Optimising RF Tuner Performance using DigitalTune Signal Processing

February 2009
The introduction of digital TV reception capability in mobile phones and PMPs (portable multi-media player), which are already crowded with numerous other features is a significant design challenge. In addition to the constraints on space and power, an issue specific to portable devices is the multiplicity of reception conditions that they can encounter, potentially degrading the received signals.
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Opinion Piece: The Future for Multi-Band RF CMOS Tuners

December 2008
There is a school of thought that the consumer has an insatiable demand for digital consumer electronics products that are ever more complex, providing a medley of digital multi-media functions and features, all contained in a pocket sized battery powered objet d'art.
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The Future for Multi-Band RF CMOS Tuners

December 2008
There is a school of thought that the consumer has an insatiable demand for digital consumer electronics products that are ever more complex, providing a medley of digital multi-media functions and features, all contained in a pocket sized battery powered appliance.
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Benefits of DigitalTune™ Architecture

March 2008
Mobile digital consumer devices from mobile phones to portable media players increasingly have to accommodate multiple radio frequency (RF) transceivers. For example, a state-of-the-art mobile phone might have as many as four or five radios, and even portable media players are beginning to contain multiple RF connection methods.
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