Fully Integrated 5.8GHz Transmitter from RFMD(R) to Comply with China's Electronic Toll Collection Standard

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Greensboro, N.C., Jan 20, 2009. RFMD(R) released industry's first fully integrated 5.8GHz transmitter to comply with China's electronic toll collection standard: "GB/T 20851.1-2007: Electronic Toll Collection - Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) PartI: Physical Layer".

The transmitter from RFMD(R), ML5830, uses Amplitude Shift Key (ASK) and Frequency Shift Key (FSK) modulation schemes and operating on 5.8GHz ISM band for ETC applications including On Board Unit (OBU) and Road Side Unit (RSU). The FSK mode provides selectable data rates of 1 and 2 Mb/s.

Alastair Upton, general manager of RFMD's Broadband and Consumer Business Unit, said, "As the industry's first fully integrated 5.8GHz transmitter to comply with China's ETC standard, the ML5830 significantly accelerates time-to-market for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) while allowing RFMD(R) to participate in a growing market segment for wireless data. Also, with the implementation of our proprietary FastWave(TM) microcontroller technology, the ML5830 delivers incremental benefits to designers and OEMs in time savings and simplified design."

The ML5830 is priced at $5.00 each in quantities of 10,000 units and is packaged in a 6 x 6 x 1 mm, 40-pin QFN package. Samples and pre-production quantities are available immediately, and volume production is expected to commence in the June 2009 quarter.

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