ANADIGICS Announces ‘Industry's First’ Family of Gateway Splitters Featuring Up to Eight RF Outputs

(Product News, 1 Dec 2009)

ANADIGICS Inc. has launched the ‘industry's first’ family of gateway splitters that provide up to eight RF outputs. These additional RF outputs are new to ANADIGICS's APS3600 splitter family targeted for use in home gateways which incorporate multiple tuner architectures. ANADIGICS new five-way splitter, the APS3625, incorporates a by-pass function to enable cable supported voice phones to function even in the event of a power loss. This family of splitters also offers exceptional linearity over the cable spectrum and low return loss, thus delivering enhanced image and sound quality in a multitude of applications.

The new family of gateway splitters offers several benefits to equipment manufacturers, service providers and consumers. Equipment manufacturers benefit from integrated active solutions that have high linearity and low noise which does not degrade the signal integrity. Service providers can benefit from lower equipment costs since the box size is potentially smaller due to fewer components than traditional passive designs. Consumers with networked entertainment devices can now enjoy the features of their primary STB or DVR, from any room within the house, resulting in an improved user experience. Businesses such as hotels can expand their TV services to more than 15 different hotel rooms using equipment containing these active splitter devices.