TriQuint Introduces Integrated Multi-band, Multi-mode Power Amplifier for
Next-Gen Global 3G / 4G Smartphones
The compact, high-efficiency MMPA simplifies design, speeds time to market and
delivers more user operating time
HILLSBORO, Ore., Sep 20, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
(TQNT), a leading RF solutions supplier and technology innovator, today announced
a new Multi-band, Multi-mode Power Amplifier (MMPA) that simplifies the
increasingly complex RF front-end for next-generation global 3G / 4G smartphones
and other mobile devices. The compact, highly integrated TRIUMF(TM) MMPA achieves
best-in-class power-added efficiency, providing up to 15 percent more browsing
time.
"As LTE networks roll out, next-generation smartphones have to incorporate a
growing number of frequency bands. This means device manufacturers must support
the rapidly growing RF content within very small form factors -- without
compromising performance," explained Shane Smith, Vice President of Global
Marketing for Mobile Devices. "Our customers confirm that our new TRIUMF
TQM7M9053 MMPA is optimized for these demanding applications. This integrated
solution consumes 13 percent less PCB space than discrete components and
simplifies routing to enhance system performance and time to market."
Increasing device complexity is driving demand for integrated RF solutions such
as MMPAs. "Multimode, multiband PAs mark the rise of a new high-growth segment
that will alter the course of the RF components industry," said Christopher
Taylor, an analyst with Strategy Analytics. He predicts that the market for MMPAs
will reach more than $700 million in 2016. "The biggest opportunity for MMPAs is
mid- to high-end smartphones, which use the largest number of bands and modes to
ensure availability of voice and data services when roaming."
TriQuint's new second-generation TRIUMF(TM) MMPA TQM7M9053 is drop-in,
pin-compatible with the company's highly successful TQM7M9023 MMPA, which is
found in some of the world's most sought after smartphones and included on a
leading chipset supplier's reference design. TriQuint's new TQM7M9053 offers
higher efficiency at a lower cost, which already has resulted in several
smartphone design wins.
The versatile 5 x 7.5mm TQM7M9053 is a fully matched MMPA that offers quad-band
GSM/EDGE and WCDMA/LTE bands 1, 2, 5 and 8 to support the 3G/4G market in North
America, Europe and Asia. The company's family of TRIUMF(TM) MMPAs combines with
TriQuint's SAW and BAW filters to deliver a complete RF front-end solution for
smartphones and other mobile devices.
The TQM7M9053 TRIUMF(TM) MMPA is shipping now. For more information, contact
TriQuint's distributors, resellers or local and field sales representatives, or
visit triquint.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (TQNT) press release contains forward-looking
statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned that forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties. The cautionary statements made in
this press release should be read as being applicable to all related statements
wherever they appear. Statements containing such words as 'best-in-class',
'less', 'more' or similar terms are considered to contain uncertainty and are
forward-looking statements. A number of factors affect TriQuint's operating
results and could cause its actual future results to differ materially from any
results indicated in this press release or in any other forward-looking
statements made by, or on behalf of, TriQuint including, but not limited to:
those associated with the unpredictability and volatility of customer acceptance
of and demand for our products and technologies, the ability of our production
facilities and those of our vendors to meet demand, the ability of our production
facilities and those of our vendors to produce products with yields sufficient to
maintain profitability, as well as the other "Risk Factors" set forth in
TriQuint's most recent 10-Q report filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. This and other reports can be found on the SEC web site,
sec.gov. A reader of this release should understand that these and
other risks could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations
expressed / implied in forward-looking statements.
FACTS ABOUT TRIQUINT
Founded in 1985, TriQuint Semiconductor (TQNT) is a leading global provider of
innovative RF solutions and foundry services for the world's top communications,
defense and aerospace companies. People and organizations around the world need
real-time, all-the-time connections; TriQuint products help reduce the cost and
increase the performance of connected mobile devices and the networks that
deliver critical voice, data and video communications. With the industry's
broadest technology portfolio, recognized R&D leadership, and expertise in
high-volume manufacturing, TriQuint creates standard and custom products using
gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium nitride (GaN), surface acoustic wave (SAW) and
bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technologies. The company has ISO9001-certified
manufacturing facilities in the U.S., production in Costa Rica, and design
centers in North America and Germany. For more information, visit
triquint.com.
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