MaxLinear’s DVB-T Silicon Tuner chosen for new TechniSat Hybrid IPTV/DVB-T Set-Top Box

MaxLinear's DVB-T Silicon Tuner chosen for new TechniSat Hybrid IPTV/DVB-T Set-Top Box

MaxLinear, Inc., a fabless semiconductor IC company at the forefront of developing CMOS based broadband radio frequency (RF) ICs for consumer markets, has announced the MxL5007, a TV tuner IC that meets all global digital and analog cable and terrestrial TV standards. The MxL5007 incorporates key CMOS circuit design and radio architecture technology breakthroughs which enable “can” tuner equivalent performance in digital/analog televisions, terrestrial and cable set top box (STB) applications, and portable TV applications.

MxL5007 offers smallest form factor, lowest power, lowest cost, and highest integration level of any cable and terrestrial silicon tuner

The device is the latest in MaxLinear’s MxL5000 family of tuner ICs. It is based on the company’s proprietary digital CMOS implementation, which not only exceeds the performance of exotic SiGe BiCMOS process based tuner solutions, but also has the low cost, low power consumption and heat dissipation that is only achievable using CMOS technology. MxL5007 comes in a 5mm x 5mm 32-pin QFN package and consumes 300mW of power, which is three- to six-times lower than competing products.

The MxL5007 even exceeds the exacting requirements of ATSC A/74 Receiver Performance Guidelines. Until now, the stringent ATSC A/74 requirements could only be met by traditional can tuners or higher power SiGe-BiCMOS tuners using expensive external tracking and/or SAW filters. Exceeding the A/74 requirements without the use of external tracking and SAW filters is a key accomplishment of the MxL5007.