Cypress Introduces Industry's First 2.4-GHz Radio-on-a-Chip with Programmable Mixed Signal Array; Programmable Radio-on-a-Chip Melds Two Blockbuster Cypress Technologies -- WirelessUSB and PSoC
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—May 23, 2005—
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) today introduced
the world's first 2.4-GHz Radio-on-a-Chip with a programmable mixed
signal array. Cypress's new Programmable Radio-on-a-Chip(TM)
(PRoC(TM)) includes two of the company's most noteworthy technologies
-- WirelessUSB(TM) and Programmable System-on-Chip(TM) (PSoC(TM)) --
in one integrated device. It delivers the benefits of both WirelessUSB
and PSoC into a variety of applications, including consumer
electronics, home and industrial automation, Human Interface Device
(HID), transportation, security and medical systems.
WirelessUSB has seen dramatic growth, particularly in HID
applications, due to its ease of use and installation, low cost, and
outstanding interference immunity. Systems with WirelessUSB also
require a mixed-signal array or microcontroller for control functions
and protocol implementations. In order to provide complete wireless
solutions in many applications, Cypress offers the industry's broadest
line of USB microcontrollers and an extensive portfolio of PSoC mixed
signal arrays. The new PRoC device is the first in a broad portfolio
of devices that combine WirelessUSB technology with Cypress controller
solutions. PRoC offers access to a general-purpose mixed signal array
with four programmable analog and four programmable digital blocks, 8K
Bytes of Flash program memory storage, 512 Bytes of SRAM data storage,
and a powerful Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) 2.4GHz radio
system -- all integrated in a compact, 48-pin QFN package. It is
designed to implement highly-integrated, space-saving, low-cost,
wireless systems operating in the worldwide 2.4-GHz ISM band.
"PRoC combines two great Cypress technologies to help make the
vision of an 'unwired world' a reality for customers worldwide," said
Christopher Norris, vice president of Cypress's Consumer and
Computation Division. "It makes it fast, easy and cost-effective to
implement WirelessUSB in a myriad of applications by using the
powerful, flexible PSoC architecture. No other supplier can put forth
this combination of technologies to serve the wireless connectivity
market."
Price and Availability
Cypress is sampling the CYWUSB6953 today in 48-pin QFN packages.
Full production quantities are expected to be available in Q3, 2005.
Pricing is approximately $3.50 each depending on quantities. A
high-resolution photo of the PRoC device and a data sheet are
available at www.cypress.com/procphoto.
About WirelessUSB
WirelessUSB, offered by both Cypress and its second-source
partner, Atmel Corp. (NASDAQ:ATML), delivers the best combination of
performance and cost versus competing wireless technologies. Featuring
a highly integrated radio transceiver plus digital baseband on a
single chip, WirelessUSB enables designers to significantly decrease
development time, component count and system cost while improving
operating range, power-consumption and latency. The DSSS (Direct
Sequence Spread Spectrum)-based technology is robust to interference
and features a range of up to 50 meters and beyond.
About PSoC
PSoC devices are configurable mixed signal arrays that integrate a
fast 8-bit microcontroller with many peripheral functions typically
found in an embedded design. PSoC devices provide the advantages of an
ASIC without the ASIC NRE or turn-around time. A single PSoC device
can integrate as many as 100 peripheral functions with a
microcontroller, saving customers design time, board space, and power
consumption. Customers can save from 5 cents to as much as $10 in
system costs. Easy to use development tools enable designers to select
configurable library elements to provide analog functions such as
amplifiers, ADCs, DACs, filters and comparators and digital functions
such as timers, counters, PWMs, SPI and UARTs. The PSoC family's
analog features include rail-to-rail inputs, programmable gain
amplifiers and up to 14-bit ADCs with exceptionally low noise, input
leakage and voltage offset. PSoC devices include up to 32KB of Flash
memory, 2KB of SRAM, an 8x8 multiplier with 32-bit accumulator, power
and sleep monitoring circuits, and hardware I2C communications.
About Cypress
Cypress solutions are at the heart of any system that is built to
perform: consumer, computation, data communications, automotive,
industrial, and solar power. Leveraging a strong commitment to
customer service and performance-based process and manufacturing
expertise, Cypress's product portfolio includes a broad selection of
wired and wireless USB devices, CMOS image sensors, timing solutions,
network search engines, specialty memories, high-bandwidth synchronous
and micropower memory products, optical solutions, and reconfigurable
mixed-signal arrays. Cypress stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the ticker symbol CY. More information about the
company is available online at www.cypress.com.
Cypress and the Cypress logo are registered trademarks of Cypress
Semiconductor Corporation. PRoC, WirelessUSB, PSoC and "Programmable
System-on-Chip" are trademarks of Cypress. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Cypress PR
Don Parkman, 408-943-4885
DSP@cypress.com
