Tropian and Silicon Laboratories Announce First Tri-Band E-GPRS Radio Transceiver Reference Design -- Handset-Ready Design Enables 3G Wireless Data Services with Backwards Compatibility for Existing Voice Services
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Story Filed: Monday, February 18, 2002 3:06 AM EST
CANNES, France, Feb 18, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Tropian Inc. and Silicon Laboratories Inc. today announced the wireless industry's first tri-band E-GPRS (GSM/GPRS/EDGE) radio transceiver reference design.
Examples of the transceiver board will be on display at Tropian's stand (Hall 2, Stand D2) at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The Congress opens today and continues through February 22. Tropian will also demonstrate its new UMTS development platform for W-CDMA.
"Tropian's collaboration with Silicon Laboratories has resulted in a breakthrough reference design -- the first to receive and transmit EDGE," said Michael Farese, Tropian's president and chief executive officer. "This design enables a cell phone to provide third generation, high speed wireless data services, while still being backwards compatible with existing voice services."
The all-CMOS solution is based on Tropian's patented TimeStar(TM) modulator and Silicon Laboratories' Aero(TM) transceiver. The complete E-GPRS solution includes the transmitter and receiver ICs, band-select filters for the receiver, a highly efficient power amplifier module, an antenna switch, power management, and a 26MHz reference. The current configuration can operate in the 900/1800/1900MHz band or the 850/1800/1900MHz band.
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Tri-band E-GPRS, just what AWE and Cingular have been praying for. DPR |
