Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Sirius and Epcos Working Together

Sirius and Epcos Working Together

Although there is very little information available, we have confirmed that Sirius Satellite Radio has a relationship with Epcos, Inc. (symbol EPC), through the existence of a Non Disclosure agreement between the two companies.

Earlier this year Epcos, Inc. http://www.usa.epcos.com/web/Default.aspx announced the development of a series of SAW filters for digital satellite radio systems and receivers. These filters can be used for home, vehicle and portable devices.

SDARS units utilize several different IF SAW filters because of the diverse terrestrial and orbital paths of the satellites. The B170 IF series are designed for low insertion attenuation. The X730 series in a plastic case, and the B171 series in a ceramic SMD package are also utilized by SDARS.

The extent of the Sirius and Epcos relationship is not known, but the existence of the relationship is not in question.

The link for this writeup is -
http://satellitestandard.blogspot.com/2006/03/sirius-and-epcos-working-together.html