RFMD to power devices for ‘top tier’ smartphone manufacturer

The devices include an LTE smartphone that will feature multiple variants of RFMD's family of ultra high efficiency WCDMA and 4G LTE power amplifiers. RFMD is currently supporting multiple devices for the smartphone manufacturer with products such as its PowerSmart power platforms, 3G/4G power amplifiers and multiple switch based components. Eric Creviston, president of RFMD's Cellular Products Group, pictured, said: "RFMD continues to increase our exposure to the world's leading smartphone manufacturers. With these wins, we expand our participation in a growing family of highly popular smartphones and bolster our position in the high growth LTE category. We look forward to expanding our content opportunity in future devices as new programs ramp and as new product families are introduced." RFMD's 3G and 4G LTE PAs are designed to extend battery life and reduce the thermal impact of data usage in smartphones. The product family currently covers WCDMA bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8, and LTE bands 4, 7, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20 and 21 – addressing the most common UMTS/HSPA+ and LTE frequency bands and band combinations. According to RFMD, additional multi mode, multi-band and single mode LTE variants will be introduced in the next few months.