Zarlink Radio Chip for In-Body Medical Communications Wins EE Times Ultimate Product Award
17 Avril 2008 - 8:07PM
Marketwired
OTTAWA, CANADA (NYSE: ZL) today announced that its ZL70101
transceiver chip won the RF/Microwave Ultimate Product of the Year
at EE Times' fourth Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards
Gala in San Jose on April 15th, 2008 (www.eetimes-ace.com).
Delivering high data rates, ultra-low power consumption and
unique wake-up circuitry, the ZL70101 system-on-a-chip has been
designed into a range of implanted medical devices, including
pacemakers, implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs),
neurostimulators, drug pumps and physiological monitors, and
associated external monitoring and programming equipment.
"We're honored that Zarlink's ultra-low power wireless
technology has been selected as an Ultimate Product of the Year,"
said Steve Swift, senior vice president and general manager of
Zarlink's Medical Communications group. "The ZL70101 is a fully
integrated system-on-a-chip solution delivering unparalleled data
rates while consuming the lowest power possible, backed by
Zarlink's field-proven expertise in meeting the unique quality
requirements for in-body devices. Our radio chip is enabling new
medical devices supporting advanced monitoring, diagnostic and
therapeutic applications that are improving patient care and
lowering healthcare costs."
The EE Times ACE Awards celebrate the creators of technology who
have demonstrated leadership and innovation. The Ultimate Products
of the Year Award - awarded to the most significant products
introduced in the last 12 months in seven categories - is
determined by large-scale peer review. Finalists in each category
are chosen by qualified readers of EE Times and eeProductCenter.com
on a quarterly basis via electronic balloting from a list of
nominees submitted to readers by expert editors with accompanying
editorial reviews. A blue-ribbon panel of industry experts,
comprised of the leading voices of academia, industry and Wall
Street executives, choose the winners.
"The ACE Awards recognize products and innovations that make a
positive contribution for customers and end-users," said Junko
Yoshida, editor-in-chief, EE Times. "Zarlink's radio chip for
in-body communications represents creative technology that solves
key performance challenges in a growing market, while also
demonstrating how electronics play an increasingly important role
in our day-to-day lives."
Operating in the Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS)
frequency band, the highly integrated ZL70101 chip delivers data
rates up to 800 kbps while consuming just 5 milliamps (mA) of
power. By using the high data rate with heavy duty cycling, the
average power consumed can be very small. To further conserve
implanted device battery life, the ZL70101 incorporates a unique
"wake-up" receiver that allows the chip to operate in an extremely
low current 250 nanoamp (nA) "sleep" mode. Communication is then
initiated using a specially coded wake-up signal from the base
station transmitter.
The ZL70101 chip includes a fully featured media access
controller (MAC), designed specifically for MICS applications, that
provides forward error correction, cyclic redundancy check and
retransmission to achieve an extremely reliable data link. For more
information on Zarlink's ZL70101 transceiver chip, visit:
http://products.zarlink.com/product_profiles/ZL70101.htm.
About Zarlink Semiconductor
For over 30 years, Zarlink Semiconductor has delivered
semiconductor solutions that drive the capabilities of voice,
enterprise, broadband and wireless communications. The Company's
success is built on its technology strengths including voice and
data networks, optoelectronics and ultra low-power communications.
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