Barcelona, Spain – March 2, 2015 – Qorvo, Inc. (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading provider of RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications, today introduced RF Flex™, the newest addition to Qorvo™'s expanding family of highly integrated 4G LTE RF front end solutions. Qorvo's RF Flex front end solutions provide best-in-class performance and regional customization to improve the performance and simplify the design of 4G smartphones and tablets.
The first products in the RF Flex product family include multi-band PA modules and transmit modules designed for the rapidly growing mid-tier segment of LTE smartphones, particularly in China. The PA modules and transmit modules can be paired with the Company's best-in-class portfolio of SAW, TC-SAW, and BAW filters, to enable customers to flexibly scale and optimize solutions for China domestic and regional operator requirements. RF Flex has been selected for multiple leading 4G reference designs, with volume production commencing in the June 2015 quarter.
Eric Creviston, president of Qorvo's Mobile Products group, said, "We are very pleased that Qorvo's RF Flex solutions have been selected to support multiple upcoming leading 4G reference designs. RF Flex delivers best-in-class current consumption to enable superior device performance and leading-edge design flexibility to simplify regional customization. Qorvo is introducing multiple highly integrated products that leverage our industry-leading core competencies to help our customers and channel partners accelerate their next-generation products to market."
About Qorvo's RF Flex™ Family of Solutions
Qorvo's RF Flex family of solutions supports high-, mid-, and low-band configurations and is comprised of the RF521x family of transmit modules and the RF541x family of multi-band PA modules. The solutions are average power tracking (APT) compliant and feature a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI®) RFFE control interface.
RF5210 and RF5216 Transmit Modules. Qorvo's RF5210 and RF5216 transmit modules integrate high performance power amplifier functionality with a single pole, ten- or sixteen-throw (SP10T, SP16T) antenna switch. The transmit modules leverage Qorvo's advanced silicon switch technology and ultra-low loss (ULL) performance to extend battery life and enable cooler operation.
RF5410, RF5412 and RF5418 Multi-band PA Modules. Qorvo's RF541x multi-band power amplifiers deliver complete LTE band coverage from 700 MHz to 2.7 GHz and coverage of up to five cellular modes, in a single PA module. The multi-band PA modules combine industry-leading performance with varying combinations of band and mode coverage on matching board designs to enable broad footprint compatibility and multiple customization options.
Qorvo's highly integrated and discrete RF solutions simplify design, reduce product footprint, conserve power and improve overall system performance in smartphones, tablets and other mobile data devices. The Company offers customers a unique combination of broad manufacturing scale, deep systems-level expertise, and the industry's most comprehensive product and technology portfolio, helping mobile device manufacturers to accelerate next-generation products to market.
#Qorvo is presenting the Company's expanding portfolio of high performance RF solutions for smartphones, tablets, and other mobile data devices at the 2015 GSMA Mobile World Congress #MWC2015, March 2-5, 2015, in Barcelona, Spain.
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About Qorvo
Qorvo (Nasdaq:QRVO) is a leading provider of core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications. Qorvo was formed following the merger of RFMD and TriQuint, and has more than 6,000 global employees dedicated to delivering solutions for everything that connects the world. Qorvo has the industry's broadest portfolio of products and core technologies; world-class ISO9001-, ISO 14001- and ISO/TS 16949-certified manufacturing facilities; and is a DoD-accredited 'Trusted Source' (Category 1A) for GaAs, GaN and BAW products and services. For the industry's leading core RF solutions, visit www.qorvo.com.
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