Spirea AB Announces Cost Optimized Transceivers for the
2.4 GHz WLAN Market; g-TraC and b-TraC transceivers in
0.18um CMOS support 802.11g - draft - and 802.11b

    The g-TraC and b-TraC are new members of the Transceiver on CMOS (TraC) suite of transceivers that Spirea offers for the wireless local area network (WLAN) markets. Both products will be available in second quarter 2003.

    "We are using our flexible WLAN radio technology platform, which we developed for our flagship TripleTraC product, to very rapidly introduce new devices to support different WLAN applications" said Johnny Johansson, President and CEO of Spirea. "We will continue to support our partners and customers with the lowest cost, smallest form factor and most power efficient radio chips for all short range wireless standards," he added.

    b-TraC (product number SPW120) performance is optimized for up to 27.5Mbit/s transmission for IEEE 802.11b and enhanced 802.11b (also known as 802.11b+) standards. The NF is 6 dB and maximum input signal is -10 dBm, targeting low cost Network Interface Card (NIC/Client) applications.

    g-TraC (product number SPW110) performance is optimized for up to 54Mbit/s transmission for the upcoming IEEE 802.11g. The NF is 6 dB and maximum input signal is -20 dBm, making it ideal for high data rate, high performance NIC (Client) applications that support only 2.4GHz ISM band.

    TripleTraC, which is now sampling, offers support for all WLAN standards: 802.11a, 802.11g(draft) and 802.11b. It is designed for NIC (Client) applications that need to support all WLAN standards.

    "We recognized the need to offer our customers and partners a smooth and cost-effective migration path for high data rate WLAN," said Anders Oldeback, Spirea VP Products and Sales. "This is made possible by a multi-standard 802.11a/b/g combination for maximum flexibility, 802.11g only for 54Mbit/s at 2.4GHz, and 802.11b support for low cost applications, all using the same baseband interface."

    To assist customers with assessing its transceivers, Spirea offers complete Spirea Transceiver Evaluation Platform (STEP) boards for evaluation and early prototyping. A reference design is also included to facilitate the quick design of the board for volume manufacturing. The reference design comes with a complete Bill of Material (BoM) making the RF design work an "out-of-the-box" experience with minimum effort.

    About Spirea
    Spirea is a fabless semiconductor company focusing on RF solutions for wireless communications. By exploiting leading-edge radio, analog and digital IC technologies, Spirea delivers a suite of low-cost, highly integrated and low power, multi-standard radios for the wireless short distance markets. Spirea is a privately held company based in Kista, Sweden, the center of wireless development. Spirea can be found on the web at http://www.spirea.com.

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             CONTACT: 
             Fusion Public Relations
             Michael Lane
             Tel: 212/651-4230
             Fax: 212/840-0505
             Michael.lane@fusionpr.com
                       or
             Spirea AB
             Anders Oldeback
             Tel: +46.8.633.25.22
             Fax: +46.8.633.25.40
             anderso@spirea.com