TriQuint Semiconductor Announces Its Entry Into The High-Power Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Market; Aggressive Product-Introduction Plan Promises Broad Family of Devices; Up to 3W over the Next 18 Months.BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1995--TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :TQNT) revealed plans this week to become a major supplier of radio frequency (RF) power amplifier Integrated Circuits (ICs) for the burgeoning voice and data wireless-communications market. TriQuint said its Wireless Communications Division will begin delivering products based on a monolithic power-amplifier technology developed from their core commercial gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated-circuit process. The company will offer catalog product power amplifier IC's to the major wireless telephone markets, as well as offer contract (foundry) manufacturing services capable of addressing numerous other amplifier requirements. The first product in this new family, the TQ9142 is a 1-watt (W) device that operates in the 824 megahertz to 849MHz (analog) cellular application frequency band. The company plans to introduce a number of other products, including a 3-W device, over the next 18 months. The RF power amplifier An RF power amplifier is a type of electronic amplifier used to convert a low-power radio-frequency signal into a larger signal of significant power, typically for driving the antenna of a transmitter. products leverage the Company's long-standing GaAs metal semiconductor field effect transistor See FET. (electronics) field effect transistor - (FET) A transistor with a region of donor material with two terminals called the "source" and the "drain", and an adjoining region of acceptor material between, called the "gate". (MESFET See FET. ) high-volume manufacturing expertise and extensive GaAs IC design knowledge, resulting in a very cost-effective die-level solution. TriQuint can offer these low-cost packaged devices by using inexpensive, high-volume plastic packaging and sophisticated, high-speed automated RF test and handler technologies. This creates an overall product cost structure that is competitive with other power amplifier solutions. The Company states that its unique design approach which embodies a high level of functional integration using GaAs will provide the user with exceptional price/performance value and a time-to-market advantage over competing-discrete transistor GaAs or silicon solutions. TriQuint process technology supports power amplifiers with 1 to 3 watts of output power required by the U.S. AMPS (analog), TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). (digital), 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. (digital) standards, and the GSM and PDC international-digital standards. In addition, WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) A low-speed, digital, wireless data network that is an enhancement to an existing analog cellular network. Based on IBM's CelluPlan II, CDPD provides a packet overlay onto the AMPS network and moves data at 19. and two-way paging wireless data standards can be supported. Mr. Chris O'Connor, TriQuint's marketing manager for wireless products said, "We're responding to our customers' requests for improved RF component value by delivering cost-effective integrated power amplifier solutions. I believe that the TriQuint approach provides superior price/performance today over the hybrid-power amplifier module or discrete transistor approaches, either in gallium arsenide or in silicon." Data from market studies on GaAs ICs soon to be published by Strategies Unlimited of Mountain View, CA, project the worldwide market for power amplifiers for the wireless telephony and data sectors to increase from US$144 million in 1995 to US$230 million in 1997, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR CAGR See: Compound Annual Growth Rate ) of 26%. The GaAs content is forecast to grow from 33 percent of the market in 1995 to 58 percent in 1997, which constitutes a CAGR of 67%. TriQuint has played a leading role in the RFIC market for the past 18 months with the successful launch of a number of GaAs products for the cellular market. These include receiver ICs and transceivers (transmitter and receivers) for the PHS (Personal Handyphone System) A TDMA-based cellular phone system introduced in Japan in mid-1995. Operating in the 1880-1930 MHz band, PHS uses microcells that cover an area only 100 to 500 meters in diameter, resulting in lower equipment costs but requiring more base (personal handiphone system) and for the 2.4 GHz industrial/scientific/medical (ISM) wireless data market. The Company has been a manufacturer of commercial GaAs RFICs since 1985. TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. is a leading manufacturer of digital, mixed signal, and analog GaAs IC products for various markets, including RF and microwave communications. The company produces standard products as well a customer-specific ICs for high-performance systems in wireless, telecommunications, and computer applications, and offers GaAs foundry services for the commercial market. TriQuint is certified to the 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 international quality standard. TriQuint (TQNT) has been listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange since December 1993. CONTACT: TriQuint Semiconductor Chris O'Connor, 503/644-3535, ext. 348 or Roger Grace Associates Roger Grace, 415/821-6881 |
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