15 February 2011

RFMD powers Samsung’s Galaxy smartphone and tablet family

RF Micro Devices Inc (RFMD) of Greensboro, NC, USA says that Samsung has selected the firm’s PowerSmart power platforms and WiFi components to enable a broad portfolio of next-generation 3G/4G devices. Samsung’s Galaxy S 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 will both feature PowerSmart, while the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will also feature RFMD's RF5521 WiFi front end module (FEM). Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 at this week’s Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Spain (14–17 February).

RFMD’s president and CEO, Bob Bruggeworth, said: "RFMD is delighted to expand our participation in Samsung's 3G/4G smartphones and tablets, and we're especially pleased to support the highly anticipated Galaxy S 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 with our PowerSmart power platforms and market-leading WiFi components. We believe our PowerSmart power platforms are at the forefront of the technology shift to converged front ends in multi-mode, multiband smartphones, and we anticipate strong growth in PowerSmart shipments this year."

RFMD says that PowerSmart power platforms feature a revolutionary new RF Configurable Power Core that delivers multiband, multi-mode coverage of all cellular communications modulation schemes, including 2G, 3G and 4G, up to LTE 64QAM. In addition, PowerSmart power platforms also include all necessary switching and signal conditioning functionality in a compact reference design, providing smartphone manufacturers a single scalable source for the entire cellular front end. RFMD's RF5521 WiFi FEM satisfies smartphone and tablet manufacturers' requirements for aggressive size reductions in 802.11b/g/n front end solutions, while delivering high linear output power and greatly reducing the number of components outside the core connectivity chipset.

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