RF Micro Devices Announces New Receiver Front End for W-CDMA and PCS Applications
Source: RF Micro Devices
New GaAs HBT Device Features Stepped Gain Control and Adjustable Bias Current
London, UK and Greensboro, NC. RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD), a leading provider of proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for wireless communications applications, announced today, at Mobile Silicon 2000, the development of a new complete receiver front end for the receive section of W-CDMA and PCS applications.
RF Micro Devices newest GaAs HBT device, the RF2469, contains a W-CDMA/PCS low noise amplifier/mixer down-converter. Typical applications include W-CDMA handsets, PCS handsets and general-purpose downconversion - up to 2.5GHz.
The RF2469 amplifies and down-converts RF signals while providing 23dB of stepped gain control range. Device features include digital control of the LNA gain and power-down mode, plus adjustable IIP3 of the LNA and mixer using an off-chip current setting resistor. The RF2469 offers a 24.5dB maximum cascade gain, with a corresponding noise figure of only 2.5dB and a -9.5dBm IIP3 (assuming a 2.5dB I.L. RF saw filter).
The RF2469 is part of a complete single-mode W-CDMA RF chipset solution. Announced in June 2000, the chipset was developed by using RF Micro Devices extensive experience in CDMA RFICs and by incorporating specific feedback from many customers - particularly in Japan and Europe. This chipset offers a complete RF-to-IF solution for W-CDMA using GaAs HBT, SiGe as well as BiCMOS process technologies. The first W-CDMA-capable phones are expected to launch commercially in 2001, with prototype units already available.
Manufactured using an advanced GaAs HBT technology, the RF2469 is offered in an MLF-20 package with an exposed die flag. Priced at $2.62, in quantities of 10,000 units, components and fully assembled evaluation boards are ready for immediate shipment from RFMD.
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RF Micro Devices, Inc., an ISO 9001-certified manufacturer, designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary RFICs for wireless communications applications such as cellular and PCS phones, cordless phones, wireless LANs, wireless local loop handsets, industrial radios, wireless security systems and remote meter readers. The company offers a broad array of products -- including amplifiers, mixers, modulators/demodulators, and single-chip receivers, transmitters and transceivers -- representing a substantial majority of the RFICs required in wireless subscriber equipment. The company s strategy is to focus on wireless markets by offering a broad range of standard and custom-designed RFICs in order to position itself as a "one-stop" solution for its customers RFIC needs. RF Micro Devices, Inc. is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol RFMD.
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