Murata Selects Philips WiFi Chips for Mobile/WLAN Phones

Murata Manufacturing Co., a supplier of integrated electronics components for mobile handsets and other portable devices, has selected Philips' low-power 802.11b wireless local area network (LAN) chipset for its newest module. The companies said mobile phone manufacturers continue to add features and functionality to mobile phones. Wireless LAN capabilities will give mobile phone users access to high-speed information transfer at hotspots and other wireless-LAN-served environments. The Philips low-power WLAN chipset consumes less than 2 mW in stand-by mode. It is also a "zero host-load" 802.11b solution, which means it has the ability to listen for and process incoming traffic even when the host processor is powered down. The host processor only wakes up when a valid data packet arrives, saving more battery power. In addition, when used in a handheld device with Bluetooth wireless connectivity, the 802.11b chipset supports coexistence features, which eliminate interference between the two signals. http://www.semiconductors.philips.com