Sunnyvale, California-based Stanford Telecommunications Inc has announced that its Application-Specific Integrated Circuit & Custom Products Division has entered a joint venture with Santa Clara, California-based TIW Systems Inc to develop and produce a wireless Very Small Aperture Terminal communications subsystem. Initially there will be a combined development period during which 1,000 units will be produced. A spokesman for Stanford Telecom says that it and TIW will target the expanding international telephony market by combining voice and modem technology to create a variable mode Very Small Aperture product. The single board subsystem will have a Stanford Telecom modem, together with TIW’s voice compression and telephone interface circuitry. The product is destined for use in TIW’s next generation Very Small Aperture Terminal, FlexiDAMA II, which is aimed at business voice and data communications in developing countries, using rural wireless telephony systems. The subsystem’s features will include Binary and Quad Phase Shift Keying, several different data rates, and high spectral efficiency, says Stanford Telecom. The unit will incorporate custom-designed circuitry and Stanford Telecom’s integrated circuit building blocks. The completed circuit board will be produced in Sunnyvale by its MQA Division. No pricing or shipping details were announced.
