FM Si471x Transmitters Overview

Silicon Labs Broadcast Audio Products

Highly successful product family
Highest integration, smallest footprint

Broad portfolio of granted and pending domestic and international patents International presence and world-class local technical support in all major markets Rapidly expanding portfolio of audio solutions

Silicon Labs Offers Best Performance

Most adjustable parameters
Fine-tuned FM TX output power Audio compression, limiter, RPS

Superior audio features

Short embedded antenna for TX/RX High performance seek, adjustable blend

Market leader in RDS

Advanced on-chip processing increases range and accuracy of received RDS data First to market with RDS TX

Best receiver interference performance

Best selectivity and sensitivity in the presence of adjacent, alternate and multiple interferers
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Si4710/11 FM Radio Transmitter

FM stereo transmitter
Low-cost wireless link for portable audio devices Supports worldwide FM band 76 to 108 MHz

Si4711 supports RDS/RBDS

Can send artist name and song titles to any RDS/RBDS radio

Digital architecture for superior sound

CMOS technology enables feature rich solution

3x3x0.55 mm 20 pin QFN package

Layout compatible with 3x3 family
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Si4710/11 Digital Architecture

Digital algorithms and dynamic range compression improve sound quality Only two external components and board area of 15 mm2 Antenna auto-calibration enables embedded antennas, flat output power across the FM band
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Programmable Output Voltage

Maximizes transmit voltage to regulations
Precise output voltage control

Supports almost any integrated antenna

PCB trace antennas Wire antennas Loop antennas Headphone antennas Charger cable antennas

PCB trace antenna

RDS Advertising Your Company Brand

RDS worldwide adoption increasing
FM with RDS MP3 experience Standard in car radios

RDS transmitter allows any textbased data to be displayed on target FM RDS receiver RDS receiver enables potential revenue after point of sale for service providers and MP3 providers Si4721 transceiver offers both FM RDS receive and transmit features 7

FM Modulated Signal w/ RDS

Deviation (kHz ) 29.1 Stereo Pilot 15 7.5 5 0

L+R L-R L-R

15 19 23 38 53 Frequency (kHz)

RDS/ RBDS

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Si4712/13 FM Radio Transmitter w/ RPS

First FM stereo transmitter with receive power scan (RPS)
All the FM TX features of the Si4710/11 + RPS Integrated receiver to identify open channels RDS/RBDS encoder (Si4713)

Digital architecture for superior sound

CMOS technology enables feature rich solution

3x3x0.55 mm 20-pin QFN package

Layout compatible with Si47XX 3x3 family

Si4712/13 Digital Architecture

Same superior features and performance as Si4710/11 Integrated receive power scan (RPS) Same antenna used for transmit and RPS
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Improved User Experience with RPS

RPS automatically finds best channel to transmit on Removes need for tune and listen exercise
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FM Transceiver w/ RDS (Si4720/21)

Worlds first and smallest portable FM transceiver Builds on patent family with unique architecture, implementations and applications Support for embedded antenna, I2S digital audio First to support full portable RDS transmit and receive
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Si4720/21 FM Radio Transceiver

FM stereo radio receiver + transmitter (76 to 108 MHz)
Complete FM receiver + FM transmitter Fully integrated RDS decoder (Rx) + encoder (Tx)

Proven, digital low-IF architecture

Market-leading Rx performance and adjustability Unmatched Tx performance and adjustability Optimized for use with standalone Bluetooth ICs

Ultra-small, 3x3x0.55 mm 20pin QFN

15 mm2 board area requirement Layout compatible with SiLabs AM/FM, FM-only, Tx-only, Tx w/ RPS

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Product Selector Guide

Part Si4702 Si4703 Si4704 Si4705 Si4706 Si4707 Si4710 Si4711 Si4712 Si4713 Si4720 Si4721 Si4730 Si4731 Si4734 Si4735 Si4736 Si4737 Si4738 Si4739 RDS RPS FM TX AM SW WB SAME PCM

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