Elonics unveils lowest power hd compatible silicon tuners
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Livingston based Elonics has announced what it claims to be the world's lowest power high definition compatible silicon tuners. According to the cmos rf tuner manufacturer, the E4005 low IF compatible tuner consumes less than 140mWm, while the E4002 zero, uses less than 130mW. Elonics claims this is a third of the power of its competition.
David Srodzinski, Elonics' chief executive officer, said: "These new products are a significant step forward in the art of silicon tuner design. Using our unique software configurable rf cmos technology, we are able to offer set top box and television manufactures a single tuner solution that covers all of the major digital tv broadcast standards. We are able to support many different standards such as DVB-T, DVB-T2, ISDB-T and many more by reconfiguring the tuner in software, with unparalleled performance."
Srodzinski saod that the low IF output tuners are easier to route on a pcb compared to traditional high IF output tuner cans due to the lower frequencies involved; the single IF output reduces the pcb footprint; and they are intrinsically much lower power.
The E4005 incorporates Elonics' patent pending DigitalTune IP, which enables the product to be configured in software to support digital tv standards across the globe. The E4002 is a zero IF output only pin and software compatible version of the E4005.
