QUALCOMM
and SANYO announced the selection of the QUALCOMM MSM6200 Mobile Station
Modem hipset and system software for SANYO's dual-mode third-generation
(3G) handsets. SANYO's choice of QUALCOMM's MSM6200 solution represents
a natural extension of the existing QUALCOMM-SANYO partnership.
A
highly integrated, single-chip multimode solution, the MSM6200 chipset
supports the Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode of WCDMA -- also known
as UMTS -- as well as GSM and GPRS. The complete MSM6200 WCDMA solution
includes the MSM6200 modem, and the RTR6200(TM), RFL6200(TM) and RFR6200(TM)
direct conversion multimode chips.
"SANYO
was the first company in the world to adopt our single-mode WCDMA
solution, and we're pleased that they are now adopting our dual-mode
MSM6200
solution," said Don Schrock, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies.
"This
will enable SANYO to leverage the multimedia applications they developed
for
their MSM5200-based handsets into third-generation products."
"The
highly integrated feature set of QUALCOMM's new 3G WCDMA solution
will allow us to easily develop full-featured WCDMA handsets that will
provide
our customers with the advanced capabilities 3G offers," said Eiji
Kotobuki,
director of the board, executive officer of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.,
president, Multimedia Company, president, SANYO Telecommunications Co.,
Ltd.
"The MSM6200 chipset and system software will allow us not only
to port
existing, highly successful applications, but also to add exciting new
applications to our next-generation WCDMA handsets."
The
MSM6200 chipset is the latest version of QUALCOMM's WCDMA/UMTS family
of solutions and supports data rates of up to 384 kbps in WCDMA/UMTS
mode.
The RTR6200 chip provides an integrated GSM/GPRS transceiver for GSM-900
and
GSM-1800 bands, and a UMTS transmitter. The WCDMA receive function in
the
complete MSM6200 solution is performed by the RFL6200 chip, which is
a
low-noise amplifier (LNA), and by the RFR6200 chip, which contains the
direct-conversion mixer and local-oscillator generator.
Like
all members of the MSM6xxx family, the complete MSM6200 solution
incorporates QUALCOMM's radioOne(TM) Zero Intermediate Frequency (ZIF)
architecture, which eliminates the need for Intermediate Frequency (IF)
components, including large IF saw filters and additional IF circuitry.
With
radioOne technology, the MSM6200 solution requires less printed-circuit-board
area than previous-generation chipsets and reduces bill-of-material
costs for
dual-mode handsets.
The
MSM6200 solution also supports QUALCOMM's Launchpad(TM) suite of
advanced multimedia, connectivity, position-location, user interface
and
removable storage functionality, as well as the Binary Runtime Environment
for
Wireless(TM) (BREW(TM)) Application Programming Interface (API). With
the
BREWapi(TM), handset manufacturers and developers can develop both embedded
and downloadable wireless applications and BREW-based products more
quickly
and easily.
