RFMD Unveils Portfolio of Cellular Front End Modules for 3G/4G Switch
and Signal Conditioning Applications
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- RF Micro Devices,
Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of
high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor
technologies, today announced the addition of four new products to RFMD's
expanding portfolio of front end modules for 3G/4G switch and signal
conditioning applications.
RFMD's switch and signal conditioning product portfolio includes
antenna switch modules, switch filter modules, switch duplexer modules,
RF power management components, and low noise amplifiers. The four newly
introduced products — the RF8889A, the RF1291, the RF1194A, and the
RF1196 — are each optimized to solve the complex RF requirements of
3G/4G smartphones related to high band count and harmonics.
Eric Creviston, president of RFMD's Cellular Products Group (CPG),
said, "RFMD's highly integrated, high-performance cellular front end
modules solve our customers' increasingly complex RF requirements and
deliver unmatched ease-of-use benefits related to size, performance
and platform flexibility by offering ascending levels of switch, filter
and duplexer functionality within a single module. Importantly, our
expanding portfolio of antenna switch modules, switch filter modules
and switch duplexer modules is highly complementary to all of our power
platforms and provide our customers a single scalable source for the
entire cellular front end."
The RF8889A and RF1291 single-pole 10 throw (SP10T) antenna switch
modules (ASMs) deliver industry-leading linearity performance and excellent
insertion loss for high-throw count applications and are compatible
with reference designs from Qualcomm, Intel and ST-Ericsson. The RF8889A
and RF1291 are specifically targeted at smartphone applications in which
the coexistence requirements of multiple radio standards (GSM/WCDMA/LTE/WiFi/Bluetooth®)
place critical importance on switch linearity and harmonic performance.
The
RF1194A switch filter module (SFM) delivers the linearity and insertion
loss performance of the RF8889A and RF1291 ASMs and expands upon their
functionality by adding GSM Rx SAW filters. The RF1196 switch duplexer
module (SDM) delivers the switch and filter capabilities of RFMD's ASMs
and SFMs and expands upon their functionality by integrating a WCDMA
band 1 duplexer. The RF1196 is first in a family of RFMD SDM products
that significantly reduce total solution size by delivering complete
front end integration of all switch and filter requirements in a single
front end module.
RFMD offers the industry's most innovative portfolio of radio frequency
components, including cellular power amplifier modules, cellular transmit
modules, antenna switch modules, switch filter modules, switch duplexer
modules, and front ends for Wi-Fi, WiMAX and GPS applications. RFMD
also offers an expanding portfolio of wireless infrastructure products,
including the world's most efficient broadband GaN power amplifier for
3G/4G base stations.
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and communications equipment providers.
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Posted
2/16/2011
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