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Monday February 2, 1:30 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Harris Semiconductor Enters the Cellular Market With New IS-95A Family of Products
Complete 800 MHz Dual-Mode Chipset Solution Will Help Handset Designers and Manufacturers Take Products to Market Faster
MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 1998-- With the cellular marketplace now supporting both analog and digital technologies, Harris Semiconductor will announce its new 800MHz dual-mode (CDMA/FM) chipset on February 10th at the 1998 Wireless Symposium in Santa Clara, CA. The chipset, which marks Harris' first foray into the cellular market, performs to the IS-95A standard and offers handset designers and manufacturers a complete solution.
''Harris has put a lot of time and effort into developing a cellular chipset that will simplify the design and manufacturing process for our customers,'' said Randi Norris, Harris Semiconductor's wireless product marketing manager. ''Essentially, by using the chipset, the challenges that come with IS-95A transceiver design can be overcome more easily, allowing handset manufacturers to provide a dual-mode product to the market more quickly.''
In addition, the complete chipset can support both DSP Communications (DSPC)- and Qualcomm-based designs. Components include:
-- HFA3665 -- a downconverter with automatic gain control (AGC);
-- HFA3667 -- an upconverter with gain control;
-- HFA3765 -- quadrature IF demodulator with AGC;
-- HFA3767 -- quadrature modulator with AGC.
For DSPC-based designs, the complete chipset can be used, while only two chips -- the HFA3665 and HFA3667 -- can be used in Qualcomm-based designs.
The chipset also features high output compression points for ideal spectral mask performance, an enhanced jamming margin against IS-95A standards, and a transmit system-level signal to noise ratio that is 10 dB better than other solutions currently on the market.
''Harris' chipset solution offers higher integration over discrete solutions, and provides both RF and IF transceiver functions of a cellular handset while supporting IS-95A standard requirements,'' said Chris Henningsen, director of wireless marketing at Harris Semiconductor. ''We believe these features fully meet the market's needs and answer any performance concerns that cellular manufacturers might have.''
All devices are offered in low profile packages to conserve board space, encouraging manufacturers to compact their designs. Devices can also be operated down to 2.7 V providing battery savings for portable applications. Harris' 800MHz dual-mode (CDMA/FM) chipset, which is comprised of four chips, will sell for $14.00 in volume with production scheduled for spring 1998. It is the first in an already growing family of Harris CDMA chipsets.
To provide this level of integration and system-level design, Harris Semiconductor leveraged the Harris Electronic Systems Sector's system-level expertise in digital radios, digital signal processing and RF design. Harris has long been recognized as a leader in spread spectrum techniques.
Silicon investments in the chipset include the world's first commercialized bonded wafer bipolar technology, as well as mixed signal technology combining CMOS and high-frequency complementary bipolar transistors. Investments in the world's first design tools to combine analog, mixed signal and RF design disciplines operating from a single SPICE database also contributed to the skill set required to build the new chipset.
Harris Corporation's Semiconductor sector manufactures discrete semiconductors and integrated circuits and focuses research and development efforts on innovative new products for the communications and power control markets. The company's broad portfolio of products serves many other markets including automotive, consumer electronic, telecommunications, multimedia, and military and space. The company has sales offices worldwide and manufacturing facilities in Palm Bay (Florida), Mountaintop (Pennsylvania), Findlay (Ohio), Dundalk (Ireland), and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS - news), with worldwide sales of more than $3.8 billion, is an international communications and electronics company that provides a wide range of products and services such as wireless and personal communications, digital television (HDTV), health care information, multi-media communications, automotive electronics, transportation, business information, defense communications and information, and Lanier office products.
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Contact:
Harris Semiconductor
Brent Dietz, 407/729-5973
bdietz@harris.com
or
Ketchum Public Relations
David Krivda, 412/456-3848
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