iDTVs adopt 100 million silicon tuners

Silicon Laboratories has shipped its one-hundred-millionth silicon TV tuner that fully displaces traditional tuner modules in iDTVs, which has been and adopted subsequently by virtually all name-brand TV makers. The patented silicon TV tuners enable TV makers to improve picture quality and channel reception, reducing system cost and complexity. The company's latest Si21x8 TV-tuner family is based on four generations of patented architectural enhancements. Si21x8 silicon tuners offer the highest tolerance to Wi-Fi and LTE interference, exceptional video SNR, the highest level of integration, and a low-power profile enabling TV and set-top box makers to meet Energy Star and other energy efficiency standards. Silicon Labs' TV tuner products support all worldwide TV broadcast standards including NTSC, PAL, and SECAM for analog TV and DVB-T2/C2/T/C, ISDB-T/C, ATSC/QAM, and DTMB for digital TV. For flexibility in matching TV tuners with various system architectures, all products within the Si21x8 TV tuner family are pin-to-pin compatible and share a single software API. This compatibility allows a single module or PCB design to address multiple TV and STB applications for both digital and analog TV. Silicon Laboratories