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Global and China Connectivity RF Industry Report, 2014-2015NEW YORK, June 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The report covers the followings: 1, Introduction to Connectivity RF The rapid growth of 802.11ac is another driving engine. Less than 10% of WiFi supported 802.11ac in 2014, while the proportion is expected to be 80% in 2018. The Connectivity RF cost of 802.11ac is much higher than that of the current mainstream 802.11a/b/g. The next development direction of LTE will be carrier aggregation (CA). The shipment of mobile phones supporting carrier aggregation only amounted to 108 million units in 2014, and is expected to reach 1.185 billion units by 2018. Carrier aggregation makes Connectivity RF more complex and costly. The core of a Connectivity RF system includes PA and filters (the fastest growing segment). LTE-FDD's Band 8, 13 and 26 need TC-SAW, Band 4, 5, 12, 17, 20, 27 and 28 require SAW, Band 2, 3, 7, 23, 25 and 30 demand BAW, while LTE-TDD's Band 38, 10, 41, 42 and 43 use SAW. In the highly concentrated Connectivity RF system industry, the top five companies enjoy over 97% market share, which is hard for small firmsto survive. One reason is that PA requires unique GaAs wafers instead of the traditional Si wafers; the other reason rests with the high production threshold in the filter field. All laboratories can accomplish trial production, but only a handful of companies (mainly Japanese companies) are capable to conduct mass production with high consistency and quality. Major SAW companies embrace Murata, TDK and Fujitsu. Panasonic and Qorvo target TC-SAW. Avago, Qorvo, Taiyoyuden and TDK focus on BAW. Qorvo is a new company after the merger of RFMD and Triquint. Taiwanese companies witness the fastest growth in 2015. For example, Skyworks and Avago outsource considerable products to their foundries Win and AWSC respectively, especially Avago lavish huge capital on acquisitions to significantly reduce manufacturing costs, so that AWSC's revenue will ascend by at least 200% in 2015. Read the full report: http://www.reportlinker.com/p03007694-summary/view-report.html About Reportlinker ReportLinker is an award-winning market research solution that finds, filters and organizes the latest industry data so you get all the market research you need - instantly, in one place. http://www.reportlinker.com __________________________ Contact Clare: [email protected] US: (339)-368-6001 Intl: +1 339-368-6001 To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-and-china-connectivity-rf-industry-report-2014-2015-300094463.html SOURCE Reportlinker |