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| Shipment of the Five Millionth NemeriX NJ1006A RF IC Announced austriamicrosystems and NemeriX announce shipment of the five millionth NemeriX NJ1006A RF IC. The NJ1006A has been a major success for NemeriX in the personal navigation device and Bluetooth GPS markets, where small size and high sensitivity are paramount. The NemeriX NJ1006A is a highly integrated, low noise RF front-end for Global Positioning Systems receivers targeted toward low power portable and automotive applications. By integrating a low noise amplifier and the tank-circuit of the local oscillator, the NJ1006A reduces both the bill of materials and PCB area substantially, enabling very small form-factor, high performance implementations. In addition, it supports standard clocks for UMTS, EDGE, GPRS/GSM, CDMA, making it suitable for mobile phone applications. The NJ1006A is produced on austriamicrosystems' advanced 0.35µm SiGe-BiCMOS technology. It includes high performance analog SiGe HBT transistors which enable the high sensitivity and gain needed for GPS applications. The requirement of long battery life in mobile personal navigation devices is supported by this specialty SiGe technology and is ensured by the optimized design of the NJ1006A, leveraging advanced process features such as low noise, low power consumption and high fmax. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Computing News :: home page |