Product category: Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: SiGe Semiconductor | Subject: StreamCharger
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 07 November 2001
Silicon platform cuts tuner parts count
StreamCharger from SiGe is a silicon platform that enables the world's lowest power, most integrated downstream tuners for DOCSIS cable telephony equipment, cable modems and digital set-top boxes.
StreamCharger from SiGe is a silicon platform that enables the world's lowest power, most integrated downstream tuners for DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) cable telephony equipment, cable modems and digital set-top boxes Based on advanced silicon germanium process technology, the StreamCharger silicon platform cuts power consumption by 50% compared with currently available solutions, and shrinks the bill of materials for a typical tuner module from 300 to less than 30 components
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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