TI Announced the WiLink 8.0 Product Family

Published:2012/2/13 21:56:00 Author:Phyllis From:SeekIC

Texas Instruments (TI) announced the WiLink 8.0 product family, the next generation of its WiLink combo chips. WiLink combo chips are a collection of 45-nanometer single-chip offerings integrating up to five radios on the same piece of silicon.

The five-radio WiLink 8.0 chip sports Wi-Fi, GNSS, NFC, Bluetooth and FM radio on a single die, which can translate into a 45% reduction in chip real estate, a 60% cost reduction and a 30% power saving compared with traditional multi-chip offerings.

The chips use either 2×2 MIMO or SISO 40MHz and are purportedly capable of reaching over 100Mbps Wi-Fi TCP throughput on the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, to enable fast mobile streaming and high-definition (HD) mobile video applications including Wi-Fi Direct and Wireless Display technology to beam content between screens at low latency. With integrated Wi-Fi MIMO, WiLink 8.0 chips also yield 25% smaller size and 50% power savings over other MIMO solutions.

Each chip variant comes in a compact WSP package that can be mounted directly on a PCB, and includes the required RF front ends, a power management system, and coexistence mechanisms.

If five radios are not required, TI said its WiLink 8.0 family has 15 variants, all differently specced to suit different price points and needs in the mobile market.

TI claims that its WiLink 8.0 combo chip is the first to embed a complete NFC controller, with an over 50% size reduction compared to non-combo chips.

WiLink 8.0 devices could facilitate Hybrid-location shopping by blending partial and full data from the Wi-Fi and sensor systems, complimented by Bluetooth, ANT and NFC augmentation to pinpoint a person’s exact location. One chip alone currently isn’t capable of such high levels of location accuracy.

TI also believes that the integration will make NFC more affordable, and lower the barrier for entry, making NFC more pervasive, from high-end smartphones to low end feature phones.

WiLink 8.0 also lets users receive and transmit FM signals while other radios are working, making it possible for consumers to transmit music from their smartphone to their home or car stereo without needing Bluetooth.
TI’s connectivity partners for WiLink include NXP and Infineon.

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