Agilent Technologies Ships 10 Millionth E-pHEMT Power Amplifier for Mobile Phones.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

3GSM World Congress 2004

CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004

Unit Shipments Approach 2 Million per Month; Device Offers

Industry's Best Power-Added Efficiency

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced it has shipped its 10 millionth E-pHEMT (enhancement-mode pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor) power amplifier (PA) module. These GSM and CDMA devices, which extend mobile phone battery life up to 15 percent, are now shipping at a rate of approximately 2 million units per month.

"We are gaining tremendous momentum with our E-pHEMT PA modules," said Bryan Ingram, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Wireless Semiconductor Division. "Their industry-best, power-added efficiency allows our customers to offer either additional features while maintaining battery life or phones with much longer battery life. We now have design wins in 15 mobile phone models worldwide, including two of the top three handset manufacturers."

Agilent's E-pHEMT PA modules are available for both CDMA/AMPS and GSM handsets. Of the CDMA modules, the ACPM-7813 addresses the 800 MHz dual-mode band, and the ACPM-7833 operates in the 1900 MHz (PCS) range for handsets and wireless data terminal applications. The CDMA modules offer an industry-best PAE rating of 40 percent, with E-pHEMT technology that requires only a single, positive power supply. The ACPM-7891 PA module is targeted at tri-band GSM/GPRS phones, and offers superior PAE of up to 60 percent in GSM band and 56 percent in both DCS and PCS bands.

The devices were initially developed with Agilent Labs, as was Agilent's film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) duplexer, another industry-leading radio frequency product for mobile phones (see Nov. 11, 2003, press release "Agilent Technologies Ships 20 Millionth FBAR Duplexer"). Agilent is sending select customers samples of a new, miniature CDMA front-end module (FEM) that integrates an E-pHEMT PA with an FBAR duplexer that uses Agilent's innovative Microcap bonded-wafer chip scale packaging technology.

Further information about Agilent's RF semiconductor products 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 FBAR filters and E-pHEMT power amplifiers that help shrink handset size and save battery life, Agilent provides embedded camera modules that enable camera phones with exceptional image quality, infrared transceivers for transmitting data, surface mount LEDs that provide backlighting styling options, and ambient light photo sensors that save battery life by controlling backlighting. No other component vendor offers all of these solutions for mobile appliances.

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 $6.1 billion in fiscal year 2003. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.

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