ANADIGICS' Broad Portfolio of 3G PAs Power LG Electronics' ARENA Handsets

(Product News, 25 Jun 2009)

ANADIGICS Inc. announced that its AWT6224, AWT6321 and AWT6222 3G dual-band power amplifier (PA) modules are being used in LG Electronics' new ARENA (KM900) multimedia, touch screen handsets for the European, Asian and Central/South American markets.

The LG KM900 ARENA offers a 3-inch, 262K color touchscreen display. It provides tri-band GSM and 3G support, Wi-Fi, and GPS connectivity, as well as Bluetooth and USB. Running on a new user interface dubbed as S-class, the LG ARENA will be powered by a 1,000mAh battery that is said to last for 300 hours of standby or 3 hours and 50 minutes of talk time. It also features Mobile TV and a five megapixel built-in camera, which records DVD-quality videos.

Dr. Ali Khatibzadeh, Sr. Vice President and General Manager, RF Products at ANADIGICS, Inc., reports, "ANADIGICS has been a longstanding, strategic supplier of RF front-end solutions to LG Electronics. We are proud to have been selected again as the vendor of choice for their new flagship touch-screen 3G smart phones."

ANADIGICS' broad portfolio of high-performance 3G power amplifiers enables OEMs to rapidly deliver multiple versions of a new platform to different operators around the world. All three of the PA modules used in the LG ARENA are available in identical 3mm x 5mm packages which reduce RF board area requirements and simplify the layout.

Product Specs:
-- The AWT6224 is a dual-band WCDMA/HSPA PA optimized for 3G connections in UMTS bands 1 and 8.
-- The AWT6321 is dual-band CDMA/EVDO PA designed for cell and PCS-band connections.
-- AWT6222 dual-band WCDMA/HSPA PA for 3G connections in UMTS bands 1 and 6.

All three devices have been developed using ANADIGICS' HELP3 (high efficiency at low power) technology, which reduces average current consumption by 75 percent and provides up to 25 percent increased talk time in 3G handsets. All three devices also use ANADIGICS' proprietary InGaP-Plus technology for state-of-the-art reliability, temperature stability and ruggedness.