is available now.
The new Othello-G radio also complements Analog Devices' family of SoftFone(R) baseband chipsets for wireless terminals. ADI's SoftFone chipsets are entirely RAM-based, thereby providing handset manufacturers with the flexibility to support changes in cellular standards and/or customize features and options for a wide range of phones by simply changing software and without the need to add new hardware. Together, SoftFone and Othello enable substantial BOM savings while maintaining flexibility, providing benefits to handset manufacturers and operators.
About Analog Devices' Wireless Terminal Chipsets
As a leading supplier of components to the GSM industry since 1990, Analog Devices has built a portfolio of solutions for mobile devices that leverages high-performance analog and DSP core technology. As customer needs have evolved, ADI's wireless terminal product portfolio has evolved from DSPs and analog building-block components, to sophisticated digital baseband processors, advanced analog and mixed- signal data conversion, power management, radio frequency ICs, and ultimately to today's complete chipsets and reference designs. These products include a number of industry firsts, such as the Othello family--the world's first open-market direct-conversion radio chipset; and Analog Devices' SoftFone chipset, the first RAM-based baseband processor, which enables wireless terminal device manufacturers to easily customize user features and options entirely in software, while incorporating breakthrough advancements in power consumption, cost and size. Analog Devices' wireless chipsets leverage the company's high-performance signal processing expertise and are designed with a unique systems understanding approach. This approach is part of the reason why ADI's wireless chipsets power many leading mobile device manufacturers and brands worldwide such as LG, Quanta, Research In Motion (RIM), Sharp, Siemens, Sierra Wireless, TCL, and many more.
About Analog Devices, Inc.
Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest-standing, highest-growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "ADI" and is included in the S&P 500 Index. www.analog.com.
Othello and SoftFone are registered trademarks of Analog Devices, Inc. All other trademarks included herein are the property of their respective owners.
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CONTACT: Analog Devices, Inc. Colleen Cronin, 781-937-1622 Colleen.cronin@analog.com or Porter Novelli Ricky Gradwohl, 408-369-4600 x631 Ricky.gradwohl@porternovelli.com
KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRODUCT SOURCE: Analog Devices, Inc.
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