Qorvo® Enables Rapid Deployment of Narrowband IoT
Extensive portfolio supports 900 MHz base station deployments for cellular IoT
BARCELONA, SPAIN – February 28, 2018 – Qorvo® (Nasdaq:QRVO), a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, is enabling network providers to more easily deploy the Internet of Things (IoT) by adding greater connectivity to existing mobile cellular networks. Qorvo’s portfolio of high-performance, off-the-shelf, small signal products is facilitating an early network build-out using the 900 MHz frequency band.
ABI Research predicts low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs) will be the world’s fastest-growing connectivity technology through 2025, supporting four billion IoT devices by that date.1
Qorvo’s small-signal product family delivers high linearity, low power consumption, low noise, small size and excellent integration. It includes transmit linear amplifiers, gain blocks and variable gain amplifiers, as well as attenuators, switches, filters, duplexers and low-noise amplifiers. Just a few of these solutions include:
| Qorvo Part Number | Description |
|---|---|
| QPA9805 | 600-1000 MHz 1/2 Watt Balanced Amplifier |
| RFDA0047 | 400-2700 MHz Dual Channel Digital VGA |
| RFDA0026 | 700-1035 MHz Digital VGA |
| SBB5089Z | 50-600 MHz Cascadable InGaP HBT Active Bias MMIC Amplifier |
| TQL9066 | 50-1500 MHz High IP3 Dual Low Noise Amplifier |
| TQP3M9008 | 50-4000 MHz High Linearity Low Noise Amplifier Gain Block |
| TQP7M9101 | 400-4200 MHz, 0.25 Watt High Linearity Amplifier |
| TQP7M9102 | 400-4000 MHz, 0.5 Watt High Linearity Amplifier |
| TQP7M9103 | 400-4000 MHz, 1 Watt High Linearity Amplifier |
Roger Hall, general manager of Qorvo High Performance Solutions, said, “We’ve seen the low-band infrastructure market grow about 20 percent in the last year, and it’s just getting started. Qorvo’s innovative small-signal products are enabling customers such as China Mobile to support large numbers of IoT devices using narrowband transmission, resulting in quicker time-to-market, greater flexibility and reduced costs.”
About Qorvo
Qorvo (NASDAQ:QRVO) makes a better world possible by providing innovative RF solutions at the center of connectivity. We combine product and technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers' most complex technical challenges. Qorvo serves diverse high-growth segments of large global markets, including advanced wireless devices, wired and wireless networks and defense radar and communications. We also leverage our unique competitive strengths to advance 5G networks, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and other emerging applications that expand the global framework interconnecting people, places and things. Visit www.qorvo.com to learn how Qorvo connects the world.
Qorvo is a registered trademark of Qorvo, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries.
1 “4 Billion IoT Devices Will Rely on LPWAN Technologies by 2025, Ecosystem Creation Matters,” ABI Research, December 2016
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