Date: 10/02/2009

Bluetooth, GPS and FM radio in a 65nm SoC device

Broadcom RF/wireless combo chip comes with an integrated global positioning system (GPS), Bluetooth and FM radio solution that delivers location based services (LBS) and multimedia in a single-chip design.

The Broadcom BCM2075 combo chip integrates four radios (Bluetooth, GPS and FM receive and transmit), and in conjunction with its InConcert technology, allows these radios to operate simultaneously, and with minimal interference.

Technology Details:

1. The BCM2075 features an ARM Cortex-M3 processor that provides low power consumption and effective multimedia processing.
2. Supported by Broadcom's World Wide Reference Network (WWRN) for indoor and outdoor positioning, the BCM2075 enables advanced LBS, regardless of user location.
3. The Bluetooth core is designed for low power requirements, and is compliant with version 2.1 and enhanced data rate (EDR) technology.
4. BCM2075 offers SmartAudi voice enhancement technology, which improves the audio quality and the range of headset connections and includes Broadcom's packet loss concealment (PLC) and wideband speech technologies that compensate for lost data packets while delivering clearer digital voice communications.
5. In conjunction with Broadcom's BTE-Mobile, Windows Mobile, and google Android software stacks, the BCM2075 supports multiple simultaneous Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (AADP) streams, enabling music sharing between multiple stereo Bluetooth headsets, creating a wireless networked music environment.
6. The BCM2075 contains on-chip processing for the most popular multimedia codecs including MP3, ADC and AAC/AAC+.
7. The BCM2075 includes all the FM receiver features required for an advanced FM radio product including high receiver sensitivity, station information enhancements through intelligent Radio Data Service (RDS) and Radio Broadcast Data Service (RBDS) processing, and good tuning and station search functions for worldwide frequency bands from 65 to 108MHz.
8. The FM transmitter supports programmable output power and an algorithm that recommends the best transmit frequency for the user to broadcast to his car radio or home FM receiver.
9. The FM transceiver supports both small form factor FM antennas that can be integrated within the handset or traditional external headset wires.
10. The GPS core of the BCM2075 uses a host-based integration architecture that splits the processing duties between the BCM2075 and the host CPU system and provides the lowest power GPS available.
11. Broadcom's GPS technology enables the fastest time-to-first-fix (TTFF) and provides support for other positioning technologies (such as Wi-Fi positioning).
12. The BCM2075 is suited for portable devices, such as mobile handsets, portable media players (PMPs) and personal navigation devices (PNDs), that wish to integrate Bluetooth, GPS and FM transceiver functionality
13. Is backwards compatible with Broadcom's BCM2049 combo chip announced in October 2008.

Availability: now in samples to early customers

For more details visit the website: www.broadcom.com