On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 8:08 AM lamontcranston17 <nojunk@...> wrote:

Maybe I need to refine my question a bit. The discuss was about if a
radio is designed today, will it incorporate a receive chip.
It all started with someone saying Varicap availability is dwindling,
(especially large sizes) and it was because of lack of demand in AM radio
because of receive chips.

The radio is on a chip. You put power in, RF in, get audio out.
Everything is done by the chip. Your only job is to tell the chip
what you want.

https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/application-notes/AN400.pdf

https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/application-notes/AN332.pdf



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