Ceramate Technical Co, Ltd Introduces the World's Smallest DVB-T STB Module Enabling TV Reception on Any Portable Device

Ceramate Technical Co, Ltd Introduces the World's Smallest DVB-T STB Module Enabling TV Reception on Any Portable Device

TAOYUAN, Taiwan, February 12/PRNewswire/ --

          - New CT500 DVB-T mobile STB is addressing the needs of a new       generation of portable convergence devices.     - Based on Abilis Systems DVB-T single chip receiver and C&M       Microelectronics audio/video decoder     - Ultra small footprint ( 20 x 38 mm, one side components ) easily       embeddable in any portable device with an LCD display.     - Superior performances and power efficiency     - To be demonstrated at Mobile World Congress 2009, Barcelona  

Ceramate Technical Co,Ltd., the added value distributor of STB solutions in Taiwan and China, announced today the availability of the CT500 module, the world's smallest Set Top Box module. The CT500 module is a full featured DVB-T receiver and MPEG2 video decoder: antenna IN , video OUT. As small as 20 x 38 mm, and with an unprecedented power consumption of 850 mW, it ideally fits into any portable device such as DVD player, navigation systems, media players, pocket TVs and any other convergence device. The CT500 was designed as a partnership with Abilis Systems and C&M Microelectronics, two leaders for mobile TV products.

"This module reinforces our strategy to serve our customers with breakthrough added value solutions, ready for a direct integration into their handheld devices," said Robert Cheng, CEO of Ceramate."With such a small size and power consumption, not to mention a highly competitive price, DVB-T reception will become a must-have feature."

The CT500 module is based on the AS-102, a single chip DVB-T receiver from Abilis Systems, produced in a 5mm x 5mm CSP package. Requesting very few external components, this chip enables the smallest footprint for a complete DVB-T receiver. "Our receiver is now a mature product, which has been extensively characterized throughout Europe. Thanks to our software defined radio approach we have been able to steadily improve the performances in real life conditions, to outperform the benchmarked alternative solutions," declared Yves Mathys, CEO of Abilis Systems.

Schedar1 is an ultra small MPEG-2 single-chip audio/video/system decoder for mobile/portable TV solution. It provides low- power, cost-effective solution, yet with advanced audio/video controls.

"Schedar series are based on proven Video IP solutions (MPEG-2/ H.264 from Chips&Media) which most SoC company have used. Another new product, Schedar2, which is the world's smallest (7X7 form factor) MPEG-2 decoder includes 16MByte SDRAM inside, is coming soon. We, C&M Microelectronics will continuously provide more competitive Digital Broadcasting Products to mobile/portable customers continuously," said Jesse Lim, CEO of C&M Microelectronics.

Dr Lee, General Manager of BestImage Co, Ltd declared: "Such a small and high performance module is key to provide our customers with a new generation of portable devices with embedded DTV, appealing with both their slim form factor and long battery life."

The Ceramate product line of mobile STB will be demonstrated at the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona early February by Abilis Systems ( 4.4HS02 ).

About Abilis Systems

Abilis Systems, a Kudelski Group company, provides true single-chip CMOS solutions for OFDM-based radio communications standards, enabling any electronics device with a display to receive digital TV broadcasts. By utilizing software-defined radio architectures to guarantee the highest quality of service in all reception conditions, combined with the latest low power technology, Abilis Systems enables a small footprint, low power television receiver which can support mobile and digital TV standards worldwide. The fabless semiconductor company's unique 'antenna-to-digital' solution is easily integrated to output a digital TV video stream ready for decoding and display. Abilis Systems, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, also actively co-operates with sister companies of the Kudelski Group to develop complete hardware/software packages for highly secured conditional access systems. For more information, visit http://www.abilis.com.

About Ceramate Technical Co, Ltd

Ceramate has proudly developed its services and product lines with a spirit of aggressive challenges. With a global vision, Ceramate is always focussing at cooperating with its customers to support their successful growth.

Ceramate believes its success will be based on its customers's satisfaction , resulting from trustworthy and reliable services by a experienced team. For more information, please visit http://www.ceramate.com.tw

About C&M Microelectronics

C&M Microelectronics specializes in innovative SoC solutions for mobile applications and digital multimedia consumer applications, such as mobile handsets, navigation devices, portable media players (PMPs), IPTV set-top boxes, and DVB S/T/C PVR set-top boxes. C&M Microelectronics provides cutting-edge source coding & channel coding SoC products with top-notch technologies to market-leading customers including MPEG-2 Decoder IC's, MPEG-4 Decoder IC's, H.264/AVC, WMV9/VC-1, Real Video Decoder ICs and etc. With extensive specialties from its prior video IP solution business, C&M Microelectronics helps customers to perform high-performance multimedia under ultra low-power consumption.

Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, C&M Microelectronics also has a sales office in Shenzhen, China.

For more information, please visit the company's web site at http://www.cnmmicro.com .

          For further information, please contact:      Angus YEN     Digital TV Product Manager     +886-937-922-972     angus@ceramate.com.tw      Eric Gouze     Head of Business Development     +41-19-706-1900     Eric.gouze@abilis.com  

Source: Ceramate Technical Co Ltd

For further information, please contact: Angus YEN, Digital TV Product Manager, +886(937)922-972, angus@ceramate.com.tw; Eric Gouze, Head of Business Development, +41-19-706-1900, Eric.gouze@abilis.com

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