Alpha Industries Announces Design Wins and Strong Orders For GaAs ICs in Motorola's New V-series GSM Handset.WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 1999-- Alpha Industries Alpha Industries is a clothing manufacturer founded in 1959 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The company makes items such as flight jackets and vests, and has made jackets for the military of the United States like the M65 Jacket. Two models are the MA-1 and CWU-45/P pilot jackets. announced today that it is shipping against increased production orders for gallium arsenide An alloy of gallium and arsenic compound (GaAs) that is used as the base material for chips. Several times faster than silicon, it is used in high frequency applications such as cellphones, DVD players and fiber optics. (GaAs) integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. and semiconductors in Motorola's new V3688 handset, the world's smallest and lightest dual-band GSM mobile phone. The V3688, which weighs only 2.7 ounces (83 grams), recently began volume shipments in Europe and Asia. "Alpha has a highly-integrated, multi-function GaAs IC PHEMT See FET. switch and a high-efficiency, 3-volt GaAs power amplifier Power amplifier The final stage in multistage amplifiers, such as audio amplifiers and radio transmitters, designed to deliver appreciable power to the load. in the V3688 handsets," said David Fryklund, Alpha's Business Unit Director for RF IC Products. "Our new GaAs ICs are key ingredients in the longer operating time of these handsets." "Alpha has the largest dollar content and highest part count in the V3688 that we have ever had in a wireless handset. These production wins in Motorola's most exciting new GSM handset are consistent with our strategy of providing multiple RF functions in all the major digital handset standards. Coupled with our recently announced high content in Motorola's 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. StarTACT handset, Alpha's success in the dual-band GSM V3688 demonstrates the broad success of this strategy. "Alpha has focused on the largest market opportunities. We have developed power amplifiers for GSM handsets, which accounted for about 50% of the 163 million handsets sold worldwide last year. Similarly, we have commercialized PHEMT technology for switches and power amplifiers. Alpha is the dominant producer of GaAs IC switches for handsets. "Alpha has product in virtually every new Motorola digital handset platform. We are working closely with Motorola on its next generation of wireless phones, which will add Internet access See how to access the Internet. and other attractive features." Alpha Industries designs and manufactures a broad range of products for microwave and radio frequency wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. applications. The Wireless Semiconductor segment provides gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated circuits and other semiconductors to the dynamic global market for wireless telephone handsets. The Application Specific Products (ASP) segment provides a broad range of GaAs and silicon devices to satellite, instrumentation, defense and other communications markets. The Ceramic Products segment provides technical ceramic products for wireless telephony infrastructure and other wireless markets. Additional information is available at Alpha's Website - www.alphaind.com |
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