Single-Chip Products from Staccato Earn Wireless USB Certification

The Ripcord SC3500 has already achieved the following milestones: WiMedia Platform Certification, U.S. FCC Certification, and Japanese TELEC Approval. Certification from the USB-IF permits Staccato the use of the Wireless USB logo to highlight product compliance and interoperability to the Wireless USB specification, ensuring a positive end-user experience.

“We are pleased to see companies like Staccato expanding upon the certified building block solutions available for manufacturers wanting to incorporate Wireless USB into product designs,” said Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF president. “Delivering solutions like single-chip CMOS will support the broad adoption of Wireless USB products.”

“The impact of Staccato’s achievement is significant for customers developing Certified Wireless USB products. This certification milestone, combined with the benefits of Staccato’s low-cost, low-power, and small form-factor offering, offers the opportunity to accelerate market adoption, and can provide Staccato with a strong position as the leading provider of single-chip CMOS products for Certified Wireless USB,” said Brian O’Rourke, principal analyst at In-Stat.

“We decided early on that standards-based, single-chip CMOS with multi-protocol support was the right approach to drive heavy volume into PC, consumer electronics and mobile phone products,” said Marty Colombatto, chairman and CEO at Staccato Communications. “Staccato is committed to this strategy as we continue to innovate with new products on the horizon that will help drive this very exciting technology into the mainstream.”

Staccato offers the Ripcord family of products based on the Wireless USB specification and the WiMedia Alliance’s UWB Common Radio Platform. Staccato’s Ripcord SC3500 series is implemented using leading 110nm digital CMOS process technology and is offered as a Wafer Chip-Scale Package (WCSP). The SC3500 product series enables Staccato to deliver a solution to customers that offers low system cost, simple integration, and small form factor when compared to competing multi-chip solutions.

Staccato’s Wireless USB products are built upon the Protocol Independent Kernel™ (PIK) to enable simultaneous support for Wireless USB, Bluetooth v3.0, WiMedia IP and new mobile services including wireless video and Personal Area Social Networking (PASN).

Staccato’s 110nm highly-integrated digital CMOS silicon includes RF, Digital Baseband, Media Access Controller (MAC), Memory, 32-bit RISC Processor, Encryption Engine and various I/O including USB 2.0 Host, USB 2.0 Device and

SDIO 1.1 Device. The deployment of Staccato’s Ripcord solution will empower the personal computer, consumer electronic and mobile device industries with high-speed wireless personal area network (WPAN) solutions optimized for cost, power consumption and form-factor.