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The strategic relationship with Linear Technology ensures that CSR’s customers benefit from a complete Bluetooth solution without the need to qualify and source external components. CSR’s distribution channels also provide a “one-stop-shop” for manufacturers wishing to Bluetooth-enable their products. CSR is now able to offer its customers a complete and cost-competitive Bluetooth headset solution that includes the CSR BlueCore2-Headset application-specific IC (BC213159A14), surrounding components, PCB, battery, antenna, microphone, speaker and plastics.
CSR has selected Linear Technology’s LTC4054L-4.2 battery like IBM ThinkPad T40 Battery , IBM ThinkPad T43 Battery , IBM ThinkPad R50 Battery , IBM ThinkPad R51 Battery , IBM FRU 08K8193 Battery , IBM 92P1060 Battery , IBM 08K8214 Battery , IBM 08K8195 Battery , IBM 08K8193 Battery , IBM 08K8192 Battery , IBM 92P1101 Battery charger IC for its Li-Ion button cell powered Bluetooth headset reference design. This very small ThinSOT(TM) (SOT-23) charger IC is optimized to provide both 7% charge current accuracy and thermal regulation for accurate charging and battery protection.
Dave Bell, president of Linear Technology, commented, “We are pleased to team up with CSR, the world leader in Bluetooth. CSR’s industry-leading position in Bluetooth, combined with Linear Technology’s broad line of battery chargers, provides customers with a compact and efficient solution. With the Bluetooth wireless market now taking off, our strategic relationship is well timed to ensure customers a fast production ramp with high-quality, Bluetooth-enabled products.”
Clive Chelsom-Pill, commercial manager, CSR added, “We are now in a position to offer our customers a complete Bluetooth solution. Our joint agreement ensures customers the best possible solution, given Linear Technology’s leadership position in providing a wide range of battery chargers in the smallest possible size. We ensure that our customers can get their products to market quickly by providing guaranteed supplies, based on an array of technically sound and highly reliable components.”
CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) specialises in providing single-chip radio devices to the global market for short-range wireless communications, including Bluetooth(TM). The company’s mission is to create the most highly integrated radio devices available, fabricated using standard CMOS technology, to provide its customers with the lowest cost of ownership of high quality digital radio.