Philips announces new Nexperia version

Royal Philips Electronics has introduced the latest version of its Nexperia Cellular System Solutions, which is a complete hardware/software design for low- and mid-range mobile handsets. The Nexperia solutions provide manufacturers with a flexible and cost-effective approach to handset designs. It delivers high integration, low power consumption, and improved multimedia capabilities.

The 26MHz baseband IC enables Java for gaming and business applications, WAP 2.0 and multimedia messaging service (MMS) functionalities. It also supports additional features, including pulse code modulation (PCM) for speech recognition. The design supports all 4 GSM bands (GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900) as well as GPRS Class 10.

With its level of integration, the Nexperia Cellular System Solution meets industry demands for reducing the BoMs. Fewer than 110 core components lower the BoM with as much as 10 percent. The memory footprint of <2MB of Flash for GSM operation also saves cost and board space.