Micrel Inc. has added a new member to its QwikRadio family. The MICRF010 IC features the same high-performance as MICRF009 but in a smaller SOIC-8 package. It is aimed at a wide variety of applications in the automotive, industrial and consumer markets. The MICRF010 is currently available in volume quantities. Pricing starts at $1.94 in 1K quantities.

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The MICRF010 features the highest level of integration in a low pin-count RF device. It offers sensitivity typically 6 dB higher than earlier 8-pin QwikRadio receiver ICs in the company’s RF product family. This increase in sensitivity equates to a 50% increase in range. The solution also offers quicker recovery from shutdown, typically 3 ms. The IC has a frequency range of 300 to 440 MHz, a data rate up to 2.0 kbps (Manchester encoding) and provides designers with low power consumption (2.9 mA fully operational at 315MHz).