FOCUS Enhancements Inc. has received first silicon for its high-performance 880 Mbps wireless ultra-wideband (UWB) chip. FOCUS Enhancements' analog/RF chip is the first chip of a two-part chipset solution in FOCUS Enhancements' TALARI UWB technology for UWB solutions that will enable wireless video distribution and high-speed data transfer for home and office applications. The company expects tape out of the second chip to occur this month and receipt of silicon of this chip in December. Evaluation kits are to be shipped at the end of 2005. The high-performance radio-frequency analog IC portion of the chipset was manufactured by Jazz Semiconductor. Fujitsu produced the flip-chip ball grid array package for the analog chip. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation Ltd. will produce the digital baseband/MAC application-specific integrated circuit.

TALARIA UWB Technology from FOCUS Enhancements allows wireless high-definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) video transmission at net data rates up to 880 Mbps at distances of up to eight meters and 37 Mbps at 40 meters. The analog chip is an integral part of FOCUS Enhancements' TALARIA UWB technology, which has been proven to effectively transmit wireless video through a variety of typical in-home obstructions. The company is demonstrating multiple HD streams through various types of walls and line-of-sight SD video streams up to 40 meters in its Hillsboro, Ore., laboratory. TALARIA UWB technology uses WiMedia MB-OFDM for UWB standard interoperability and FOCUS Enhancements' DS-OFDM modulation techniques. With DS-OFDM modulation, TALARIA UWB technology generates more densely packed signals that cover a wider swath of the available UWB spectrum. This makes them ideal for high-speed wireless and video applications throughout a home or small office. The TALARIA UWB technology analog chip will operate between 3.2 GHz and 7.2 GHz. In addition to 880 Mbps, other selectable rate settings include 110 Mbps, 440 Mbps and 660 Mbps. The analog chip uses 0.18 micron silicon germanium process technology to achieve the higher signal-to-noise ratios required to supply reliable, consumer-friendly video distribution.

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