Product category: Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Broadcom Corp | Subject: BCM4750
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 26 September 2007
GPS IC is a sensitive sort
Single-chip GPS receiver can measure the faintest GPS signals deep indoors and in "urban canyon" environments at signal levels as low as -162dBm.
Broadcom has developed its first single-chip GPS device The GPS receiver sets new standards in performance and power consumption with state-of-the-art sensitivity and navigation performance, and less than half the power consumption of competitive solutions
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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GPS technologies have become increasingly important with growing consumer interest in personal navigation devices (PNDs) and the strong desire by cellular service operators to add location-based services to their offerings.
According to research from In-Stat, approximately 47 million PNDs and more than 436 million mobile phones with GPS technology will ship in 2010.
As GPS chip solutions become more integrated and costs decline, the technology will expand into a whole new range of applications.