Conexant's Bluetooth™ Radio Receives 1.1 Certification
Gwen
Carlson
Conexant Systems, Inc.
(949) 483-7363
gwen.carlson@conexant.com
Roslyn
Whitehurst
Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide
(949) 260-1300
rwhitehurst@bsmg.com
CONEXANT'S
BLUETOOTH™ RADIO RECEIVES 1.1 CERTIFICATION
Industry's Lowest
Power, Two-chip Bluetooth System Solution Passes FCC Certification
Testing
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., — October 2, 2001 — Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNXT), a worldwide leader in semiconductor system solutions for communications applications, today announced that its Bluetooth™ CX72303 radio achieved compliance with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) specification 1.1 and is listed on the official website. The CX72303 is offered as a standalone component and as part of Conexant's two-chip Bluetooth semiconductor system solution, which includes the CX81400 baseband processor and Link Manager, both of which are 1.1 certified. Separately, Conexant announced that its Bluetooth system solution has passed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification testing.
"With the certification of our radio, Conexant now offers a fully certified Bluetooth system solution, with the undisputed lowest power consumption in the industry," said Moiz Beguwala, senior vice president and general manager of Conexant's Wireless Communications division. "The flexibility of our Bluetooth offering, from a single-chip radio to a complete system solution with voice support, is designed to meet the individual needs of manufacturers within the Bluetooth market, and hasten the introduction of cost-effective, innovative devices based on this exciting new wireless technology."
The CX72303 is a 2.4GHz, frequency hopping spread spectrum radio optimized for use with Bluetooth technology-based systems. The fully integrated transceiver includes an on-chip voltage-controlled oscillator, power amplifier, low noise amplifier, intermediate frequency filters, received signal strength indicator, and fractional-N synthesizer. The CX72303 is fabricated using a high performance silicon germanium BiCMOS process, and is enclosed in a BCC++ 48-pin package.
The two-chip Bluetooth system solution supports Class 2 and 3 operation without the need for an external power amplifier or a low noise amplifier. Class 1 operation is supported through an external Conexant-manufactured power amplifier (RF110). The chipset is designed to meet the full Bluetooth-specified asymmetric data rate of 721Kbps with a current consumption for the complete system solution as low as 40mA for headset applications and for full data throughput.
Conexant's Bluetooth product portfolio also includes a Bluetooth 1.1 certified product development station that consists of a motherboard containing the Bluetooth baseband device and a series of daughter boards providing RF and voice functionality. Also available from Conexant are system evaluation modules and a series of reference designs.
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About Conexant
Conexant Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in semiconductor system
solutions for communications applications. Conexant leverages its expertise
in mixed-signal processing to deliver integrated systems and semiconductor
products through two separate businesses: Conexant and Mindspeed Technologies.
Conexant's personal networking business is focused on wireless communications,
digital infotainment and personal computing products that are used in
mobile communications and the broadband digital home. Mindspeed Technologies
designs, develops and sells a complete portfolio of semiconductor networking
solutions that facilitate the aggregation, transmission and switching
of data, video and voice from the edge of the Internet to linked metropolitan
area networks and long-haul networks. Conexant is headquartered in Newport
Beach, Calif., and delivered revenues of $2.1 billion for fiscal 2000.
The company is a member of the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 indices. To learn
more, visit us at www.conexant.com
or www.mindspeed.com.
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