Agilent Technologies Announces Two New Power Amplifier Modules That Increase Talk Time for CDMA Mobile Handsets; CoolPAM Technology Enables Lowest Quiescent Current, High Power-Added Efficiencies.SHANGHAI, China -- Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced two new CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. power amplifier modules (3 mm x 3 mm), featuring the company's CoolPAM technology. CoolPAM significantly reduces battery power consumption, allowing manufacturers to increase talk time by as much as 30 minutes. CoolPAM also allows mobile handsets to run cooler. In March 2005 Agilent introduced its family of 4 mm x 4 mm W-CDMA See WCDMA. power amplifier modules featuring CoolPAM. The Agilent WS1102 and WS1401 are CDMA power amplifier modules designed for handsets operating in the 824-849 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. and 1850-1910 MHz bands, respectively. The WS1102 also operates in AMPS mode for backward compatibility with North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. analog cellular systems. Agilent's CoolPAM technology provides state-of-the-art reliability, temperature stability, cool operation and ruggedness. CoolPAM power amplifiers are already being used in handsets from leading manufacturers in Korea. "These 3 mm x 3 mm power amplifiers were developed based on requests from our handset customers for both smaller footprints and the efficiency and performance of Agilent's CoolPAM technology," said Bryan Ingram, vice president and general manager of the Wireless Semiconductor Division in Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group. "We expect to further extend mobile handset talk-time capabilities by integrating CoolPAM into next-generation front-end modules that incorporate low-loss FBAR FBAR Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator FBAR Foreign Bank Account Report FBAR First Born Anal Retentive duplexers." These CoolPAM CDMA amplifiers are designed to operate at 3.4 V (3.2 V minimum) volts for compatibility with today's low-current consumption designs. They incorporate 50-ohm input and output matching networks for simple integration, and are equipped with a control pin that sets operating parameters for highest efficiency when operating at low-output power levels. The new power amplifiers provide a power-added efficiency of 20 percent at 16 dBm and offer the lowest average operating current in the industry. They are supplied in a 3 mm x 3 mm x 1.4 mm, 8-pin surface-mount module designed to assure high thermal conductivity, which minimizes temperature rise for higher reliability. Pricing and Availability The Agilent WS1102 and WS1401 CoolPAM power amplifier modules are priced at $1.30 each in moderate quantities. Sample and production quantities are available now through Agilent's direct sales channel. Further information about Agilent's power amplifier modules is available at www.agilent.com/view/RF. Agilent's Mobile Appliance Solutions Agilent is a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for today's highly integrated, feature-rich mobile handsets. In addition to E-pHEMT and HBT HBT Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor HBT HyCult Biotechnology (Uden, The Netherlands) HBT Hanbury-Brown-Twiss (interferometer) HBT Herring Bone Twill HBT Heflex Bioengineering Test power amplifiers and FBAR filters that save battery life and help shrink handset size, Agilent provides CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. imaging solutions that enable camera phones, infrared transceivers for transmitting data, surface-mount LEDs that provide backlighting back·light n. A type of spotlight, used in photography, that illuminates a subject from behind. tr.v. back·light·ed or back·lit , back·light·ing, back·lights 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 Agilent's family of mobile appliance semiconductor solutions is available at www.agilent.com/view/mobile. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 28,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $7.2 billion in fiscal year 2004. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. 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