Avago Technologies Introduces New Smaller, High Performance WCDMA Band 1 Duplexer

Avago Technologies Introduces New Smaller, High Performance WCDMA Band 1 Duplexer

FBAR Duplexer Minimizes Power Consumption and Delivers Best-in-Class Receive Sensitivity for Cell Phones, Femtocells and Data Terminals

European Microwave Week

Avago Technologies today announced two ultra-small, WCDMA duplexers with industry-best performance levels. The company is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. Using new and improved FBAR (film bulk acoustic resonator) technology, Avago’s miniaturized ACMD-7602/ACMD-7612 duplexers deliver best in class transmit and receive insertion loss for UMTS band 1 handsets, femtocells, and data terminals.

Optimized for the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) Band 1 frequency band, Avago’s FBAR-based ACMD-7602/ACMD-7612 improves talk time and handset sensitivity in a miniature 3.0 x 2.5 x 1.2 mm max. package. The new duplexer offers a typical 1.1 dB insertion loss in the Tx band to minimize current drain from the power amplifier, industry-best receiver sensitivity and dynamic range support with typical Rx band insertion loss of 1.1 dB, interference blocking exceeding 53 dB, and over 43 dB of noise rejection. ACMD-7612 is the mirror image of the ACMD-7602 and ships in the same ultra-small package with best-in-class performance levels.

The performance and size advantages of Avago’s new duplexers make it ideal for several market applications, such as UMTS handsets and femtocells. UMTS is a global standard for third-generation (3G) mobile communication systems designed for high data rate applications. UMTS Band 1 networks have already been deployed in both Europe and Asia. Femtocells act as small cellular base stations for the home or office that enable wireless providers to improve coverage and provide new services, such as IPTV.

Availability and Pricing

Avago’s ACMD-7602 and ACMD-7612 are available now. Pricing for the duplexer begins at $0.80 in high volumes.

Avago’s Mobile Appliance Solutions

Avago Technologies is a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for today’s highly integrated, feature-rich mobile handsets. Avago provides FBAR filters and CoolPAM power amplifiers that save battery life and help shrink handset size, infrared transceivers for transmitting data, surface-mount LEDs that provide backlighting styling options, proximity sensors that automate the speakerphone, and ambient-light photo sensors that save battery life by controlling backlighting. No other component vendor offers all of these solutions for mobile appliances. More information about Avago’s family of mobile appliance semiconductor solutions is available at www.avagotech.com/mobile.

About Avago Technologies

Avago Technologies is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. By leveraging its core competencies in III-V compound and silicon semiconductor design and processing, the company provides an extensive range of analog, mixed signal and optoelectronics components and subsystems to more than 40,000 customers. Backed by strong customer service support, the company’s products serve four diverse end markets: industrial and automotive, wired infrastructure, wireless communications, and computer peripherals. Avago has a global employee presence and heritage of technical innovation dating back 40 years to its Hewlett-Packard roots. Information about Avago is available on the Web at www.avagotech.com.

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Contacts

Avago Technologies
Alice Borda, +1-408-435-6384
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