RF Micro Devices Begins Production Shipments for Handspring Smartphone Series.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 2003 Award-Winning Next-Generation Treo 600 Smartphone To Use RFMD's RF3140 PowerStar(TM) 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. Module RF Micro Devices RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ: RFMD) is a manufacturer of integrated circuits, founded in Greensboro, NC, in 1991 by William J. Pratt, Powell T. Seymour and Jerry D. Neal.[1]. , Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD RFMD RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ) RFMD Rotary Fluid Management Device ), a leading provider of proprietary radio frequency 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. (RFICs) for 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, today announced production shipments of the RF3140 PowerStar(TM) power amplifier module for the next-generation Treo 600 Smartphone by Handspring (Nasdaq: HAND), a leading innovator in personal communications and handheld computing. The Handspring Treo 600 Smartphone combines the features of a wireless handheld device and a mobile phone into a small, narrow design. The Treo 600 features a Fast Palm OS 5-based organizer with messaging, email and web browsing, as well as a fully integrated QWERTY keyboard The standard English language typewriter keyboard. Q, W, E, R, T and Y are the letters on the top left, alphabetic row. Designed by Christopher Sholes, who invented the typewriter, the keyboard layout was organized to prevent people from typing too fast and jamming the keys. , digital camera and SD/MMC slot for memory expansion or system backup and the ability to add wireless networking capabilities like Bluetooth(R) wireless technology. Chris Keating, RF program manager for Handspring, Inc., said, "The Treo 600 offers consumers an exceptional wireless experience by combining voice, wireless email and data access in an extremely compact and easy-to-use format. RF Micro Devices' RF3140 power amplifier module helped streamline our design process by significantly reducing engineering time and resources in product test, which enabled us to accelerate the product to market." Eric Creviston, corporate vice president of wireless products at RF Micro Devices, said, "The Treo 600 Smartphone combines the worlds of communication, information and entertainment in a compact handheld device, and we're pleased our market-leading RF3140 PowerStar PA module was selected to be the critical power amplifier component in this breakthrough device." Creviston continued, "Through the unique product attributes of our PowerStar family of power amplifiers with integrated power control, we help reduce the resources necessary and time required to get our customers' products to market. RF Micro Devices seeks to enable smaller and more functional convergence products by designing innovative, highly integrated PA solutions that reduce power consumption and consume less board space. We are the only wireless solutions provider with product availability in cellular, wireless LAN, Bluetooth technology, GPS and satellite radio, and we anticipate continued growth as convergence products, such as the Treo 600, continue to gain popularity with consumers." RFMD's PowerStar GSM power amplifier modules are the world's best selling power amplifier modules with integrated power control. The PowerStar product portfolio has generated more than $90 million in revenues since the first PowerStar product was introduced in September 2001. Due in part to the growing success of its PowerStar PA modules, RF Micro Devices recently became the fastest company to ship its 250 millionth power amplifier module, and the Company expects it will continue to gain share in the power amplifier market. The quad-band RF3140 is designed for use as the final RF amplifier in single- and multi-band handheld digital cellular equipment (GSM 850/EGSM/DCS/PCS) and other applications in the 824 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. to 849 MHz, 880 MHz to 915 MHz, 1710 MHz to 1785 MHz and 1850 MHz to 1910 MHz bands. The RF3140 features integrated power control circuitry, eliminating the need for directional couplers, detector diodes, power control ASICs and other power control circuitry. The RF3140 is manufactured using GaAs HBT HBT Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor HBT HyCult Biotechnology (Uden, The Netherlands) HBT Hanbury-Brown-Twiss (interferometer) HBT Herring Bone Twill HBT Heflex Bioengineering Test for the power amplifier and silicon 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. for the integrated power control circuitry. The power amplifier module is packaged in a 10 x 10 mm leadless chip carrier A chip package that uses flat metal pads that make contact with the socket or circuit board. Contrast with leaded chip carrier. See CLCC. and is available now from RFMD. RF Micro Devices, Inc., an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001- and ISO 14001-certified manufacturer, designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary RFICs primarily for wireless communications products and applications such as cellular and PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. phones, base stations, WLANs, and cable television modems. The Company offers a broad array of products - including amplifiers, mixers, modulators/demodulators, and single-chip receivers, transmitters and transceivers - representing a substantial majority of the RFICs required in wireless subscriber equipment. The Company's goal is to be the premier supplier of low-cost, high-performance integrated circuits and solutions for applications that enable wireless connectivity. RF Micro Devices, Inc. is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol RFMD. For more information about RFMD, please visit www.rfmd.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements that relate to RF Micro Devices' plans, objectives, estimates and goals. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "projects," "believes," and "estimates," and variations of these words and similar expressions, identify these forward-looking statements. RF Micro Devices' business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including variability in quarterly operating results, the rate of growth and development of wireless markets, risks associated with the operation of wafer fabrication, molecular beam epitaxy A technique that "grows" atomic-sized layers on a chip rather than creating layers by diffusion. and test, tape and reel facilities and the Company's conversion from four-inch to six-inch wafer manufacturing, its ability to manage rapid growth and to attract and retain skilled personnel, variability in production yields, its ability to control and reduce costs and improve gross margins on highly integrated products, dependence on a limited number of customers and dependence on third parties. These and other risks and uncertainties, which are described in more detail in RF Micro Devices' most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any of these forward-looking statements. RF MICRO DEVICES (R)and RFMD(R) are trademarks of RFMD, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . BLUETOOTH is a trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., U.S.A. and licensed for use by RF Micro Devices, Inc. All other tradenames, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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