Qorvo® Enables Breakthrough Gigabit Phone with RF

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Qorvo® (Nasdaq: QRVO ), a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, today announced that four of Qorvo’s highly integrated, high-performance RF front end (RFFE) solutions have been selected to support breakthrough performance in a recently launched gigabit phone. The gigabit phone represents a significant step forward in performance, with download speeds of 1Gbps and potential for new mobile experiences like 360° panoramic VR, 4K video and instant cloud storage on the move.

Eric Creviston, president of Qorvo’s Mobile Products group, said, “Qorvo is very pleased to have helped reach this milestone achievement in ultra-high speed 4G LTE connectivity. Qorvo is leading the transition to higher performance, more highly integrated RFFE solutions—our newest generation RF Fusion™ solutions combine all major RF functionality to deliver superior performance across the low, mid, high, and ultra-high cellular frequency bands. Additionally, our newest RF Fusion Mobile Wi-Fi iFEMs deliver higher performance than discrete components while simplifying design and miniaturizing product footprint.”

The four high performance Qorvo Mobile solutions supporting the world’s first gigabit LTE smartphone are the QM52042, QM75001, QM78013, and QM48858.

• The ultra-high-band QM52042 is a 3.5 GHz power amplifier (PA), with full support for TD-LTE bands 42 and 43
• The high-band QM75001 combines multimode multiband PAs, FDD- and TD-LTE-capable transmit/receive switches, Qorvo LowDrift™ filters for bands 38, 40 and 41-wide, and full support for intra-band uplink carrier aggregation, inter-band downlink carrier aggregation, advanced power tracking and envelope tracking
• The mid-band QM78013 combines multimode, multiband PAs, mode switching, a LowDrift™ band 25 duplexer, a LowDrift™-based multiplexer capable of multi-downlink carrier aggregation for bands 1 and 3 in addition to band 4, along with an antenna switch and coupler. The PA chains in the QM78013 support intra-band uplink carrier aggregation in FDD and TD-LTE bands as well as inter-band downlink carrier aggregation, while operating in advanced power tracking and envelope tracking modes
• The QM48858 Mobile Wi-Fi iFEM combines a 5 GHz PA, LNA, switch, diplexer, and coupler with Qorvo’s premium 2.4 GHz BAW 5 Wi-Fi coexistence filter

Qorvo’s high-performance RF solutions simplify design, reduce product footprint, conserve power, improve system performance and accelerate the adoption of carrier aggregation. Qorvo combines systems-level expertise, broad manufacturing scale, and the industry’s most comprehensive product and technology portfolio to help leading manufacturers accelerate the delivery of next-generation LTE, LTE-A, pre-5G/5G and IoT products. Qorvo's core RF solutions set the standard for next-gen connectivity, delivering unmatched integration and performance at the heart of the connected world.

Qorvo is at the forefront of Solving RF Complexity™ and is showcasing its industry-leading portfolio of advanced RF Front End solutions at Mobile World Congress ( MWC 2017 ), from February 27 through March 2 in Hall 2, Stand 2i25.

About Qorvo Qorvo (NASDAQ: QRVO ) makes a better world possible by providing innovative RF solutions at the center of connectivity. We combine product and technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers' most complex technical challenges. Qorvo serves diverse high-growth segments of large global markets, including advanced wireless devices, wired and wireless networks and defense radar and communications.  We also leverage our unique competitive strengths to advance 5G networks, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and other emerging applications that expand the global framework interconnecting people, places and things. Visit www.qorvo.com to learn how Qorvo connects the world.

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