"Foster is extremely careful to maintain a high quality level with our earphone products. This Kleer technology exactly meets our severe requirements with its acoustic quality and low power consumption."
Woody Kishi, Officer, HP Div. Deputy General Manager, Foster
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Kleer Announces Reference Design for
Wireless Earphones
Revolutionary low-power radio architecture enables new
product category
January 2, 2007 - Kleer today announced the availability of the first reference design for small form factor wireless earphones that achieve at least 10 hours playtime of lossless CD-quality digital stereo audio over a robust 2.4GHz radio link. The reference design demonstrates the industry’s first un-tethered earphones, meaning there is no wire necessary between the right earphone and the left earphone. The earphones will work with any Kleer-based audio source, including portable audio/media players, home audio/theater systems, and automotive systems. The reference design includes an optional adaptor for the latest generation iPod®. Kleer’s wireless earphone reference design is based on the Company’s KLR3012 RF audio module, the first product in the Company’s recently announced Kleer Audio LP line of RF wireless modules. Kleer will be exhibiting at CES 2007, at the Sands Convention Center, booth #IP209
“Foster is extremely careful to maintain a high quality level with our earphone products. This Kleer technology exactly meets our severe requirements with its acoustic quality and low power consumption." explains Woody Kishi, Officer, HP Div. Deputy General Manager, of Foster.
“We’re hearing from consumer electronics manufacturers that wireless earphones is the most requested feature in the portable audio market today,” said Ron Glibbery, VP of Marketing for Kleer. “Due to the high power consumption of existing wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, cumbersome over-the-ear style headphones are required to accommodate a large battery. Kleer’s wireless earphone design uses only one-tenth of the power of a comparable Bluetooth design, so our battery size requirements are much smaller.
Wireless earphones provide a variety of benefits over traditional wired earphones. Wires can easily get entangled in hair and clothing, and often get yanked out during physical activity. Wireless earphones based on Kleer technology not only eliminate these problems but also provide additional capabilities such as Kleer’s Listen InTM mode, whereby multiple users can simultaneously listen to one MP3 player or DVD player.
The Kleer reference design for wireless earphones will provide manufacturers with the baseline set of technical information they need to bring these much anticipated wireless earphones to market, including the BOM, schematics and Gerber files. Evaluation kits and the earphone reference design can be ordered by contacting Kleer.
More About the Kleer Audio LP Line of RF Wireless Modules
Kleer’s Audio LP line of RF wireless modules is the industry’s first such offering to combine high quality audio and robust ISM band coexistence with low power consumption to address the full range of audio market segments. Unlike Bluetooth, Kleer’s patented subsampling radio architecture was designed from the ground up to communicate lossless CD-quality digital stereo audio over a robust 2.4GHz radio link, while achieving 10 times the battery life of a comparable Bluetooth solution. Kleer’s Wireless Audio LP technology is ideal for consumer electronics OEMs that want to develop interoperable wireless audio products for the portable, home and automotive audio markets. The first product in the Kleer Audio LP line is the KLR3012 module that integrates Kleer’s mixed signal RFIC with RF passives such that little RF design expertise is required to implement a product. Kleer’s embedded software also offers complete and configurable functionality enabling the implementation of products with little or no software development.
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For more information:
Media Contact: Marlene Kovac
Verrecchia Group Communications
Tel:  (514) 421-1940 Ext. 148
Email: marlene@vergroup.com |
Kleer Contact:
Ron Glibbery – VP Marketing
Tel: (408) 966-8938
Email: rglibbery@kleer.com |
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