STMicroelectronics teams with iBiquity to develop optimized HD radio receiver SoC
(Technology News, 17 Jan 2007 )
By Vinod Kataria
STMicroelectronics, in technologies for digital radio, has announced an agreement with iBiquity Digital Corporation, the developer and licensor of HD Radio technology, to develop a base-band receiver for HD Radio broadcasting. HD Radio technology offers enhanced sound quality, more programming choice, and new wireless data services on existing FM and AM radio channels. The HD Radio receiver expands ST's rich portfolio of digital radio products, complementing the Company's existing AM/FM tuners to deliver an optimized end-to-end solution for combined analog-and-digital radio broadcasting.
STMicroelectronics has licensed iBiquity's In-Band, On-Channel (IBOC) technology, named HD Radio, which allows radio stations to bundle and transmit analog and digital signals on the same frequency. The two companies will jointly design an HD Radio ASIC chip compatible with ST's AM/FM car-radio tuner to provide receiver manufacturers with a complete and optimized HD Radio chipset.
