RFMD Expands Its Product Portfolio for Mobile Wi-Fi Market

(Product News, 19 Jun 2009)

RF Micro Devices Inc. announced the expansion of the Company's WiFi product portfolio to include four new switch and switch/LNA products: the RF5500, RF5501, RF5510 and RF5511. The new family of front-end solutions is designed to address the need for high performance and continued size reductions in mobile WiFi applications, including cellular handsets, personal navigation devices (PNDs), digital cameras and MP3 players.

The RF5500, RF5501, RF5510 and RF5511 each contain a single-pole, three-throw (SP3T) switch designed to enable multi-path operation in the embedded segment of the WiFi, or WLAN, consumer electronics markets. The RF5501 and RF5511 also integrate a low noise amplifier (LNA), providing for reduced footprint area with low insertion loss for RF architectures requiring additional Rx gain.

"We are pleased to expand our portfolio of WiFi switch and switch/LNA products to address the growing opportunities in WiFi-enabled mobile devices—with annual market growth expectations exceeding 15 percent in both calendar year 2010 and calendar year 2011," said Rohan Houlden, general manager of RFMD's Wireless Connectivity Business Unit. "This new family of products delivers a flexible, size-reduced solution to customers seeking to enhance the RF performance of 2.4GHz consumer and general market products."