RFMD to Launch New Enabling Technologies

(Business News & Technology News, 22 Nov 2007)

RF Micro Devices will announce at its analyst day the introduction of new technologies developed by the company to enable unprecedented levels of functional integration in RF applications.

The new technologies include hermetically sealed wafer level packaging (WLP), micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS), integrated conformal shielding, gallium nitride (GaN), GaAs E/D pHEMT and GaAs BiFET. RFMD anticipates the new processes and enabling technologies will support the company's forecast growth in calendar year 2008 and extend the company's reach into new cellular product categories, including cellular mode switches, filters, duplexers and other high performance RF components for cellular handsets.

The foundation for RFMD's new technology offerings is the company's historical emphasis on Optimum Technology Matching (OTM), in which RFMD's designers select the optimum technology for each application according to considerations of cost and performance. RFMD's new technologies drive OTM one step further by leveraging a greatly expanded portfolio of enabling technologies optimized specifically for increased levels of functional integration in RF applications.

In addition to wireless opportunities, RFMD anticipates its new technologies will expand its growth prospects in markets targeted by its newly formed Multi-Market Products Group (MPG), including wireless infrastructure, wireless access, standard products, broadband/consumer and aerospace & defense.

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