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News Release from: STMicroelectronics
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 March 2007
Alliance targets Digital Radio Mondiale
expansion
STMicroelectronics and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits are to jointly develop a dedicated low-power ASIC for Digital Radio Mondiale applications.
STMicroelectronics has signed an agreement with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS to jointly develop a dedicated low-power ASIC for Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) applications such as fixed and portable radios, car receivers, software receivers, and personal digital assistants (PDAs) Allowing listeners to set their radio using station names or IDs, the ASIC will offer excellent audio quality and integration of sound with data and text
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Standardised by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Digital Radio Mondiale is a universal, open standard digital radio system with FM-like sound quality available to markets worldwide for long-wave (LW), medium-wave (MW), and short-wave (SW) frequencies.
In addition to providing substantially better audio quality and interference-free reception, the DRM system benefits listeners with new multimedia content such as track title, artist name and station name, which can be displayed on DRM receivers to enhance the listening experience.
Unlike digital radio systems that require a new frequency allocation, DRM uses the existing amplitude modulation (AM) broadcast frequency bands (below 30MHz) more efficiently.
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The DRM signal fits into the AM broadcast-band plan and can be easily carried by many existing AM transmitters, resulting in a simple, inexpensive upgrade to the previous transmission infrastructure.
"Radio makers, broadcasters, and listeners can benefit from Fraunhofer's collaboration with an industry-leading company like STMicroelectronics".
"Using our DRM receiver technology and the Audio Coding Library provided by Coding Technologies, ST can deliver all of the components to produce a complete solution for DRM", said Michael Schlicht, Group Manager Integrated Circuits for Communication Systems and Program Manager Digital Broadcast Systems, Fraunhofer IIS.
"By combining Fraunhofer IIS's technologies and intellectual-property rights on DRM base-band processing into a final dedicated platform of integrated circuits, STMicroelectronics, supported in system's validation by Tele Diffusion de France (TDF), will provide leading-edge infotainment solutions able to excite the radio market in the upcoming years", said Riccardo Ferrari, General Manager Digital Broadcasting Radio Division of ST's Automotive Product Group.
"We are pleased that these DRM members have agreed to combine their complementary competencies to develop products that help drive new innovations in technology", said Peter Senger, Chairman of the Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium.
"DRM's capabilities for both audio and data will give new life to the traditional radio market, opening up the world of wide-area data-casting of news, weather, traffic, and other information, as well as high-quality audio broadcasting".
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