Microtune, Inc. is a receiver solutions company with a portfolio of advanced tuner, demodulator, amplifier, and receiver products that enable the delivery and exchange of information and entertainment (video, voice, or data) across popular consumer electronics devices and automotive entertainment systems.

Founded in 1996, Microtune invented the single-chip TV tuner, known as the MicroTuner™. Our silicon tuner technology revolutionized the way engineers design RF reception functionality for off-air and cable broadcasts. Today more than 80 U.S. patents protect Microtune´s technology and intellectual property.

In July 2009, Microtune acquired Auvitek International, Ltd., a supplier of high-performance demodulator ICs. The acquisition added new baseband products and technology to our product portfolio and enhanced our intellectual property, engineering talent and China market presence.

Microtune is characterized by our commitment to help our OEM and ODM customers achieve a competitive advantage. With leading-edge RF and baseband products and a worldwide applications/engineering support team, we offer our customers critical technology and applications support that enables them to design cost-effective applications and devices that deliver market-leading performance and reliability.

Seeing opportunity in the large, high-growth markets that are being driven by today's global transition from analog-to-digital transmission, the demand for multi-tuner solutions and new architectures, Microtune's major markets include the digital television, cable television and automotive entertainment markets.

These markets include consumer end products as varied as HDTVs, ultra high-speed DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems, DVR set-top boxes, PC-TVs, VoIP cable modems and automotive TV and radio.

Cable Television (CATV)

Our products designed for this market send and/or receive broadband signals using the CATV network. These products include tuners, receivers, and amplifiers for DOCSIS®/EuroDOCSIS™ high-speed voice and data cable modems, digital cable set-top boxes, and hybrid analog/digital cable set-top boxes. Our upconverter modules and chipsets are used in headend modulators, and our RF amplifiers are used to send and receive signals between the cable headend and customer premises equipment (CPE).

Automotive Entertainment

Microtune specialized products for this market are used in automotive as well as commercial aircraft environments which have stringent manufacturing and reliability specifications. Our automotive electronics products range from components for traditional AM/FM radios (including tuners and in-glass antenna amplifiers) to components for new digital entertainment applications, such as in-car television, in-flight video, and software defined radio. Microtune´s RF solutions deliver superior performance, reliability, and manufacturability while meeting the unique transportation industry challenges of temperature, vibration, and long product lifetimes.

Digital Television (DTV)

For off-air/terrestrial DTV, Microtune has products that receive analog/digital or all digital broadcast signals. These products, including tuners, receivers, and demodulators, are designed for use in popular consumer electronics devices such as high-definition TVs, integrated digital television (iDTV) sets, digital terrestrial set-top converter boxes, and various TV peripherals such as portable DVD players, digital personal video recorders (DVRs), DVD recorders, and PC/TV multimedia products.

The portfolio is made up of silicon tuner and tuner module products, which are also complimented by application-specific Microtune amplifier and upconverter devices. The company also offers a family of demodulators, and with its new line of products based on the MicroCeiver™ architecture, it will also offer news classes of highly integrated receiver front-ends.

Microtune's flagship tuner chips provide high-performance tuning for cable, Internet Protocol, iDTV, automotive TV, digital TV, home networking, and mobile TV applications. They include:

• MT3141: World-standard DTV receiver,
• MT3511: RF-to-digital converter for software defined radio,
• MT2170: DOCSIS 3.0 wideband tuner,
• MT2067: analog/digital car TV tuner,
• MT2068: low-power 1GHz cable tuner
• AU852x series ATSC digital demodulators
• AU88xx series CTTB/DTMB demodulators

Microtune's customers are worldwide leaders in the cable equipment, consumer electronics, and automotive entertainment segments.

The company currently holds more than 80 US patents and remains committed to researching and developing the best techniques and designs for silicon tuner technology across multiple markets

Recognized as a leader in state-of-the-art tuner and demodulator technology, Microtune offers market-proven, customer-hardened products. As part of its commitment to leading-edge technical development and industry growth, Microtune has established its Design Centers for Excellence, which are fully-equipped labs with sophisticated and specialized equipment and resources. In these on-site labs, Microtune engineers can verify and test ICs and systems to the latest global specifications, protocols, and regulations.

Headquartered in Plano, TX, Microtune has established key design and sales centers around the world, including Germany, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.