The device is compliant with DVB-C as well as ITU-J.83 annex A and C standards, and supports direct IF sampling with a variable frequency of up to 60MHz. It also includes a full QAM demodulation path including a 10bit A/D function and has been designed to work in 256 QAM on extremely noisy and distorted channels.

Capable of providing a fast acquisition time for QAM signals of less than 20ms, the device interfaces gluelessly to all leading MPEG decoders currently on the market, and supports variable demodulation symbol rates between 7 and 0.7Mbaud/s. It only requires a single 8MHz SAW filter and can be used even in environments where extreme adjacent interference is prevalent.

All MB87L2070s will be supplied with a full analogue front-end reference design which offers a quick and cost-effective system integration path and supports multiple types of tuners.