DESCRIPTION
The STA001 is an RF IC using STMicroelectronics HSB2 High Speed Bipolar Technology for one chip solution for the Starman digital satellite radio receiver.
The STA001 is assembled in a TQFP44 package. The frontend architecture is a double conversion receiver (see block diagram) .
The chip includes all the RF functions up to low IF and manages the signals to and from the baseband.

■ SINGLE CHIP RECEIVER FOR SATELLITE DIGITAL TRANSMISSION
■ SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVER WITH IF OUTPUT
■ HIGH INPUT INTERCEPT POINT, LOW MIXER NOISE
■ 54dB IF VGA GAIN RANGE
■ ADJUSTABLE RF GAIN
■ ADJUSTABLE IF GAIN
■ INTEGRATED RF VCO
■ INTEGRATED IF VCO
■ INTEGRATED SYNTHESIZER
■ I2CBUS COMPATIBLE PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
■ UNREGULATED 2.7 V TO 3.3V VOLTAGE SUPPLY
■ LOW COST EXTERNAL COMPONENTS