Fujitsu is now shipping SAW filter-less
3G transceiver for mobile phones
Fujitsu has announced that it enters into the mobile phone
RF transceiver market with commercial production of a new
high-integrated transceiver module supporting 3GPP WCDMA/EGPRS
wireless phones.
The MB86L01A is a multi-mode transceiver to eliminate 3G
TX, RX inter-stage SAW filters and low-noise amplifiers
(LNAs). The MB86L01A features a high-level programming model
for controlling the radio using an open standard digital
interface (3G DigRF/ MIPI), which is compatible with a wide
range of basebands.
The MB86L01A supports GSM bands (GSM850, EGSM900, DCS1800,
PCS1900), WCDMA (Bands I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX,
X, and XI) and WCDMA HSDPA category 10 and HSUPA category
6. The transceiver includes a 3G DigRF interface to the
baseband IC. It offers either SPI and/or GPOs to control
PAs, switching regulators and antenna switch, with simplified
timing and control enabled by a microcontroller unit in
the transceiver.
"The MB86L01A transceiver is the first production-ready
multimode RF transceiver to eliminate LNAs and 3G TX and
RX SAWs, thus reducing component count, cost and board area,"
said Vivek Bhan, senior director, RF Engineering for Fujitsu
Microelectronics America. "This RF transceiver supports
most global band configurations and its RF API slashes radio
integration time. The result is smaller radios with faster
time to market for handset manufacturers worldwide."
"Fujitsu is entering the mobile phone RF transceiver
market with a strong product designed to reduce development
time, cost, and overall effort, while supporting a wide
range of basebands," said Fred Nakanishi, president
of the ASSP Business Unit at Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited.
"Fujitsu is committed to providing the leading-edge
RF transceiver solutions to our customers worldwide, along
with other semiconductor devices such as power management
ICs, to optimize the customers' competitive advantages."
Package: 142-pin 7.1 mm x 5.9 mm x 1mm LGA package
Availability: Now
For more details visit www.fujitsu.com
