TriQuint Introduces New GaAs Bluetooth Amplifier for High Data Rate, Long-Range Applications at 2006 Electronica Exhibition.

New Amplifier Offers 50% PAE for Longer Battery Life in Handset, Non-Handset Applications, Supports 2- and 3-Mbps Data Rates / 100m Ranges

HILLSBORO, Ore. & ORLANDO, Fla. -- TriQuint Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TQNT), a leading supplier of RF products for the handset and wireless data industry, will introduce a gallium arsenide (GaAs) Bluetooth power amplifier today and at the Electronica 2006 exhibition (14th-17th November) in Munich, Germany. TriQuint's new GaAs amplifier enables designers to achieve high efficiency and low power enhanced data rate (EDR) v2.0 Class 1 operation while offering 50% power added efficiency (PAE) for longer mobile device battery life. According to a recent Strategy Analytics(a) report, the Bluetooth market is growing at a compound annual rate of 24%, with total projected 2006 device shipments to exceed 420 million units. TriQuint's amplifier is designed to support the Class 1 needs of this growing market.

"Class 1 Bluetooth systems allow up to 100 meter ranges and provide for high data rates. Class 1 Bluetooth is ideal for handsets and use in non-handset devices that make up approximately 45% of the projected market," said Berry Leonard, TriQuint Product Marketing Manager. "This new amplifier is ideally suited for longer-range Class 1 designs that are increasingly being targeted by manufacturers of Bluetooth-enabled products," he added.

TriQuint uses its advanced InGaP HBT process technology for the amplifier, affording high integration and a resulting smaller device size, thus simplifying circuit board design while lowering the external parts count. In addition, GaAs devices offer state-of-the-art reliability plus temperature stability and ruggedness. The device is EDR compliant, which allows system data rates of 2- and 3-Mbps. The high linearity required for these modulation modes and data rates is achieved with low power consumption and high efficiency Co PAE is 50%.

The TQP770001 Bluetooth power amplifier is a two-stage design with an integrated bias controller. This controller allows accurate device gain temperature compensation, power control (variable gain), as well as low current standby power control. All functionality is internal to the package. Under EDR operation, its low AM-AM and AM-PM distortion guarantee high modulation accuracy. The TQP770001 will operate under a variety of Bluetooth modulation types including FSK, 8DPSK, and Pi/4-DQPSK formats. Upgrading to Class 1 from existing Class 2/3 Bluetooth designs can be as simple as adding the TQP770001, a single-pole double-throw switch and a bandpass filter. TriQuint's new amplifier is optimized for 50-ohm systems; its very small 2x2mm QFN package makes it ideal for handset and other device applications.

TQP770001 Specifications:

* Frequency Range: 2.4 to 2.5 GHz

* Gain: 27 dB

* Output RF Power: +21 dBm nominal

* Gain control Range (with external control voltage): 45 dB

* Efficiency: 50% at 21.5 dBm output

* Operating Voltage: 3.3 volts nominal

The TQP770001 is lead-free, RoHS compliant and fully ESD protected. To examine TriQuint's wireless RF technology please visit www.triquint.com. For pricing information in your quantities or to request samples please e-mail [e-mail] or [e-mail]. A datasheet for the TQP770001 is available at: http://www.triquint.com/docs/o/TQP770001/TQP770001.pdf

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FACTS ABOUT TRIQUINT

TriQuint Semiconductor supplies high-performance modules and components to the world's leading communications companies. Our diverse markets include wireless handsets, base stations, broadband communications, military. We "Connect the digital world to the global network"[TM]. TriQuint creates standard and custom products using advanced processes that include gallium arsenide (GaAs), surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technologies. TriQuint has manufacturing facilities in Oregon, Texas, and Florida, a production plant in Costa Rica, and design centers in North America and Germany. These manufacturing and production facilities are certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard. TriQuint is headquartered at 2300 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 (USA) and can be reached at [phone] (Fax: [phone]). Visit TriQuint at www.triquint.com.

(a) Source: Strategy Analytics Bluetooth System Forecast, Copyright December 2005