Skyworks Ramps WCDMA Front-End Modules at a Leading Tier-One Handset OEM; Intera(TM) Portfolio Now Supporting Four of Five Leading Handset Manufacturers
Skyworks' portfolio of Intera FEMs today support four of the five tier-one handset OEMs, and are at the heart of well over 100 million handsets following their debut just two and a half years ago. Leveraging patented load insensitive power amplifier (LIPA) technology, the company's newest WCDMA FEMs, with fully integrated filters, are ideal for 3G multimode, multimedia applications where size, performance and cost are critical.
"We are delighted to be extending our leadership front-end module capabilities into WCDMA applications with a strategic ramp underway at one of the world's largest handset suppliers," said Liam K. Griffin, Skyworks' senior vice president sales and marketing. "As the industry migrates to radio-intensive multimode applications, Skyworks is uniquely positioned to capitalize given our broad portfolio of highly integrated front-end modules. Further, as the industry's only high-volume supplier of direct conversion radios with support for EDGE, GPRS and CDMA applications, Skyworks can traverse all of the world's key cellular networks with backward compatible RF solutions. In turn, this depth and breadth enables us to offer a highly differentiated and comprehensive radio portfolio."
WCDMA is a 3G wireless technology that allows users to send and receive mobile voice, data, image and video communications at speeds up to 2 Mbps over a broad range of frequencies. HSDPA enables high-speed downlink with data transmission up to 10 Mbps. According to Deutsche Bank, WCDMA handsets are expected to grow 10 fold off a base of roughly 45 million handsets sold in 2005 to 445 million units by 2009.
About Skyworks' Portfolio of WCDMA FEMs
Small and efficient, Skyworks' 22-pin surface mount WCDMA FEMs integrate the interstage filter, the input matching, the PA, the output matching, the power detection, and the duplexer into a single 5 x 8 x 1.5mm package. Meeting the stringent spectral requirements of HSDPA standards up to 24.2 dBm output power, they incorporate an indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) heterojunction bipolar transistor PA and contain circuitry to optimize power detector performance. Integration of the RF front-end greatly simplifies the design of the handset radio as all critical matching between the interstage filter, PA, power detection and duplexer is optimized within the module.
About Skyworks
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an industry leader in radio solutions and precision analog semiconductors for mobile communications applications. The company's power amplifiers, front-end modules and direct conversion transceivers are at the heart of many of today's leading-edge multimedia handsets, cellular base stations and wireless networking platforms. Skyworks also offers a portfolio of highly innovative linear products, supporting a diverse set of automotive, broadband, industrial and medical customers.
Headquartered in Woburn, Mass., Skyworks is worldwide with engineering, manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout Asia, Europe and North America. For more information, please visit the Skyworks Web site at: www.skyworksinc.com.
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