STATS to provide full turnkey services for Chipcon

Chipcon AS has selected ST Assembly Test Services Ltd (STATS) to provide turnkey test development, assembly and final testing services for its RF devices that are targeted at the wireless communication markets.

Under the agreement, STATS will provide services for Chipcon's CC1000 devices, including the development of test program for volume testing and production. The CC1000 device is used in electronic applications, such as home automation, wireless security systems and automatic meter reading.

Chipcon designs and manufactures high performance RF, analog, digital and mixed-signal ICs using advanced CMOS, BiCMOS and SiGE process technologies.