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Texas Instruments Announces Family of Radio Frequency ICs for Wireless Personal CommunicationsDALLAS (Dec. 1, 1997) -- A new family of radio frequency (RF) IC products, announced today by Texas Instruments, further establishes the company as a leading supplier of digital signal processing solutions for wireless communications. These RF ICs enable the TI Wireless Communications Business Unit to provide all the major system blocks for digital cellular, Personal Communications Systems (PCS) and digital cordless phone applications. The introduction of RF ICs demonstrates TI's continued commitment to the wireless communications market as well as the company's ability to leverage its established expertise in mixed-signal and analog technologies. "TI is focused on digital signal processing solutions which enable wireless communications systems manufacturers to win in their markets," said Gilles Delfassy, general worldwide manager of TI's Wireless Communications Business Unit and Semiconductor Group vice president. TI's addition of RF ICs expands the company's extensive digital and analog baseband product lines to provide a comprehensive portfolio for wireless communications systems. The TI digital baseband platform, in fact, has been incorporated into more than half of the digital cellular phones manufactured worldwide in 1997, making TI the leading digital cellular DSP supplier. TI RF ICs Roadmap Includes Major RF Functions TI is building a family of RF products for wireless handsets which will perform each of the major RF functions within wireless handsets: receiver, synthesizer, modulator and power amplifier. TI's established wireless systems and mixed-signal/analog expertise will result in RF portfolio development that will achieve RF function partitioning and integration. As a result, these devices enable wireless systems to be smaller, lighter and less expensive, while providing longer talk and standby times from a single battery charge. Moreover, TI's proven production capabilities, deployed worldwide, ensure reliable delivery of low-cost, high-volume RF ICs. Complementary RF and Baseband Solutions TI's wireless communications technology platform provides the framework to ensure its RF ICs and baseband solutions are architecturally matched, thereby reducing power consumption, chip count and system complexity. The resulting simplified designs enable wireless system OEMs to shorten their time-to-market. For additional design flexibility, the RF devices also support non-TI baseband components. TI's first eight RF IC products are listed in the attached chart. Six of these RF ICs are available now from Texas Instruments. Two of these RF ICs are being sampled. All suggested resale pricing listed in the chart is for 10,000- piece quantities. All eight RF ICs are silicon-based. The Wireless Communications Business Unit of Texas Instruments was formed in the fourth quarter of 1994 to establish and maintain SC technology leadership in the fast-growing wireless communications market. The Wireless Communications Business Unit focuses specific TI resources on the design, manufacture and support of highly integrated DSP Solutions for wireless communications handsets and base stations used with the various popular transmission standards around the world.
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The first eight RF IC products from the TI Wireless Communications Business Unit are listed below. Six of these RF ICs are available now from Texas Instruments and from selected authorized distributors. Two of these RF ICs are being sampled. All suggested resale pricing listed below is for 10,000-piece quantities. All eight RF ICs are silicon-based. *TRF1015DB 900 MHz receiver front end: Integrates a mixer, low noise amplifier (LNA) and voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) in a single chip. Package: 20-pin SSOP. Price: $1.35. Status: available now.
 *TRF1500PFB dual band-dual mode receiver: Supports 900 MHz (analog and digital) and 1900 MHz (digital) applications. Low noise amplifier (LNA) for each band. Contains RF mixer and IF amplifiers for each band. Package: 48-pin TQFP. Price: $4.17. Status: sampling.
 *TRF2020PW 1.2 GHz frequency synthesizer: Geared specifically for GSM applications. One main and two auxiliary synthesizers. Fast lock up times with high speed serial data bus and low power consumption. Package: 24-pin TSSOP. Price: $2.54. Status: sampling.
 *TRF2050PW 1.1 GHz frequency synthesizer: Provides RF and IF phase- locked loops (PLL). Operates in Fractional-N or Integer-N modes. Contains normal, speed-up and fractional compensation charge pumps. Package: 20-pin TSSOP. Price: $3.64. Status: available now. *TRF2052PW DECT synthesizer: Provides RF and IF phase locked loops (PLL). Geared specifically for DECT. Package: 20-pin TSSOP. Price: $3.86. Status: available now. *PTRF7003PK Discrete MOSFET power device: Operates from 3.6 to 4.8 volts, all positive supply. Can be used for various applications up to 1,000 MHz. Output power at 4.8 volts and 900 MHz is 32.5 dBm. Package: SOT-89. Price: $1.24. Status: available now. *TRF8010PWP 900 MHz amplifier: Operates from 3.6 to 4.8 volts, all positive supply. Suitable in AMPS band or GSM band. Transmit enable and disable control. Linear ramp control capability. Few external components required for operation. Package: 20-pin HTSSOP. Price: $1.43. Status: available now. *TRF8011PWP 900 MHz amplifier: Operates from 4.8 volts, all positive supply. 3 dBm higher output power version of the TRF8010. Package: 20-pin HTSSOP. Price: $1.43. Status: available now.
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