Freescale Receives First FCC Certification for Ultra-Wideband

Freescale Semiconductor received FCC certification for its Ultra-Wideband (UWB) communications solution, enabling it to begin commercial shipments of its XS110 chipset immediately. Freescale said it was the first company to receive UWB certification from the FCC. Freescale said initial consumer applications are expected to include large screen displays (plasma, LCD), digital video recorders and set-top boxes, with mobile applications such as portable hard drives and digital cameras to follow later in 2005.



Freescale's XS110 chipset uses the DS-UWB approach, which is currently a leading candidate for the IEEE 802.15.3 standard for high-speed wireless personal area networks (WPANs). Using DS-UWB, the chipset achieves over 110 Mbps data rates. http://www.freescale.com