Receiver component manufacturer ALPS Electric Co., Ltd. has developed an HD Radio front-end tuner, the first in its product category to be certified by Ibiquity Digital. ALPS says all the HD Radio front-end tuners that it manufactures, including automotive and home-use tuners, have received certification.
The TDGA 1 Series tuners feature a programmable automatic gain control.
ALPS line of modular products includes front-end tuner units and baseband units (stereo decoders, analog/digital-digital/analog converters, acoustic processors, etc). Mass production of these modules is slated for 2004.
ALPS Releases HD Radio Front-End Tuner
ALPS Releases HD Radio Front-End Tuner
