austriamicrosystems Delivers Power Management ICs for XM Radio's Satellite Radio Devices
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UNTERPREMSTAETTEN, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24,
2005--austriamicrosystems (SWX:AMS), a leading global designer and
manufacturer of analog integrated circuits for communication, industrial,
medical and automotive applications, is delivering its AS3654 power
management IC for XM Satellite Radio's personal satellite radio devices. XM
Satellite Radio is North America's leading digital satellite radio service
with more than five million subscribers and over 150 channels offering
commercial-free music plus sports, talk, comedy, entertainment, news and
weather.
The AS3654 power management IC is an ultra-flexible, highly integrated smart
power management unit that includes high performance voltage regulators, a
lighting unit, step down battery charger, a stereo audio DAC, housekeeping
functions and an audio amplifier featuring sophisticated ground noise
cancellation required for car radio applications.
"With austriamicrosystems` highly integrated power management IC we are able
to offer exciting products to our customers. They enjoy unparalleled
performance and audio quality listening to the broad variety of
entertainment that XM's more than 150 channels offer," said Dr. Stell
Patsiokas, Executive Vice President Technology and Engineering for XM
Satellite Radio. "We value the outstanding flexibility of the IC which helps
to realize a fast and simple design cycle."
The AS3654 includes a host of capabilities for power monitoring and battery
management as well as charging. It is controlled via a serial interface and
integrates all necessary system specific functions such as clock, reset and
interrupt generation, voltage and temperature monitoring.
"We strongly believe in the success of digital satellite radio and are proud
to support the pioneer and market leader in this field with a range of
highly integrated products," said Alex Harrer, Senior VP and General Manager
of Business Unit Communications at austriamicrosystems. "The AS3654 power
management unit with full featured analog audio capabilities is just the
beginning. This specific product gives further proof of austriamicrosystems
expertise in low power, high performance analog chip design and
manufacturing."