Development of systems for R2/MF signaling using new signal processing techniques

• Grant number: 97/13355-7
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: June 01, 1998
• End date: March 31, 2001
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Electrical, Magnetic and Electronic Circuits
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Geraldo Kruger
• Grantee: Carlos Geraldo Kruger
• Company: Idea Sistemas Eletrônicos Ltda

Abstract

With this project, the company IDEA! intends to develop an application-specific integrated circuit (Asic) which, besides encompassing the already existing solutions, brings together new functions that justify its application in low cost terminal equipment. For this to happen, it is intended to make use of innovative techniques of telephone signal processing jointly with the use of structured project methodologies, where a high level description is made with the later use of simulation tools and synthesis. Having detected the growing strength of small and medium enterprises throughout the world, a research group, originating from the Telebrás system, decided to create the company IDEA! Sistemas Eletrônicos Ltda. Determined to meet and to exceed their customers’ expectations, IDEA! visited the companies that are important players in the Brazilian technology arena and identified the interest of businesses in the telecommunications sector in the development of a low cost Asic component for the reception and transmission of multi-frequency signals of type MFC and MFP. As a result, it expects to obtain a low cost component for MFC that will enable the development of national equipment for various applications, rendering them competitive in the national and international markets. (AU)