Handsets `35% smaller` with RFMD PowerSmart
RFMD is anticipating continued strong uptake of its PowerSmart range in light of the physical size benefits that it offers to handset manufacturers.
The radio frequency and compound semiconductor technology developer created PowerSmart to provide manufacturers with a multimode and multiband cellular air interface standards solution delivered through its trademarked RF Configurable Power Core.
Eric Creviston, president of the cellular products group at RFMD, says: "PowerSmart enables smartphone manufacturers and cellular platform providers to implement global 3G and 4G pentaband handset platforms with product footprints that are 35 per cent smaller than today s highest-volume quadband solutions."
He adds that, for this reason, RFMD is anticipating significant adoption of the line-up by customers in the months to come; the company already develops components for cellular handsets and offers gallium nitride foundry services, with facilities throughout Europe, Asia and the US.
Mr Creviston s comments come as PowerSmart has been given an Editor s Choice award by Embedded Computing Design Magazine.
The publication praised the range for being able to reduce power consumption in multiband devices, lowering thermal dissipation and extending battery life in order to allow the handsets to be greener.
