Skyworks' Front-End Module Powers Several of Motorola's GSM/GPRS Phones; Enabling a Wide Range of Next Generation Handset Features
Motorola is leveraging Skyworks' module across its V300, V400 and V600 camera phones, which are available now worldwide. The solution is also designed into Motorola's smallest and lightest camera phone to date, the C550 model, available in Europe and Asia. Each model offers cell phone users advanced integrated cameras and other popular communication features, ranging from streaming video to photo editing and zoom capabilities.
"Motorola is one of the world's premier cellular phone brands and Skyworks is proud to be extending our engagement by providing key enabling technology for their aggressive expansion into feature-rich platforms," said Liam K. Griffin, vice president of Sales and Marketing at Skyworks. "Further, we have also expanded our base business within iDEN and CDMA applications and look forward to continued strong growth in 2005."
Skyworks' compact front-end module combines the company's industry-leading HBT power amplifier technology, GaAs PHEMT power detectors, and transmit/receive switch functions into a single low-cost laminate-based multi-chip module (MCM). The quad-band GSM/GPRS device reduces transmitter bill-of-materials costs and component count while shrinking handset board space by more than 40 percent.
About Skyworks
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is the industry's leading wireless semiconductor company focused on RF and complete cellular system solutions for mobile communications applications. The company provides front-end modules, RF subsystems and cellular systems to handset, WLAN and infrastructure customers.
Skyworks is headquartered in Woburn, Mass., with executive offices in Irvine, Calif. The company has design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales and service facilities throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and India. For more information please visit www.skyworksinc.com.
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