Evolution of digital radios, and future trends in receiver technologies

Carsten Friedrich

June 2012

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Frontier Silicon is the leading chip-set provider for digital radio

Addressing home audio, automotive; developing

solutions for mobile

Pioneer in Internet and Hybrid Radio with award

winning technology

Market leader in Digital Radio solutions (75% share

of in-home digital receivers)

4th generation chip currently in development

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For ten years, we have supplied the world’s leading audio brands – often on an exclusive basis

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Modern Radios are digital

• Digital Radios …

– … can receive FM too

– … are future proof

– … have a better sound than pure FM radios

– … offer more features than pure FM Radios

– … are easier to use than pure FM Radios

– … are high value radios anyway compare to pure FM Radios

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Entry priced receivers, enabled by the cost reductions of solutions

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Dockers, enabled by increased processing capability of solution

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Portable radios, enabled by reductions in power consumption of solutions

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Ultra-portables / handhelds, enabled by reduction in size of solutions

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Digital radio integration into audio systems

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Radios with colour screens and enhanced user interfaces, enabling easier content access

• Colour touch-screen – for

Slideshow either broadcast

or via RadioVIS (IP)

• Colour touch-screen allows

user to tap to select and

swipe to change views

• Broadcasters are making

increasing use of visual

functionality

• Allows the industry to follow this

trend and introduce new

technologies which become

more mainstream

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Digital radios will provide the ability to pause, rewind and record, and with EPG data

• Functionality which is familiar to

consumers from digital TV will also

become available on digital radio

devices

Digital Radio with EPG

(Electronic Program Guide) and Record

Record DAB/FM radio

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With hybrid radio (broadcast plus IP), users will be able to receive an enhanced listening experience

RadioTAG (via IP)

New song

• Hear new song on radio

• Hit Tag button

- for info

- to add to own playlist

- to share with friends

Advertiser

• Hear ad on radio / see

visual display

• Tag to interact

- access more information

- register interest

Listen later

• Listening to programme is

interrupted

• Tag and listen later

• Radio TAG• Mechanism to interact with broadcast service

• Example uses of RadioTAG

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Connectivity to become a standard feature within products

• Cost of adding wireless

technology to CE products fast

reducing

• Increasing number of products

with wireless connectivity

• Alternate platform to colour

radios

- Reuse display from smartphone /

tablet

• Availability of connectivity within

devices provides platform for

Hybrid Radio

Wireless (wifi /

Bluetooth) link

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Next Generation Radios - A shift to multimedia platforms rather than audio-centric devices

Key Features of Next Generation radios

include :

• Display – better / larger displays to show

more contents

• Memory - Built-in memory for data caching

applications (pause/rewind)

• Connectivity – for interfacing with smart

phones / tablets, with Apps to enable

advanced features

• Interactivity – support for further listener –

broadcaster interaction (via IP backchannels)

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Thank you

Carsten Friedrich

Automotive Marketing Manager, Frontier Silicon

Carsten.Friedrich@frontier-silicon.com