Product category:
Intellectual Property Cores
News Release from: Xemics
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 June 2004
Transceiver IP expands Bluetooth
portfolio
Xemics is to license Skyworks Solutions' ultra-low-power Bluetooth radio transceiver to complement its own Bluetooth offerings.
Xemics is to license Skyworks Solutions' ultra-low-power Bluetooth radio transceiver to complement its own Bluetooth offerings Xemics and Skyworks collaborated on several Bluetooth designs, combining Skyworks' SKY723x3 radio frequency (RF) transceiver with Xemics' XE1400 series Bluetooth baseband controllers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Sensing machine gains ICE support
Xemics and Phyton have released the first in-circuit emulator (ICE) for the XE8000 microcontroller series and sensing machines.
Microcontroller takes on smart radio applications
New from Xemics the XE88LC06 is a microcontroller for smart radio applications.
The licensing of Skyworks' Bluetooth IP will enable Xemics to provide a complete Bluetooth solution and to further enhance the radio transceivers.
Xemics's XE1400 series is manufactured using a 0.18-micron complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process that is ideally suited for ultra-low-power digital designs.
Skyworks' SKY723x3 transceivers are manufactured through a silicon germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS process that is the optimal technology for RF devices.
"We agreed to license Skyworks' radio IP to better serve our client's needs to apply the world's lowest power Bluetooth solution at even more competitive prices", said Alain Dantec, President and CEO of Xemics.
"Thanks to our close relationship with Skyworks, this technology licence will now enable us to address new applications and deliver leading-edge ultra-low-power solutions, for all types of battery-powered Bluetooth applications".
"We are pleased to provide Xemics with our RF technology in order to further the development of Bluetooth cellular solutions", said Mohy Abdelgany, Skyworks' Vice President of RF Systems.
"Combining Xemics with our Bluetooth radio technology will address the needs of customers looking for competitive solutions for next-generation Bluetooth devices".
• Xemics: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Electronicstalk email newsletter
• Electronicstalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
