Articles by RF Micro Devices

RFMD accelerates technology advancement in RF power Management

RF Micro Devices Inc. announced it continues to achieve performance milestones related to the advancement of RF power management. RF Micro Devices is developing average power tracking (APT) and envelope tracking (ET) based solutions that leverage RFMD's leadership in power amplifiers, RF power management and compound semiconductors to deliver breakthrough capabilities.


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RF Micro Devices Qualified Its GaN1 Power Semiconductor Process Technology For 65 V Operation

RF Micro Devices announced it has qualified its GaN1 power semiconductor process technology for 65 V operation. The high reliability power semiconductor process technology supports RFMD's GaN-based power semiconductor product designs and is also available to foundry customers through RFMD's Foundry Services business unit. Previously, RFMD's GaN1 power semiconductor...
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RFMD® Opens Customer Support Center in Bangalore

RF Micro Devices (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance semiconductor components, announced the opening of a customer support center in Bangalore, India. The new customer support center in Bangalore highlights RFMD's large presence in Asia and underscores the company's commitment to one of world's...
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Leadless, Multi-band, High Performance GaAs HBT Driver Amplifiers for Cellular Base Station Infrastructure

As cellular system manufacturers begin to roll-out advanced transceiver and multi-channel power amplifier (MCPA) designs destined for the emerging 2.5G and 3G markets, a new series of robust driver power amplifiers is introduced offering users a lower cost, high performance platform approach to base station infrastructure amplification needs. The...
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A High Gain Power Amplifier with Variable Bias for Multi-mode WCMDA Applications

A new high performance power amplifier for WCDMA applications is featured this month
Cover Feature A High Gain Power Amplifier with Variable Bias for Multi-mode WCMDA Applications RF Micro Devices Greensboro, NC This article describes a new high performance power amplifier (PA) for wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) applications. With the transition from second generation (2G) systems, such as Global System...
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Reduced Filter Requirements Using an Ultra Low Noise Modulator

Direct quadrature modulators used to increase performance, reduce cost and assist mobile phone design teams
COVER FEATURE Reduced Filter Requirements Using an Ultra Low Noise Modulator RF Micro Devices Greensboro, NC E ach new generation of the mobile phone is specified to support multiple standards and provide new and more complex applications, such as higher data rate capability. At the same time, it is...
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A Transceiver Chipset for 2.4 GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Applications

A transceiver chipset for 2.4 GHz direct sequence spread spectrum applications is featured on this month's cover
A Transceiver Chipset for 2.4 GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Applications RF Micro Devices Greensboro, NC The 2.4 GHz industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band is coming of age, largely due to the coincidental emergence of three wireless local area network (LAN) standards. However, there are still relatively few...
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