RFMD Expands Industry-Leading Edge Product Portfolio
RF Micro Devices®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD), a leading provider of proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for wireless communications applications, today announced the availability of the RF3159 quad-band power amplifier (PA) - specifically designed to support EDGE mobile devices utilizing linear transmit architectures.
"The RF3159 highlights the Company's commitment to supporting all transmit architectures in the growing EDGE segment of the wireless market," said Konrad Alvarino, General Manager, Components Business Unit at RFMD. "This new EDGE product, based in part on our existing RF3158 EDGE PA, has already seen significant traction, with interest coming from both reference platforms and handsets manufacturers."
The RF3159 is a high linearity quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE PA designed to support EDGE transceivers utilizing a linear transmit architecture. The RF3159 PA module is fully matched for easy implementation and is housed in a 6x6mm package, which is industry-leading for the linear EDGE PA market. The product's gain and linearity lineups enable handset manufacturers to optimize the transmit chain to meet various requirements of linearity, efficiency and output power. The module is designed to be the final amplification stage in a dual-mode GSM/GPRS/EDGE mobile transmit lineup operating in the 824MHz to 915MHz and 1710MHz to 1910MHz bands. The RF3159 will be available for general sampling in April, with mass production ramping in May.
With the availability of the RF3159, RFMD further solidifies its position as the leading supplier of EDGE PAs. RFMD is also the leading supplier of merchant market EDGE transceivers, having shipped more than 20 million of its POLARIS™ TOTAL RADIO™ transceiver solutions. RFMD anticipates continued sales growth in the EDGE market, which the Company forecasts will grow approximately 100% in 2006.
Key Features of the RF3159
- Package: 6x6mm module
- Gain optimized for input power window of -3 < Pin < +3 dBm
- Pout GMSK +35, +33 dB, Pout 8PSK _28..5, +27.4 dB typical low band/high band
- Integrated power control and band select
- Single 3.2V to 4.5V supply voltage
- Integrated VBatt tracking circuit
- Improved 8PSK performance into VSWR