Sony Ericsson Adopts Silicon Laboratories FM Radio Tuner for the W950
16 August 2006 by axxxr Silicon Laboratories announced that Sony Ericsson has adopted the Si4701 FM tuner for the W950 Walkman phone. By using the highly-integrated Silicon Laboratories Si4701 with support for the Radio Data System (RDS), Sony Ericsson quickly implemented outstanding FM stereo receiver functionality in less than 20 mm² of board area on the ultra-slim, stylish, UMTS-enabled W950 Walkman phone with mobile music capability. The Silicon Laboratories Si4701 incorporates a digital processor for the RDS and the Radio Broadcast Data System (RBDS), which includes all the required RDS/RBDS symbol decoding, block synchronization and error detection and correction functions.This feature enables Sony Ericsson to provide FM broadcast data such as song title,artist, and station name on the W950 Walkman® phone.The Si4701 is pin compatible to the non-RDS part, the Si4700. "e;Consumers are demanding handsets with music functionality for both feature-rich phones and entry-level handsets," said Tyson Tuttle, vice president of Silicon Laboratories. "e;The performance, integration and ease-of-use of our FM tuner products allow manufacturers like Sony Ericsson to quickly implement world-class FM stereo as a standard feature on any handset or portable media device." The Si4701 reduces cost while enabling superior sound quality and adjustability in critical FM receiver specifications. Using patented technology including a field-proven, low IF digital architecture and embedded processor technology, Silicon Laboratories' FM tuners offer industry-leading performance in all FM receiver specifications and excel in real-world environments such as large cities where high immunity to blockers is critical for good reception. The devices provide software programmability for the seek, soft mute and stereo blend parameters, all of which are fundamental to superior performance in highly variable FM broadcast environments.For more information about Silicon Laboratories please visit: www.silabs.com Comments On 28 Aug 20:07 Rotceh wrote Yep Sony Ericsson, you need a CAMARA!!! Or Else it's gonna be a failure Anyway it is, that pad is horrible, simple, and with no style On 26 Aug 12:11 Jassi wrote nuthin better than SonyEricsson nice easy and Great fones On 18 Aug 04:48 parveensidhu wrote nothing better than NOKIA 6681 On 17 Aug 21:15 ColinWiseman wrote The Phone looks Great and i want to get it asap but the only disapointing thing is that it dosent have a camera On 17 Aug 15:43 mateusz wrote w950i+4gb+walkman=super gadget,but camera 2-3 mpix!!! :( On 17 Aug 08:42 altemyr wrote Have you damaged your ears already, since you are SCREAMING? ;-) On 17 Aug 02:54 Renesis wrote SE w950+2mp Camer = PERFECT GADGET!!!! -word. On 17 Aug 01:06 mcrosser wrote so with this new FM reciever would you still need to use the headphones as anteena ? On 16 Aug 21:19 jcool wrote Its more great if there is a camera in it. On 16 Aug 21:07 plhi72 wrote Why no camera ???????????????????????????? On 16 Aug 20:23 fari wrote yeah only too bad this one is not gonna have a camera in it. lets hope se still brings this one with a 2 mp camera in it On 16 Aug 19:56 william wrote w950 with 2mpix camera...it's perfect gadget in the world !!!!! On 16 Aug 19:24 korbindallis wrote SonyEricsson "u got at W" lol this is going to be my next phone after the K750i |