ANADIGICS support QUALCOMM's HSPA solutions
December 4, 2006
ANADIGICS announced that the Company's WCDMA and GPRS/EDGE power amplifiers (PAs) have been specified by QUALCOMM for the Mobile Station Modem (MSM) MSM7200 and MSM6280 chipset reference designs. The MSM7200 solution supports the high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) standard for peak data rates of 7.2 Mbps on the downlink and 5.76 Mbps on the uplink. The MSM6280 solution supports the HSDPA standard for enhanced peak downlink rates of up to 7.2 Mbps. HSDPA and HSUPA allow users to achieve wireless broadband speeds that rival wired connections.
QUALCOMM's MSM7200 reference design specifies ANADIGICS' WCDMA and EDGE PAs to support eight frequency bands. The four WCDMA frequency bands are enabled by ANADIGICS' AWT6273, AWT6278, AWT6279, and AWT6282 PAs, while the four EDGE frequency bands are supported by ANADIGICS' AWT6280 polar EDGE PA.
QUALCOMM's MSM6280 reference design specifies ANADIGICS' AWT6273, AWT6278 and AWT6279 WCDMA PAs, as well as ANADIGICS' AND0041 quad-band polar EDGE PA.
The AWT6273, AWT6278 and AWT6279 WCDMA PAs utilize ANADIGICS' 3G High-Efficiency-at-Low-Power (HELP3) technology to deliver the industry's highest levels of efficiency. This level of performance enables manufacturers to extend battery life in mobile handsets, smart phones, data cards and 3G- enabled notebook computers.
"QUALCOMM's MSM7200 and MSM6280 chipsets raise the bar in mobile performance, delivering advanced multimedia and communication capabilities," said Dr. Sanjay K. Jha, President of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. "The evolution of today's 3G networks is enabling mobile users to work and play with functionality that was previously reserved for wired broadband connections, and these two chipsets together with ANADIGICS' advanced power amplifiers represent powerful solutions for the next generations of wireless devices."
"As mobile manufacturers develop advanced 3G devices to take advantage of the data speeds enabled by HSDPA and HSUPA networks, battery life becomes a critical concern. ANADIGICS' industry-leading HELP3 WCDMA power amplifiers have been optimized not only to deliver excellent voice clarity and data integrity, but also to significantly improve the operating time of 3G devices," said Dr. Bami Bastani, President and CEO of ANADIGICS.
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