Freescale Semiconductor’s MC44S803 is a 3.3V, low-power, high-performance, single-chip CMOS broadband tuner. This chip offers a cost-effective, low-power solution for the high-performance analog and digital TV market. The highly integrated third generation silicon tuner receives 48 MHz to 861 MHz radio frequency (RF) signals and converts them to a second intermediate frequency (IF) of 30 MHz to 50 MHz. The single-chip broadband tuner uses double-conversion architecture, which eliminates tracking filters and their manually aligned coils. Two IF outputs are provided to support systems with multiple demodulators (e.g. one digital demodulator and one analog TV demodulator). The MC44S803 is designed to meet all Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSISs) for 64- and 256-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) as well as the NorDig Unified 1.0.1 specifications for coded orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (COFDM) for DVB-T. The device is available in a Pb-free 64-pin quad leadless package (QFN). The chip is carefully designed for flexible power consumption and dissipates as low as 700 mW typical.