Xceive And Trident Microsystems Partner To Deliver Integrated USB Bus-Powered TV Tuner

Santa Clara, CA & Shenzhen, China - Xceive Corporation, believed to be the developer of the world's first fully integrated multi-standard RF-to-baseband transceiver ICs (semiconductor) for TVs, PC TVs and set-top boxes, recently announced its partnership with Trident Microsystems to design the highest integrated USB Bus-powered TV reference board. Three different versions have been developed to address the analog only, hybrid DVB-T, and hybrid ATSC markets.

The outcome of the design partnership will be a reduction in chip count by half for both analog and hybrid USB designs. Typical analog USB TV tuners require a minimum of four chips, which include the tuner, USB interface, audio and video decoder. With the Xceive–Trident partnership, the number of chips is reduced to two and powered only by the USB port. For hybrid (analog and digital tuning capabilities) USB TV tuners the typical number of chips is cut in half to three chips. Thus, this reference design board enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to produce smaller, more cost-effective TV products that meet global standards including analog TV stereo sound and FM radio capabilities.

The high-performance USB TV tuner includes Xceive's silicon tuners – XC3028 and XC2028. These IC tuners support all worldwide analog TV, digital TV terrestrial and cable signal standards. Further, Xceive's tuner is the only tuner that has received the ISF certification from the Image Science Foundation Research Lab.

This reference design also will feature Trident's TM6010, a USB AV decoder that provides high-quality, cost-effective solutions for both analog and digital TV. The TM6010 is the first single chip USB AV decoder which support global analog TV audio standards for the USB TV application.

SOURCE: Xceive Corporation