Integrates Channel-Selection and Demodulator Functions onto One Chip

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — September 17, 2001 — The Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc., today announced the M61130FP, the industry’s first single-chip NTSC tuner for cost-sensitive television applications. Tuners have traditionally required separate channel-selection and demodulator chips to reduce the effects of crosstalk and noise, but Mitsubishi Electric’s proprietary high-frequency BiCMOS process technology enables these functions to be consolidated onto one chip. Mitsubishi Electric offers the M61130FP in a tiny 7-mm by 7-mm package, making it easy for customers to design ultra-small television tuners.

The M61130FP makes it unnecessary for developers to add an externally connected voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) coil to their design for intermediate-frequency (IF) signal processing. This feature lowers product development costs by reducing the number of tuner components. It also eliminates the inconvenience of VCO coil adjustment during mass production.

"Television manufacturers are under constant pressure to reduce costs and streamline the product development process to remain cost competitive," said George Riehm, senior marketing manager for consumer products at Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. "Our single-chip tuner reduces development costs by eliminating unnecessary components as well as production steps."

The M61130FP incorporates UHF and VHF mixer and local oscillation circuits, a video/audio IF signal processor circuit, four band switch driver circuits, and a 3.58-MHz or 4-MHz crystal oscillator on the same chip.

Packaging and Availability
Mitsubishi Electric’s M61130FP single-chip NTSC tuner will be available in a 48-pin quad flat pack (QFP) package, with a 0.5-mm pin pitch. Samples will be available in November 2001, with volume production scheduled for the first quarter of 2002.

About Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.
Ranked among the top-tier worldwide semiconductor suppliers, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a leading manufacturer of application-specific standard products (ASSPs) for motor driver, TV, VCR, fax, disk drive, telephone, communications, and audio/video system applications, as well as standard linear and digital/analog interface ICs. Mitsubishi Electric’s ASSPs are manufactured with extensive feature sets that meet specific application requirements and use a standard-cell design approach to reduce chip size, costs, and product development time. The company implements its ASSPs as standard ICs for multiple customers and maps them to singular or multiple applications.

Mitsubishi Electric offers an extensive range of semiconductor-based products and markets them to the North American marketplace through the Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.

Additional information on the Mitsubishi Electric Semiconductor Group is available at http://www.mitsubishichips.com/.

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Keywords
Mitsubishi, tuner, television, NTSC, ASSP.

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