Strategy Analytics: Power Amplifier Market on Track for $2.8 Billion at 4 Billion Units.Gallium Arsenide Expected to Remain Primary Process Technology BOSTON -- The Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Component market research service predicts that the market for power amplifiers (PAs) in cellphones and related mobile devices will grow to $2.8 billion over the next five years, in the report, "Cellular PA Forecast 2009 - 2014." Demand for cellular PAs declined in the first half of '09 with a slowdown in handset shipments; however, cellular will continue to spread beyond conventional handsets into notebook and netbook computers, and machine-to-machine systems such as automatic meter readers. At the same time, the number of bands used by the typical cellular terminal will continue to increase. Together, these trends promise continued growth in shipments of cellular terminals and PAs, even as the conventional cellphone (CELLular telePHONE) The first ubiquitous wireless telephone. Originally analog, all new cellular systems are digital, which has enabled the cellphone to turn into a smartphone that has access to the Internet. market matures and growth slows. "We estimate that the PA market will reach almost 4 billion units per year in 2014, even as dual-mode PAs begin to reduce the power amplifier count per cellular terminal," said Chris Taylor, Director of the RF & Wireless Components market research service. Asif Anwar, Director of the Gallium Arsenide and Compound Semiconductor market research service, added, "Shipments of 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. PAs will increase over the next five years, but GaAs-based PA modules will continue to dominate the market as cellular moves beyond W-CDMA See WCDMA. to LTE (Long Term Evolution) See 3GPP. ." This report covers historical and projected shipments by power amp air interface (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. , GSM / GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. , EDGE, W-CDMA variants), primary process technology (GaAs, LDMOS LDMOS Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor LDMOS Lateral DMOS LDMOS Lightly-Doped Drain Metal-Oxide Semiconductor LDMOS Lateral Diffusion Mosfet , CMOS, SiGe-BiCMOS) and module type (basic module, PA-duplexer, PA-switch). About Strategy Analytics Strategy Analytics, Inc. provides timely and actionable market intelligence focused on opportunities and disruptive forces in the areas of Automotive Electronics and Entertainment, Broadband Connected Home, Mobile & Wireless, Intelligent Systems and Virtual Worlds. With headquarters in Boston, MA and offices in the UK, France, Germany, Japan, S. Korea and China, Strategy Analytics works with clients through annual multi-client services, management team workshops and custom consulting engagements. For more information, please visit http://www.strategyanalytics.com. |
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