Single Chip WiFi, Bluetooth and FM Receiver - BCM4325 - Broadcom

Broadcom announced BCM4325 the a single chip WiFi, Bluetooth and FM receiver solution. This integrated single-chip solution feature WiFi IEEE 802.11a/b/g ( including MAC, baseband and radio), support Bluetooth 2.0 plus enhanced data rate (EDR) and an FM receiver. BCM4325 was designed in the 65 nm process, to provides robust connectivity, low power and small size. It allows OEMs to drive these wireless technologies into more handset platforms.

The BCM4325 single-chip WiFi-Bluetooth-FM also features Broadcom's InConcert technology, a software algorithms and hardware mechanisms that enable collaboration of WiFi and Bluetooth. BCM4325 can more intelligently operate both WiFi and Bluetooth technologies, allowing the option for a shared antenna system (2.4 GHz) to significantly  reduce board size.

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Broadcom’s Wireless LAN Products:
Broadcom's AirForce wireless LAN product line includes the popular 54g and Intensi-f (802.11n chipsets). Broadcom integrates wireless network processors, communications technologies and its OneDriver software solutions into reference designs that speed customer time-to-market.

The BCM4325 single-chip WiFi-Bluetooth-FM supports features included in Bluetooth 2.0 spec and is upgradeable to version 2.1 standard. The FM radio receiver supports the North American Radio Broadcast Data Service (RBDS)  and the European Radio Data Service (RDS).

The flexible software architecture simplifies the migration from a single radio connectivity technology (WLAN or Bluetooth) to a multi-radio technology solution, minimizing the software design changes while maximizing reuse of the vast array of mature software available for Broadcom's WLAN and Bluetooth based products.

The Broadcom BCM4325 is in sampling now.

Source: Broadcom