Transceiver core completes Bluetooth IP suite

NewLogic Technologies has released its Boost Radio IP core - a 2.4GHz CMOS Bluetooth transceiver featuring low power consumption and small die size.

NewLogic Technologies has released its Boost Radio IP core - a 2.4GHz CMOS Bluetooth transceiver featuring low power consumption and small die size.

The radio, provided as hard macro, is ideally suited for use in cost sensitive IC designs, where low power consumption is a key factor to success.

In conjunction with the Boost Baseband Core and Boost Software, the Boost Radio provides a complete Bluetooth system giving excellent performance data whilst being compliant with Bluetooth specification v1.1.

"We are proud to announce the first Bluetooth CMOS transceiver IP available on an independent foundry process.

Bluetooth designs with integrated radio functionality have long been the dream of chip designers", said Hans-Peter Metzler, President and CEO of NewLogic.

"The problem has always been designing a CMOS radio with no expensive external filters, and with the low power consumption demanded by portable applications.

With the Boost Radio, the designer needs to make no compromises either way".

NewLogic's Boost Radio core has already been verified using a 0.18-micron CMOS process technology.

Porting services to other CMOS process technologies are available on request.

In addition to the Boost Radio hard macro, a PCB reference design is available.

Based on its experience in RF chip design, NewLogic provides extensive IP integration support, enabling customers to reach the best possible performance for their products.

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