- 23rd October 2006 -

High-performance receiver IC for SIRIUS Satellite Radio

Sirenza Microdevices is now at the stage of production for a new high-performance receiver IC for the SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s Stiletto 100 portable radio. Sirenza’s S520077 functions as the RF front-end receiver for direct satellite radio reception, converting signals from RF to digital baseband.

“Sirenza’s engineering group collaborated closely with SIRIUS on the radio development,” stated Richard Bay-Ramyon, strategic business unit director of broadband and consumer products at Sirenza Microdevices. “The leading edge RF performance of Sirenza’s receiver IC along with it low power consumption and wide dynamic range make it ideal for portable satellite radio applications.”

The receiver operates with a broad range of RF input power levels. This wide dynamic range allows the radio to provide enhanced satellite signal reception in the presence of interfering signals.

“The S520077, utilizing IBM’s advanced silicon germanium semiconductor process technology, is one of the most highly integrated RF ICs developed to date by Sirenza,” stated Robert Van Buskirk, president and CEO of Sirenza Microdevices. “Sirenza’s design and production capabilities support an increasing customer demand for higher levels of RF component integration. This new product is a good example of Sirenza’s ability to provide leading edge RF components with relatively short design cycles for a wide range of consumer applications.”

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