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Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Anadigics | Subject: AWT6224
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 01 May 2008
Power amp targets dual-band European
handsets
The AWT6224 is designed to meet requirements for WCDMA and HSPA operation with Qualcomm's latest chipsets.
Anadigics has designed a new dual-band power amplifier module specifically for use in 3G dual-band handsets for EGSM network deployments worldwide, especially Europe The latest member of Anadigics' rapidly growing family of WCDMA power amplifiers, the new AWT6224 PA is a dual-band module that supports both IMT (UMTS2100) and EGSM (UMTS900) band operations
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The AWT6224 is designed to meet requirements for WCDMA and HSPA operation with Qualcomm's latest chipsets.
It incorporates the company's proprietary Help3 technology, which reduces average current consumption by 75% and provides up to 25% increased talk time in 3G handsets.
The PA also includes a built-in voltage regulator and CMOS-compatible logic controls.
"Our new AWT6224 PA delivers the 3G HSPA performance required by two European bands in a single 3 x 5mm package", says Ali Khatibzadeh, PhD, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Wireless Products, Anadigics.
"Its smaller size reduces the RF board area required for multiband phone designs utilising Qualcomm's latest generation chipsets".
The AWT6224 also reduces current consumption using Anadigics' Help3 technology without the use of an external DC/DC convertor, thus reducing the number of external components required for an efficient design.
Like the AWT6281, the AWT6224 incorporates Anadigics' proprietary InGaP-Plus technology for state-of-the-art reliability, temperature stability and ruggedness.
The module is manufactured using a material set consistent with the European Union's RoHS Directive.
Priced at US $3.07 each in 1000-unit quantities, the AWT6224 dual-band PA is sampling now, with volume production scheduled for the end of Q2 2008.
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