Helios™ 3 – Smallest and Most Efficient Polar Loop™ EDGE RF Subsystem with DigRF Interface
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWKS), an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, today unveiled Helios™ 3 – the smallest and most efficient Polar Loop™ EDGE RF subsystem with digital RF (DigRF) interface available on the market – and the latest in its Helios™ family of radio solutions. Its architecture minimizes the number of external components and substantially reduces the complexity, cost and power requirements of next-generation EDGE platforms required to implement a complete RF section with a digital interface. According to Deutsche Bank, over 934 million EDGE and WCDMA-capable handsets are predicted to ship by 2010, up from just 321 million last year.