Campbell, Calif. -- Berkäna Wireless Inc. announced what the company is calling the first single-chip CMOS radio transceiver for the GSM/GPRS cellular wireless standard.

According to the company, the BKW9000 features smaller device dimensions, enhanced performance and is more cost-effective than ICs fabricated on equivalent BiCMOS and SiGe.

Berkäna says the BKW9000 transceiver replaces over 35 discrete RF components with a single CMOS IC, and is built on TSMC's 0.18-micron MS/RF CMOS process.

Berkäna's proprietary design technology supports multiple RF standards, including 3G, GPS, 802.11 and Bluetooth, the company says.

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