RDA Microelectronics, Inc. (RDA Microelectronics) has licensed and installed Bluetooth baseband and protocol stack IP from CEVA, Inc. (CEVA) in a cost-effective, single-chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR IC optimized for power-sensitive, portable devices. RDA Microelectronics has started the volume shipment of RDA5868 IC to local Chinese design houses. RDA5868 incorporates RDA Microelectronics' wide RF and transceiver technologies with CEVA's Bluetooth IP on a single die.

The power consumption and the standby power are optimized for the low power, battery-powered applications, making it perfect for the rapidly growing handset market in China. The processor is compliant with the Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR specification, offering an best possible Bluetooth solution for data and voice applications.

CEVA’s Bluetooth baseband and protocol stack IP provides us with a feature-rich, low power architecture which we were easily able to enhance and integrate with our leading-edge RF and transceiver technologies to deliver a highly-competitive single-chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR offering, stated Liang Zhang vice president of R&D at RDA Microelectronics. CEVA’s reputation as a world class IP provider is well deserved.

We are pleased to partner with RDA and provide our industry-proven Bluetooth IP for their flagship single-chip Bluetooth processor, stated Aviv Malinovitch, vice president, operations at CEVA. RDA is known for its outstanding RF technology and they have succeeded in delivering a highly-integrated Bluetooth product that offers excellent sensitivity and output power.

CEVA Bluetooth IP contains an RTL baseband engine coupled with an ANSI C Controller software stack. Designed for flexibility, portability and configurability, it is perfect for integration into a broad range of embedded applications incorporating mobile devices, headsets and automotive products. With a compact gate count and a clock-gated architecture, the baseband engine is perfect for low power applications. The feature rich controller software stack provides wide scope for customization for particular products and presents a standard HCI interface for integration with common Host software stacks.

Integrating RF performance with sensitivity better than -90dbm and output power greater than 3dbm, the RDA5868 Bluetooth IC offers a solution with a signal range exceeding that of competing single-chip solutions. The chip offers either UART or USB that are specified as HCI interfaces by Bluetooth SIG standard, and also supports PCM audio interface. RDA5868 has been designed with the high level of integration to extremely decrease the number of external components. RDA5868 uses CMOS process technology with a compact 6*6mm package size. Compliant with Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR specification, the processor recently passed the Bluetooth Qualification Bodies (BQB) certification for Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR by the Bluetooth SIG.

CEVA is a US-based licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores.

RDA Microelectronics is a China-based fabless IC design house.