Atmel's Highly Flexible Multi-standard Broadcast Radio Front End IC Provides Excellent Reception Performance

Heilbronn, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) -

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the
availability of the highly integrated broadcast radio front end IC
ATR4262, which enables outstanding car-radio reception. The new IC
is designed for high performance applications, in particular for
mobile systems such as car radios. The ATR4262 is compatible with
the major radio standards including HD Radio, DRM, and AM/FM.

The ATR4262 is a world tuner device covering all AM/FM frequencies
worldwide. Its FM section handles the frequency range from 70 MHz to
166 MHz, including weather band and HD Radio in the US. The AM path
covers the entire broadcasting frequency range from 150 kHz up to 30
MHz, including modern DRM systems.

While providing maximum flexibility and high performance, the
ATR4262's optimized BOM reduces costs. The weather band
functionality, for example, can be realized without additional
components. Furthermore, no external crystals are needed as the
ATR4262 features flexible clock generation enabling the use of any
external clock signal.

The ATR4262's flexible AGC system enables matching to all
reception conditions. The IF amplifier has 3 different inputs, which
can be tailored to different filters. This allows the support of
multiple radio standards such as AM/FM; HD Radio, or DRM. In
addition, the ATR4262 provides several control possibilities, thus
allowing connection to various baseband processors.

Availability and Pricing

Samples of the ATR4262 are now available in very small QFN
packages for small and miniature tuner solutions. Pricing starts at
US $2.00 for 100k piece quantities. Sample design demo boards are
also available.

Footnote
AGC = Automatic Gain Control
AM = Amplitude Modulation
BOM = Bill of Materials
LNA = Low Noise Amplifier
DRM = Digital Radio Mondiale(TM)
FM = Frequency Modulation
IF = Intermediate Frequency
QFN = Quad Flat No Leads

About Atmel

Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of
microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory
and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's
broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is
able to provide the electronics industry with complete system
solutions focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications,
computing and automotive markets.

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Information

Product information on Atmel's highly flexible broadcast radio
front end IC ATR4262 may be retrieved at: http://www.atmel.com/dyn/pr
oducts/product_card.asp?family_id=637&family_name=
Broadcast+Radio&part_id=4245

Press Contacts
Dr. Susanne van Clewe, Marcom Manager Communications and Automotive
Products Phone: +49-7131-67-2081, Email: susanne.van-clewe@atmel.com
Helen Perlegos, Public Relations - USA and Asia Pacific
Phone: +1-408-487-2963, Email: hperlegos@atmel.com

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Dr. Susanne van Clewe, Marcom Manager Communications and Automotive
Products, +49-7131-67-2081, susanne.van-clewe@atmel.com, or Helen
Perlegos, Public Relations, USA and Asia Pacific, +1-408-487-2963,
hperlegos@atmel.com, both of Atmel Corporation