RF power devices from Freescale offer 5 points higher efficiency compared to LDMOS

Freescale Semiconductor has announced the new Airfast RF power solutions designed to supply the wireless infrastructure equipment manufacturers with RF power products that take performance and energy efficiency to new levels.

Airfast RF power solutions are expected to deliver the bandwidth products, and are intended to support signals in excess of 150 MHz instantaneous bandwidth and enable simultaneous operation over multiple communication bands. Designed to provide an impressive five points higher device efficiency than the latest generation LDMOS products available in the industry, Freescale's RF power devices significantly improve linearity and anticipate 25 percent higher power density claims Freescale.

"In the past, success in RF power was all about linear efficiency," said Tom Deitrich, senior vice president and general manager of Freescale's RF, Analog & Sensor Group. "Today our customers have a far more complicated set of challenges: multiple standards, signal variability, extreme bandwidth requirements and more. Freescale is addressing this paradigm shift with a new product family based on a more comprehensive, holistic, and system-level approach to RF power technology."

According to ABI Research, Freescale holds 57 percent market share in RF power solutions.

Freescale says Airfast RF power solutions will be housed in over molded plastic packaging that is expected to offer up to a 20 percent reduction in thermal resistance over the first generation, continuing Freescale's commitment to utilizing highly advanced and cost-effective packaging for high-performance RF power transistor applications.

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