- Cologne Chip AG. Type Information; ID: 0959: Vendor Devices. Type Vendor ID Vendor Name Device ID Device Name More; USB: 0959: Cologne Chip AG: 2bd0: Intelligent ISDN (Ver. 3.60.04) HFC-S Vendor Device Made with ️ by Doug Thwaites.
- The GateMate TM FPGA family of Cologne Chip AG addresses all application requirements of small to medium size FPGAs. Very low power and speed applications are feasible. Logic capacity, power consumption, package size and PCB compatibility are best in class.
- Cologne Chip is official sponsor of Invent a Chip 2020, a German contest searching for young talents in IC design.
Engineer’s First Choice in ISDN
Electronic Engineers looking for ISDN transceiver ICs find their perfect choice at Cologne Chip: The German ISDN specialist offers a broad range of controller chips for all kind of ISDN applications in Private Networks.
Being in the market since the early 90th, the company became –focused on its niche– the most reliable partner of telecom equipment manufacturers in the ISDN field, even superseding chip giant Intel.
HID Global, with its product brand OMNIKEY one of the world's leading manufacturers of innovative smart card readers, offers with the OMNIKEY® 3121 a high-performance smart card reader USB connected for desktop use with multiple standing options in a robust housing. CCID Driver for OMNIKEY readers: 1021, 3021, 3121 USB Card Reader, 5022, 5023, 5122, 5422, 5x25, 5127 CK Mini, 5427 CK, 6121. Architectures: x64, x86 OS's: Windows 10 (32- and 64-bit) Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit) Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit) Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit) Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server.
Long-term availability, short lead times and excellent technical support are understood – at attractive prices.
While the focus was on PC add-on cards in the early days, later on PABXes and ISDN phones, the company nowadays paves the way for the transition of Circuit-Switched Networks as legacy technology towards IP-based Next-Generation Networks: Cologne Chip supplies its ISDN transceivers world-wide to many vendors of VoIP Gateways and Integrated Access Devices (IADs). Leading European telcos rely on the ISDN products of the company.
Products are available for Basic Rate (BRI) and Primary Rate (PRI) technology.
Among the BRI standards, the popular ISDN S/T interface (also known as S0 interface) and the ISDN Up interface (also known as Up0, UpN or UpE technology) are supported. Furthermore the most sophisticated ISDN controller IC of Cologne Chip comprises a line-interface unit (LIU) and framer for E1 technology (synonymic for S2M) as PRI standard.

Main Features of HFC Series and XHFC Series
- integrated ISDN line interfaces
for Basic Rate S/T and UpN/Up0 or Primary Rate E1
configurable into TE or NT mode by software - low power consumption
e.g. only 19mA for XHFC-1SU - easy inter-chip connection to telecom ICs,
such as CODECs, DSPs and broadband processors
built-in PCM / TDM bus interface for serial telecom highway - fully digital chip architecture
manufactured in pure digital CMOS technology - excellent price
high functional integration means low BOM costs - comprehensive software support
generic Linux drivers and 3rd-party software available for all ICs
XHFC Series

XHFC - These letters stand for the latest series of ISDN ICs, each of them integrating up to 4 Universal ISDN ports, selectable as S/T and Up interfaces - all together into one Basic Rate ISDN tranceiver.
Purely digital, reliable and sold in millions to the market, these small form factor ICs are ideally suited for embedded applications.
HFC Series
Driver's Cologne Chip Ag Info
With HFC-4S and HFC-8S, we offer highly integrated ISDN controller ICs with the right number of ports suiting your Basic Rate application. HFC-E1 is your best choice when you are in need of a reliable ISDN controller chip for your device in a Primary Rate scenario.
Drivers Cologne Chip Against
All ICs come with a large number of interfaces, including an integrated PCI interface, making them ideal for PC applications.
Driver's Cologne Chip Ag Super
Customer products from left to right: Telephone Agfeo ST-48-IP, PABXs Agfeo ES 516 and ES-548