Samsung Integrates Next-Generation TriQuint Modules into Newest Edge Wireless Phones

By Niladri Sekhar Nath

TMCnet Contributing Editor

 

Samsung is all set to use the EDGE quad-band transmit module, manufactured by TriQuint Semiconductor (News - Alert) in its new SGH-E490 and Samsung EDGE handsets. TriQuint's TQM6M5001 comes with quad-band signal amplification and switching, plus power / switch control and ESD protection. The module's power added efficiency (PAE) also extends battery life while its small size frees-up PC board space for added features that appeal to handset consumers.

 

Tim Dunn, TriQuint's Vice President for Handsets commented in a statement to the press,  "Since this product is the same size and is pin-compatible with earlier designs, our customers can move almost seamlessly to the higher data rate possible in EDGE systems with minimal changes to their phone board layouts. The TQM6M5001 is another example of ways in which TriQuint enables our customers to produce wireless phones with increased functionality, longer battery life and quicker design turns."

 

The TriQuint TQM6M5001 has RF transmit functions with full GMSK (Gaussian minimum shift keying) and EDGE linear capabilities, combining a quad-band EDGE power amplifier (PA), a transmit (Tx) / receive (Rx) switch, plus PA and switch control along with ESD (electro static discharge) protection.

 

"This is the first in a series of Samsung (News - Alert) phones utilizing TriQuint's EDGE transmit module. Subsequent roll-outs in different phone models are planned through the first half of 2007,” added Dunn. “These new phones will be sold wherever EDGE systems are deployed including Europe, the United States and across Asia."

 

Paul Cooper, TriQuint's Strategic Marketing Manager for Handsets has said that customers now have a choice for EDGE-Linear systems between TQM6M5001 QUANTUM Tx Module for size-critical applications and HADRON PA Module family for discrete applications. "Both solutions offer customers high performance under extreme conditions using TriQuint's in-house GaAs HBT and pHEMT technologies," explained Cooper.