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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) | Subject: AFE8406
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 October 2005
Basestation processor raises channel
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Texas Instruments has introduced the industry's most integrated, highest performance diversity mixed signal receive processor for 3G basestations and fixed wireless communication devices.
Texas Instruments has introduced the industry's most integrated, highest performance diversity mixed signal receive processor for 3G basestations and fixed wireless communication devices TI's AFE8406 multicarrier chip integrates a dual 14bit 85Msample/s analogue-to-digital convertor (ADC) and 16 channels of programmable digital down conversion (DDC) into a single device
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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TI's AFE8406 can be configured to support up to four-carrier UMTS, eight-carrier CDMA or eight-carrier TD-SCDMA diversity receivers.
"The release of the 3G spectrum in China will create a large demand for advanced wireless infrastructure applications, providing the next-level of mobile telecommunications services and features to the world's largest cellular market", said David Briggs, TI's Analogue Wireless Infrastructure Business Manager.
"TI has responded to the wireless infrastructure designers' needs for enhanced integration, higher performance and increased density for 3G applications with its new AFE8406".
TI's AFE8406 delivers outstanding intermediate frequency (IF) performance with extremely low noise to enable multicarrier operations.
At an input frequency of 140MHz, the device delivers signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of greater than 68dB, and spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) of greater than 70dBc.
For developers using the AFE8406, TI provides an evaluation module (EVM) for easy integration of the device into wireless infrastructure basestations and other targeted applications.
The EVM is complemented with the easy to use GC Studio software for data analysis.
The AFE8406 is available in a 484-pin 23 x 23mm ball grid array (BGA) package.
Samples are available now with projected production in Q1 2006.
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