New Industry Products

Silicon Wave and RF Micro Devices Intro SiW1722 IC

March 14, 2004 by Jeff Shepard

Silicon Wave (San Diego, CA) and RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD, Greensboro, NC), a provider of proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits for wireless communications applications, announced their new UltimateBlue™ Bluetooth®, single-chip IC, the SiW1722, designed to meet the RF, power and cost requirements of CDMA mobile phones using CDMA chipsets with an integrated Bluetooth baseband. Implemented on CMOS process technology, the integrated direct conversion radio modem's on-chip RF matching feature helps drive down cost by eliminating all external RF matching components, making it suitable for direct PCB insertion.

The SiW1722 IC is designed to consume up to 20 percent less power than previous Silicon Wave products. Its direct conversion architecture allows digital filtering for interference rejection and fewer spurious responses resulting in better RF performance. Samples of the SiW1722 IC are available from RF Micro Devices. The SiW1722 is available in a 5 mm x 5 mm, QFN-32 pin package or as bumped die. Volume production is anticipated for the third quarter of 2004.