DESCRIPTION

The STA001 is an RF IC using STMicroelectronics HSB2 High Speed Bipolar Technology for one chip solution for the Starman digital satellite radio receiver.

The STA001 is assembled in a TQFP44 package. The frontend architecture is a double conversion receiver (see block diagram) .

The chip includes all the RF functions up to low IF and manages the signals to and from the baseband.

■ SINGLE CHIP RECEIVER FOR SATELLITE DIGITAL TRANSMISSION

■ SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVER WITH IF OUTPUT

■ HIGH INPUT INTERCEPT POINT, LOW MIXER NOISE

■ 54dB IF VGA GAIN RANGE

■ ADJUSTABLE RF GAIN

■ ADJUSTABLE IF GAIN

■ INTEGRATED RF VCO

■ INTEGRATED IF VCO

■ INTEGRATED SYNTHESIZER

■ I2CBUS COMPATIBLE PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

■ UNREGULATED 2.7 V TO 3.3V VOLTAGE SUPPLY

■ LOW COST EXTERNAL COMPONENTS