AMIMON launches second generation wireless 1080p chipset

AMIMON's transmitter and receiver chips (AMN 2120/2220) are designed for the WHDI (Wireless Home Digital Interface) standard. The company claims the chipset is the fist to be capable of wirelessly delivering full uncompressed 1080p/60Hz HD content throughout the entire home. The chipset uses the company's video modem technology and operates in the 5GHz unlicensed band.

Key features AMN 2120/2220 include:

• Designed for the WHDI standard
• HD video: 1080p/60Hz and high quality computer graphics; equivalent video rates up to 3Gbps
• Range: multi-room " beyond 100 feet (30 meters) through walls
• Latency: less than 1 millisecond
• Hollywood approved HDCP 2.0 copy protection
• Low power consumption modes for portable devices
• Low cost " mass adoption price points
• 5GHz unlicensed band with support for Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)

The chipset interfaces directly with the video I/O's, saving the cost of any additional components such as CODEC chips, memory buffers and controls.

It provides CE manufacturers with a low cost HD wireless connectivity solution and can be tuned for conformance with the WHDI standard specification.

The AMN 2120/2220 chipset can be embedded into CE devices such as LCD and plasma HDTVs, multimedia projectors, A/V receivers, Blu-ray DVD players, set-top boxes (STBs), game consoles, computers, DVRs, PCs and HD video accessories/dongles, allowing wireless streaming of uncompressed HD video and audio.

The WHDI standard, promoted by the top CE manufacturers is the only standard to enable whole home, wireless uncompressed HDTV connectivity.

The chipsets and reference designs are available now. AMN2120 and AMN2220 interface directly to AMIMON RF transceivers AMN3110 and AMN3210 respectively.

Pricing for production quantities of the WHDI transmitter chipset AMN 2120/3110 is $20 and of the WHDI receiver chipset AMN 2220/3210 is $25.

For technical details visit: www.amimon.com/technology.shtml