Digital Radio and Processing System-On-Chip

The SAF360x is a monolithic integrated digital terrestrial radio processor. The SAF360x family includes different chip variants—SAF3600, SAF3601, SAF3602, SAF3604, SAF3606, SAF3607. The SAF360x provides reception, demodulation, audio decoding and application processing for various digital radio standards.

• Next generation HD Radio / DAB / DAB+ / T-DMB / DRM solution for breakthrough in system cost reduction
• Dual channel processing with on-chip dual DAB front-end, memory and source decoding
• End-of-production line programmability
• DAB-FM / DAB-DAB blending
• Advanced reception improvement algorithms
• Integrated antenna splitter enabling antenna diversity
• On chip voltage regulation for performance critical Front-end supply via an external transistor from 3.3 V (SAF3601, SAF3602, SAF3604, SAF3606 only)
• Single system XTAL with optional clock reference output capabilities
• Small PCB footprint using state-of-the-art BGA package

IMPORTANT: For additional information and sample availability, contact your local Sales Office or Authorized Distributor.

Product Details

Features

HD Radio Technology

• HD Radio signal decoding for AM and FM digital audio
• Supports HD Radio single, dual and triple tuner use cases
• HD all-digital mode support
• SAF3604: On-chip FM-tuner for data service reception
• Dual baseband input interface using I²S-bus derivative with I/Q
• Secondary baseband interface for dual tuner applications
• Data services support for HD Radio reception
• Electronic Program Guide (EPG)
• Off-chip LOT processing
• Enhanced reception through Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC)

DRM

• DRM signal decoding for AM and FM digital audio
• Prepared for dual DRM support with background scanning or data services from second station
• Frontend to baseband interface through serial I²S-bus type interface
• Prepared for secondary baseband interface for dual tuner applications
• Channel decoder reception improvements
• Supports xHE-AAC codec
• Prepared for DRM+

DAB, DAB+ and T-DMB Radio Technology

• Dual reception processing with on-chip dual DAB front-end, ADC, memory and source decoding
• Data service reception and filtering
• Full dual ensemble processing (2 × 1.8 Mbit/s)
• Optional third tuner input via serial I 2 S-bus type interface
• Integrated DAB-FM/ DAB-DAB time alignment and seamless blending
• Integrated support for all actual audio codecs (AAC, HE-AAC, MP2, BSAC)
• (Optional) Additional features:
  • Reception improvement algorithms for single antenna systems delivering additionally improved BER
  • Diversity reception improvement through advanced Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC) algorithms leveraging dual antenna diversity
  • Third external tuner supports enabling background service scan or data services in case of two primary Saturn tuners are used for antenna diversity reception

  Digital Audio

  • Up to 6 channel (5.1) audio support through TDM audio interface or triple I 2 S
  • Programmable audio sample rate converter (8 kHz to 48 kHz) for up to 6 channels
  • I 2 S audio input for auxiliary processing
  • Optional SRC (8 kHz to 48 kHz) for I 2 S-bus input
  • Optional support for input and output 96 kHz sample rate conversion
  • Basic audio processing for external digital audio sources
  • Advanced audio processing (contact NXP for a list of supported audio processing features

  Other Peripheral Interfaces

  • Two I 2 C-bus interfaces
  • Two Serial Peripheral Interfaces (SPI)
  • One High-Speed Serial Peripheral Interface (HS-SPI)
  • One UART interface
  • 16 individual GPIO pins for applications and diagnostics
  • One JTAG interface for diagnostics

  Additional Features

  • Secure boot, image authentication
  • Identical radio architecture with the same chip and specific software for various standards including DAB, HD Radio and DRM
  • Radio control reuse from SAF356X with same API
  • In field software upgrade possibility
  • One internal clock oscillator and two internal Phase-Locked Loops (PLL)
  • Powerful signal, audio processing core architecture
  • Qualified in accordance with AEC-Q100

  Remark: Not all features are available on all variants or in all combinations. Contact NXP sales for more information.

  Target Applications

  • Application depends on usages and reception standard

  Part numbers include: SAF3600EL, SAF3601EL, SAF3602EL, SAF3604EL, SAF3606EL, SAF3607EL.