New gateway splitters from Anadigics featuring up to eight RF outputs

Anadigics has launched the gateway splitters that provide up to eight RF outputs, a new members of ANADIGICS's APS3600 splitter family targeted for use in home gateways, which incorporate multiple tuner architectures.

Anadigics' new five-way splitter, the APS3625, incorporates a by-pass function to enable cable supported voice phones to function even in the event of a power loss. This family of splitters also offers exceptional linearity over the cable spectrum and low return loss, thus delivering enhanced image and sound quality in a multitude of applications.

"The market for centralized gateways is beginning to multiply as there is an increasing need to connect applications such as a DVR, TV, and digital phones across a single home network to provide enhanced features to end-users," stated Ray Aubert, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, ANADIGICS, Inc., "ANADIGICS has been innovating in CATV for many years, delivering some of the industry's most popular splitters and integrated tuners for the cable set-top box market. With the tremendous growth in demand for multimedia applications in business and at home, we continue to innovate, delivering industry-firsts, such as the APS3600 gateway splitters, which are highly integrated and deliver strong signal performance, high quality outputs and added functionality to meet current and future market requirements."

The APS3607 offers a four-way split with nominal 3.2dB gain and a 4.7dB typical noise figure. This is a 3x3x1mm device. Four-way splitters are suitable for emerging DOCSIS 3.0 modems which incorporate narrowband tuners and set-top boxes which need up to four video tuners for combined DVR, PiP, and feed-through functionality.

The APS3626 offers a six-way active split with 5dB nominal gain and a 4.0dB typical noise figure. This 4x4x1mm device has a current adjustment pin for optimizing distortion performance. Six and eight-way splitters also suitable for hotels or multiple dwellings.

The APS3628 is an eight-way active splitter with 3.2dB nominal gain and a 4.7dB typical noise figure. This 4x4x1mm device also has a current adjustment pin for optimizing distortion performance.

Availability: Now in samples

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