Bluetooth Radio Transceiver IC

Semiconductors RF ICs suitable for use in a full range of Bluetooth-based products.
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Atmel Corporation
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Founded in 1984, the company focuses on design, manufacturing and marketing of advanced semiconductors, including advanced logic, nonvolatile memory, mixed signal and RF integrated circuits.

Bluetooth/ISM 2.4 GHz SiGe Front End IC T7024 is a monolithic SiGe transmit/receive front end IC with power amplifier, low-noise amplifier, and T/R switch driver. It is designed specifically for operation in TDMA systems like Bluetooth. For a PDF file of the product details click here. 
Bluetooth Single-Chip Transceiver IC T2901 is a bipolar IC, RF-IC specifically intended for Bluetooth. It is a complete transceiver with a number of features. For a PDF file of the product details click here. 

They supply a corresponding Development Kit.

Broadcom Corporation
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The Broadcom Corporation, founded in 1991 is a provider of integrated silicon solutions that enable broadband communications and networking of voice, video and data services.

BCM2002X 2.4 GHz Bluetooth frac-n radio is a Bluetooth 1.1 compliant integrated radio transceiver device operating in the 2.4 GHz band. It is suited for integration in mobile phone applications where the radio has been designed to handle the harsh environments of mobile phones to provide a high quality communication link. Click here to download a PDF file on the product.

BCM2002 2.4 Ghz Bluetooth frac-n radio is a Bluetooth 1.1 compliant integrated radio transceiver device operating in the 2.4 GHz band. It is suited for integration in mobile phone applications where the radio has been designed to handle the harsh environments of mobile phones to provide a high quality communication link. It is also compatible with QUALCOMM Bluetooth-enabled MSM baseband chips. Click here to download a PDF file on the product.

Conexant Systems, Inc.
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Conexant is focused on providing semiconductor products for communications electronics. The company is already involved in 2.4-GHz digital spread spectrum phones and cellular power amplifiers, Bluetooth technology is suited for the markets Conexant addresses: PC's, cellular phones, set-top boxes, broadband modems, digital cameras, multifunction peripherals, and printers.

CX72303 is optimized for use in 3G and GSM based systems, it is a highly integrated, low power RF transceiver compliant with Bluetooth specification v1.1.

The CX72304 (not qualified) is suited for CDMA handsets. 

Both are highly integrated and fabricated using a high performance silicon germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS process, and housed in BCC++ 48-pin packages, they also have very low power consumption.

They supply a corresponding baseband chip.

GCT Semiconductor Inc
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Radio Transceiver - GDM1000 is a CMOS RF transceiver with a GFSK modem and frequency-hopping synthesizer for Bluetooth communications. BOM costs are significantly lowered with direct conversion by eliminating RF board components, such as external SAW, bandpass filters, and on-chip inductors.  It incorporates the complete receive and transmit paths, including PLL, VCO, LNA, PA, mixer, modulator, demodulator, channel select filters, and digital GFSK modem with SYNCWORD detector. The GDM1000 chipset requires only an external antenna and crystal to provide a complete Bluetooth radio. The GDM1000 supports the standard BlueRF RXMODE2/3 unidirectional and JTAG serial interfaces, which can connect various kinds of baseband devices. Features include:

  - Class 2 and 3 (1 to 10 meter range) compliant with
Bluetooth Specification 1.1
 - Fully integrated, single-chip transceiver with on-chip PLL,
VCO, LNA, PA, up/down converter, and digital GFSK modem
with symbol timing recovery, bit-slicer, SYNCWORD detector
 - BlueRF RXMODE2/3 unidirectional and JTAG serial interface
compatible with GDM1201 baseband IC
 - -80dBm minimum receiver sensitivity
 - Superior adjacent channel selectivity (C/I-6db@1MHz offset
frequency)
 - High out-of-band blocking immunity
 - Support for dual reference clock frequency: 13/16MHz
 - 0.25um RFCMOS technology
 - 44-pin QFN (7mm x 7mm) package

Infineon 
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Based in Germany, Infineon is a global semiconductor supplier, originally Siemens Semiconductors.  Still majority owned by Siemens it now operates autonomously. 

Details about their Bluetooth BlueMoon range can be downloaded here.

BlueMoon I Transceiver -- PMB6615
High performance RF transceiver for Infineon BlueMoon system solution

BlueMoon I+ Transceiver -- PMB6625
RF transceiver for Bluetooth with low current consumption for Infineon BlueMoon system solution

BlueMoon I+ Transceiver -- PMB6627
RF transceiver for Bluetooth with low current consumption and super small package for Infineon BlueMoon system solution

Bluetooth Power Amplifier -- PMB6827
Power Amplifier with digital output power control for Infineon BlueMoon system solution. Click here for a PDF file on this product.

GaAs Power MMIC -- CGB240
2-stage HBT Power Amplifier for 2400MHz applications

Application notes for product design using Infineon's chipsets (pdfs) - Headsets, USB, PCMCIA.

Infineon also supply a range of baseband ICs compatible with their RF transceivers.

Motorola
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Motorola provides integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. This includes wireless communications, making end-to-end systems, embedded semiconductor solutions and embedded electronic systems.

MC13180  Bluetooth Radio IC See PDF File. 
The design is based on Motorola.s third.generation Bluetooth architecture that has set the industry standard for interoperability, complete functionality, and compliance with the Bluetooth specification. When combined with a specified Motorola baseband controller such as the MC71000, a complete Bluetooth solution can be realized.

National Semiconductor
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Based in California, National Semiconductor combines analog and digital technologies to create integrated solutions.  National provides solutions for the information appliance, personal computing, consumer and communication markets.  

LMX3162 Single Chip Radio Transceiver is a monolithic, integrated radio transceiver optimized for use in ISM 2.45 GHz wireless systems. For their PDF file click here.

National also supply a corresponding baseband chip.

National Semiconductor Bluetooth Radio Interface. The LMX5250 Bluetooth Radio Interface is a monolithic, low power, high performance CMOS radio transceiver and modem. - e-mail us with details if you can help.

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd
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Also see their Bluetooth Page.

Bluetooth RF Transceiver IC ML7050LA 
A Bluetooth 1.1 compliant RF transceiver LSI, the ML7050LA integrates with the ML70511LA baseband and SQ000001X001 software to provide a complete Bluetooth solution. 

Block diagram, Detailed specification 

• Supply Voltage +3V (±0.3V)
• Operating Temperature -20 ~ +85°C
   (0 ~ +55°C for full spec range)
• Internal Functions:
> Antenna switch
> Low Noise Amplifier
> PLL, VCO
> PA (0dBm typ.)
• No adjustments required
• No SAW filter required
• Package: 48-FBGA (7 x 7 x 1.41mm, 0.8 mm pitch

Download pdf info sheet

Philips Semiconductors
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Philips Semiconductors focuses on silicon systems for consumer electronics, telecommunications, automotive, computer peripherals and networking, offering development kits that support their Blueberry range of Bluetooth IC products.

Philips is a key player in the development of Bluetooth technology and standards, and is leading the way in developing innovative network concepts for Bluetooth. Philips Semiconductors offers advanced, low-cost Bluetooth chipsets and an RF Bluetooth product range enabling complete solutions to be built rapidly, with no need for RF design experience.  

RF Micro Devices
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Founded in 1991, RF Micro Devices manufactures radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for the wireless communications industry.

RF2968 Bluetooth Transceiver (PDF)

SiGe Semiconductor Inc.
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SiGe Semiconductor focus on designing and building supercharged silicon germanium integrated circuits that are enabling wireless and broadband internet communications.

SiGe currently have a power amplifier range suitable for integrating into compact devices without compromising power. Examples of their use includes cell phones, laptops, headsets, dongles and other peripherals.
Bluetooth Power Amplifier PA2423MB (PA) it can offer a power-added efficiency of 45 percent when operated in class AB mode. It integrates control functions such as output-power control and active/shut-down circuitry.
Bluetooth PA2423G power amplifier (PA) is known as a flip chip. Achieving a power-added efficiency of 50 percent at 22.5 dBm output power. It integrates control functions such as output-power control and active/shutdown circuitry.
Bluetooth PA2423L power amplifier (PA) is suitable for laptops, personal computers, printers and other electronic consumer devices. It integrates control functions such as output-power.

Signia Technologies
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This company provides wireless communications products from components to system solutions. Formed in 1999 Signia Technologies supports short-range, low-power wireless communications - such as Bluetooth.

Ulysses™ SBT 5010 transceiver contains the complete transmit and receive functions including a fully integrated synthesizer with the architecture implemented by Signia.  Click here to download their PDF file on this product.

Signia also provide a matching baseband IC and a  hardware development kit

Silicon & Software Systems (S3) 
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Silicon & Software Systems is a provider of Electronic Design Services. Established in 1986, the company has knowledge in the areas of IC, Software and Hardware Design experience in house. In the Bluetooth arena, S3 has already delivered solutions in respect of RFCMOS, Baseband IC (ASSP), LM & LC Protocol Stack and SoC developments. The company also has experience in a number of relating technologies to Bluetooth including: GSM, GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA, 802.11x, DECT, USB, and VoIP.

Silicon Wave
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Based in San Diego, Silicon Wave designs and produces RF communication system components including baseband, radio modem and software solutions for Bluetooth wireless communications. Founded in 1997, the company claims to have been the first to deliver a fully qualified, single-chip radio modem for Bluetooth communications and first to achieve Bluetooth Specification Version 1.1 qualification for its products. Silicon Wave is an Associate Member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group.

Silicon Wave also supply a demonstration platform, the Radio Modem Evaluation System (RMES), which facilitates radio performance testing of the Odyssey SiW1502 Radio Modem IC.
Product Summary

Silicon Wave also supply a baseband IC, the  SiW1602 device, which together with a standard microprocessor and their RF part, provide a complete Bluetooth wireless communications system.

SiW1701 (Silicon Wave interface)  / SiW1702 (CDMA chipset-compatible interface) / SiW1703 (GSM chipset-compatible interface) Radio Modems combine a 2.4-GHz Bluetooth radio transceiver and a GFSK burst modem, with digital control functions, into a single piece of silicon that meets or exceeds Bluetooth specifications. Click here for details (PDF File).

SiW1701/02/03 Known Good Die (KGD) offers a small footprint and the opportunity for high-density integration of tested bare die into higher level assemblies and sub-assemblies. The radio modem die represents a 70% size reduction over the packaged part and meets the requirements for small form factor Bluetooth applications such as mobile phones, PDAs and other mobile handheld devices.

SiW1502 Radio Modem IC  combines low-cost, low-power consumption with integrated RF logic and Bluetooth protocol stack for a wide variety of Bluetooth applications. The SiW1502 is a fully integrated 2.4 GHz radio transceiver with a GFSK modem contained on a single chip. Silicon Wave offers the SiW1502 as a stand alone IC or, in tandem with the SiW1601 Link Controller IC and a standard microprocessor, to complete a Bluetooth wireless communications system. Click here for details (PDF File).  

Spirea
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Spirea is a semiconductor company that develops and manufactures single and combo transceiver products for Bluetooth and WLAN applications.

BlueTraC Radio Transceiver is a "Radio-on-a-chip" Bluetooth transceiver. 
Features: no external passive components, fully integrated VCO and loop filter, low supply voltage, low power consumption, transmitter output power control, 0.18µm CMOS technology, supports industry standard radio interfaces uni- and bidirectional BlueRF.

ST Microelectronics
ST Microelectronics announced intentions in December 1999 to collaborate with Ericsson in developing Bluetooth  products.

Rainbow - STw5288 - Single Chip Bluetooth Radio Transceiver allows an implementation with a minimum number of external components. Moreover, the chip is produced using ST’s advanced silicon-germanium (SiGe) bipolar-CMOS (BiCMOS) process allowing the integration on chip of a high-Q tank circuit for the radio synthesiser phaselocked loop (PLL).
High sensitivity and a high level of rejection of co-channel and adjacent channels of the STw5288 makes it particularly suitable for the highest bit rates of the Bluetooth standard. Low power consumption makes it especially suitable for mobile applications. The STw5288 supports the BlueRF functional receiver interface specification, allowing flexibility to interface with a wide range of baseband processors. The STw5288’s transmitter the device is suited to Class 1 applications where an external power amplifier extends the range beyond 10m. Features: fully compliant with Bluetooth specification 1.1, high performance suitable for high bit rate applications, monolithic radio transceiver with minimal external components - -81dBm sensitivity @BER 1e-3, - -78dBm sensitivity @BER 1e-6, fully integrated VCO and synthesizer, advanced auto calibration and offset compensation loops, 3.0V and/or 1.8V I/O operation, +4dBm output power, RSSI measurement, programmable output level, supports BlueRF interface, low operating power consumption, low stand by power consumption, companion single chip power amplifier.

Texas Instruments
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Texas Instruments Incorporated is involved in digital signal processing and analog technologies. It works in real-time technologies that help people communicate and provide various semiconductor solutions for large markets such as wireless and broadband access and for new emerging markets such as digital cameras and digital audio.

TRF6001 Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver chipset  

Texas also supply a baseband IC

Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc
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Compact RF IC Cell Packs replace the need for multiple discrete devices for commonly used radio frequency functions. It offer designers a quick and easy way to implement a variety of important functions required for mobile communications products and Bluetooth enabled devices.