Microtune ( News - Alert), Inc. and Auvitek International Ltd. have joined forces to introduce a complete solution that can considerably speed up the time-to-market and time-to-certification for manufacturers targeting the U.S. government’s coupon-eligible DTV converter box program.
The manufacturing-ready system is based on Microtune’s MicroTuner MT2131 high-performance tuner chip and Auvitek’s AU8515 ATSC demodulation and channel-decoding IC. The system has been implemented in two Sansonic DTV converter boxes (models FT-300A and FT-300RT) that have achieved certification from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
“Based on our proprietary and patent-pending FADETM architecture, Auvitek’s DTV demodulator ICs, combined with the sophisticated high-performance TV tuner of Microtune, ensure the absolute best possible reception of digital television signals,” said Pete Birch, Chief Executive Officer, Auvitek International Ltd.
“Together, we enable digital TV converter set-tops to receive more channels, more consistently and more often for an excellent user experience. We will be demonstrating that performance and quality edge with our set-top models in our booth at CES ( News - Alert).”
Auvitek is a fabless semiconductor company that develops demodulator integrated circuits (ICs) for the worldwide digital television and multimedia convergence markets. Together the Microtune TV tuner and Auvitek demodulator ICs comprise the sophisticated electronics ‘heart’ of the DTV converter set-top box solution.
“Microtune offers the only silicon tuner deployed in multiple DTV converter boxes. Additionally, we can help eliminate the initial upfront investments in engineering design and hardware-and-software system integration, while providing the test-verification facilities to confirm that customer designs meet the tuner-related technical specifications dictated by the NTIA,” said Albert Taddiken, Microtune’s Chief Operating Officer.
The AU8515 is a high-performance channel decoder specifically designed for the Converter Box market. The AU8515 consists of an ATSC, A/74 compliant 8-VSB demodulator and is based on the patent pending FADETM architecture. With its distinctive architecture, the AU8515 is able to provide a much superior performance exceeding the NTIA and A/74 specification.
In addition, Microtune’s MT2131 a multi-standard miniature silicon tuner that is engineered to support all three U.S. standards: analog (NTSC), digital (ATSC) and cable (Digital-Cable Ready). It is designed to surpass the radio frequency (RF) performance requirements specified by the NTIA, helping to drive very high-end digital TV reception quality into the consumer-TV and TV-peripherals mass market.
Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking.
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