Date: 07/01/2011

Dual silicon tuner for cable STBs from NXP Semiconductor available in volumes

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has made volume availability of TDA18260, a dual silicon tuner chip for cable based STBs. TDA18260 saves the board from external RF components such as low-noise amplifiers, splitters, Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) filters and incremental crystal oscillators to make your design compact, low cost as well as smaller. TDA18260 can tune in up to 6 channel streams without any tuner to tuner interference. TDA18260 cuts cost, size, and power consumption of set-top boxes or gateways. The TDA18260 allows handling of multiple streams of HD 3DTV.
This device is on display at CES 2011.

Other highlights:
An integrated splitter eases and simplifies the design of dual tuner PVRs.
The TDA18260 directly interfaces to a System on Chip (SoC) that includes cable demodulators.
NXP has gone long way in silicon tuner technology where no other semiconductor vendor is close to NXP in this space saving critical technology of RF receiving for TVs.

"Cable operators and MSOs are now delivering an impressive array of broadcast, data and voice services through their existing infrastructure, putting significant demands on the set-top box. The TDA18260 vastly simplifies cable STB design, reducing costs without compromising on performance. We've specifically designed the TDA18260 to meet the highest level of performance required for cable MSOs in North America, China, Europe and Latin America, to ensure full performance on every channel even in challenging reception conditions," said Luca Lo Coco, director, cable product line, NXP Semiconductors.


Editorial Product Rating: *** (High Value)