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Mitsubishi Electric Announces Industry's
First
Single-Chip NTSC Tuner for Televisions
Integrates Channel-Selection and
Demodulator Functions onto One Chip
SUNNYVALE, Calif. --September 17,
2001-- The Electronic Device
Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc., today
announced the M61130FP, the industry's first single-chip NTSC tuner
for cost-sensitive television applications. Tuners have traditionally
required separate channel-selection and demodulator chips to reduce
the effects of crosstalk and noise, but Mitsubishi Electric's proprietary
high-frequency BiCMOS process technology enables these functions
to be consolidated onto one chip. Mitsubishi Electric offers the
M61130FP in a tiny 7-mm by 7-mm package, making it easy for customers
to design ultra-small television tuners.
The M61130FP makes it unnecessary for developers to add an externally
connected voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) coil to their design
for intermediate-frequency (IF) signal processing. This feature
lowers product development costs by reducing the number of tuner
components. It also eliminates the inconvenience of VCO coil adjustment
during mass production.
“Television manufacturers are under constant pressure to reduce
costs and streamline the product development process to remain cost
competitive,” said George Riehm, senior marketing manager for
consumer products at Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA,
Inc. “Our single-chip tuner reduces development costs by eliminating
unnecessary components as well as production steps.”
The M61130FP incorporates UHF and VHF mixer and local oscillation
circuits, a video/audio IF signal processor circuit, four band switch
driver circuits, and a 3.58-MHz or 4-MHz crystal oscillator on the
same chip.
Packaging and Availability
Mitsubishi Electric's M61130FP single-chip NTSC
tuner will be available in a 48-pin quad flat pack (QFP) package,
with a 0.5-mm pin pitch. Samples will be available in November 2001,
with volume production scheduled for the first quarter of 2002.
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About Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics
USA, Inc.
Ranked among the top-tier worldwide semiconductor suppliers, Mitsubishi
Electric Corporation is a leading manufacturer of application-specific
standard products (ASSPs) for motor driver, TV, VCR, fax, disk drive,
telephone, communications, and audio/video system applications,
as well as standard linear and digital/analog interface ICs. Mitsubishi
Electric's ASSPs are manufactured with extensive feature sets that
meet specific application requirements and use a standard-cell design
approach to reduce chip size, costs, and product development time.
The company implements its ASSPs as standard ICs for multiple customers
and maps them to singular or multiple applications.
Mitsubishi Electric offers an extensive range of semiconductor-based
products and markets them to the North American marketplace through
the Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics
USA, Inc.
Additional information on the Mitsubishi Electric Semiconductor
Group is available at http://www.mitsubishichips.com/.
Trademark Information
Mitsubishi and the Mitsubishi logo are registered trademarks of
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in the USA, Japan, and other countries.
All other companies and products referenced herein are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Keywords
Mitsubishi, tuner, television, NTSC, ASSP.
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