Freescale Revamps 1GHz Cellular Infrastructure Product Line with Sixth-Generation LDMOS RF Technology.LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Enhanced RF Portfolio Features Industry's Highest Power Plastic RF Devices and Higher-Power Metal-Ceramic Devices with Low Thermal Resistance Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : FSL FSL - Formal Semantics Language. A language for compiler writing. ["A Formal Semantics for Computer Languages and its Application in a Compiler-Compiler", J.A. Feldman, CACM 9(1) (Jan 1966)]. [Sammet 1969, p. 641]. )(NYSE: FSL.B) has significantly enhanced its line of RF power transistors to help customers improve system performance in cellular infrastructure applications operating at frequencies up to 1GHz. The portfolio features cost-effective, high-power plastic devices and higher power Higher power is a term used in a 12-step program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, to describe "a power greater than yourself." Although many participants equate their higher power with God, a belief in God or in formal religion is not mandatory; the higher power is intended as a , high linearity metal-ceramic devices, all using Freescale's high-voltage sixth-generation (HV6) laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor See MOS. (electronics) Metal Oxide Semiconductor - (MOS) The three materials used to form a gate in the most common kind of Field Effect Transistor - a MOSFET. (LDMOS LDMOS Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor LDMOS Lateral DMOS LDMOS Lightly-Doped Drain Metal-Oxide Semiconductor LDMOS Lateral Diffusion Mosfet ) technology. "Freescale is continually upgrading its RF device portfolios to meet customer needs and the changing requirements of the dynamic cellular infrastructure market," said Gavin P. Woods, vice president and general manager of Freescale's RF Division. "We have completely renewed our 1GHz RF portfolio with HV6 LDMOS technology, one of our most advanced processes for RF devices. This product line enhancement will help our customers improve system performance and reduce costs in RF base station power amplifiers." HV6: A Step Up in Performance Freescale's advanced HV6 technology enables superior electrical performance and improved long-term reliability over the company's previous LDMOS generations. Due to significant improvements in the LDMOS die, HV6-based RF devices can demonstrate up to 15 percentage point improvement in operating efficiency and up to a 50 percent increase in power density over previous generations of Freescale devices. Improvements in efficiency can help reduce overall system power consumption, resulting in lower operating costs for cellular base station operators. HV6 technology also features a 2 dB gain improvement over some previous-generation Freescale products. In addition, the HV6 devices demonstrate excellent linearity at rated power and in back-off condition. Spanning 10 W to 220 W, the HV6-enhanced RF product portfolio is designed for GSM, GSM EDGE and 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. cellular infrastructure applications in the 800MHz (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. to 1GHz range. The wide range of power level offerings means that Freescale RF devices are available to fit virtually every wireless infrastructure application. For example, lower-power devices can be used as drivers for higher-power RF transistors. The availability of higher-gain products also means that fewer devices are needed to achieve the optimum power levels required by power amplifier manufacturers. Highest Power Plastic RF Devices Available The enhanced line-up of 1GHz RF products includes devices in cost-effective plastic packages from 10 W up to 125 W. These plastic devices include the MW6S010N/G N/G No-Go , the MRF MRF Markov Random Field MRF Material Recovery Facility MRF Materials Recycling Facility MRF Motorcycle Riders Foundation MRF Medium Range Forecast (weather forecasting model) MRF Movement for Rights and Freedoms 6S9045N/B, the MRF6S9060N/B and the MRF6S9125N/B. Each of these plastic devices features matt tin-plated copper flange flange (flanj) a projecting border or edge; in dentistry, that part of the denture base which extends from around the embedded teeth to the border of the denture. flange n. 1. material for exceptional heat dissipation. The 125 W MRF6S9125N/B is the highest-rated RF power transistor commercially available in plastic packaging. A pioneer in the development of plastic packaging for high-power RF devices, Freescale recently achieved a major industry milestone with the shipment of more than 10 million high-power, high-frequency RF power transistors in plastic packages. Freescale is one of the few silicon suppliers to offer RF power transistor performance in plastic that is comparable to devices employing metal-ceramic packages. Freescale's heritage of plastic packaging leadership spans more than 30 years, and the company continues to set the pace in plastic package performance, temperature ratings, reliability and volume production. Ceramic Packaging with Superior Thermal Resistance Freescale has introduced a new generation of high-power metal-ceramic package devices for 1GHz cellular infrastructure applications. These devices cover the 130 W to 220 W power range. Each device includes Freescale's advanced Low Rth packaging technology, which uses a copper laminate flange material designed to reduce thermal resistance by 15-20 percent, compared to devices with a copper tungsten flange. The metal-ceramic devices in the enhanced 1GHz portfolio include the MRF6S9130H/S H/S Hardware/Software H/S Heat Shield H/S High/Scope (Educational Research Foundation; Ypsilanti, MI) , the MRF6S9160H/S and the MRF6P9220H. To learn more about Freescale's enhanced 1GHz RF portfolio and see product demonstrations, visit the Freescale Semiconductor Booth #1239 at the 2005 International Microwave Symposium (IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. ) this week in Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city located in southern Los Angeles County, California, USA, on the Pacific coast. It borders Orange County on its southeast edge. It is about 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown Los Angeles. . Pricing and Availability The MRF6S9045N, MRF6S9060N, MRF6S010N and MRF6s9130H/S are in full production now. Samples of the MRF6S9125N/B, MRF6S9220H and MRF6S9160H/S are now available, with full production planned for early Q3 2005. For specific sampling and pricing information, please contact Freescale Semiconductor, your local Freescale sales office, or your Freescale authorized distributor. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL, FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. in July 2004 after more than 50 years as part of Motorola, Inc. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies, with 2004 sales of $5.7 billion (US). www.freescale.com Freescale Technology Forum Learn more about this inaugural forum, June 20-23, Orlando, Fla., featuring visionary keynote speeches, in-depth technical presentations and technology demonstrations from Freescale and leading hardware, software and tools providers. www.freescale.com/ftf Freescale(TM) and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. (C) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2005. |
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