Product category: Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2006-) | Subject: WiLink 6.0 and BlueLink 7.0 wireless ICs
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 7 February 2007
TI chips drive
wireless comms applications
Two new devices from Texas Instruments, based on its DRPT single-chip technology, bring affordable WLAN, Bluetooth and FM technologies into mass market handsets
Texas Instruments has announced two new devices built on its DRPT single-chip technology designed to drive affordable WLAN, Bluetooth and FM technologies into mass market handsets. The first product is WiLink 6.0, a single chip that is the latest member of TI's mobile WLAN (mWLAN) family, and combines mobile WLAN, Bluetooth and FM capability with support for IEEE draft 802.11n for better coverage and reception.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 February 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The second product is the BlueLink 7.0, the latest version of TI's BlueLink Bluetooth single-chip family that integrates Bluetooth and FM.
The FM capability in both devices covers both transmission and reception, turning the handset into a personal area broadcast device.
The new chips are manufactured in leading-edge 65-nanometer (nm) technology.
The WiLink 6.0 device will allow handset manufacturers to integrate mWLAN, Bluetooth and FM functions into feature-rich mainstream handsets, giving more consumers access to features usually found only in high-end handsets.
Consumers can seamlessly and quickly share large files such as movies and photos between their handsets and other WLAN-enabled devices, like laptops, digital cameras and gaming consoles.
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Operators and service providers deploying dual-mode phones expect 802.11n to drastically improve voice call quality and reliability in VoWLAN applications.
The WiLink 6.0 device will help reduce dropped calls, lowering support costs for these newer, more complex dual-mode solutions.
The new BlueLink 7.0 device integrates Bluetooth technology with high-quality FM stereo transmit and receive functions on a single chip.
With new FM transmit capability, consumers can enjoy MP3 files stored on their phone on any FM receiver, such as car stereos or radios without wires.
The new chip also provides enhanced performance with support for Bluetooth specification 2.1 plus EDR (enhanced data rate).
The WiLink 6.0 solution and BlueLink 7.0 device share the same Bluetooth and FM core solution, allowing customers to capitalise on their past and future software investments in a versatile manner.
'With the WiLink 6.0 single chip, TI is enabling true voice over IP and personal audio broadcasting - allowing people to use their phone in ways they never have before', said Marc Cetto, General Manager of TI's Mobile Connectivity Solutions.
TI's WiLink 6.0 platform can work with the OMAP-Vox family of solutions, including the OMAPV1030 processor and OMAPV1035 'eCosto' single-chip EDGE solution, to provide an optimised modem, applications processor and mWLAN/Bluetooth/FM solution for mid-tier handsets.
Coupled with TI's 'LoCosto' single chip platform, BlueLink 7.0 is a cost-effective way to increase Bluetooth penetration in handsets by addressing the high-volume, low-cost emerging handset market.
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