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11 June 2009

 

RFMD expands WiFi product portfolio with switch and switch/LNA products

At this week’s IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2009) in Boston, RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA announced the expansion of its WiFi product portfolio to include samples of four new switch and switch/LNA products. The new family of front-end solutions is designed to address the need for high performance and continued size reductions in mobile WiFi applications, including cellular handsets, personal navigation devices (PNDs), digital cameras and MP3 players.

The RF5500, RF5501, RF5510 and RF5511 each contain a single-pole, three-throw (SP3T) switch designed to enable multi-path operation in the embedded segment of the WiFi, or WLAN, consumer electronics markets. The RF5501 and RF5511 also integrate a low-noise amplifier (LNA), providing reduced footprint area with low insertion loss for RF architectures requiring additional Rx gain.

RFMD is expanding its portfolio of WiFi switch and switch/LNA products to address the growing opportunities in WiFi-enabled mobile devices (with annual market growth expected to exceed 15% in both 2010 and 2011), says Rohan Houlden, general manager of RFMD's Wireless Connectivity business unit. “This new family of products delivers a flexible, size-reduced solution to customers seeking to enhance the RF performance of 2.4GHz consumer and general market products,” he adds.

RFMD anticipates first revenue from the new switch and switch/LNA products in the September quarter.

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