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Skyworks honours TowerJazz for its innovation
The firm has been recognised for innovations in technology and cost improvement that enable Skyworks to exceed its customer expectations
TowerJazz, a foundry service provider, has received the 2011 Innovation Award from Skyworks Solutions.
This is the first time TowerJazz has won this particular award; the Company was previously recognised as the Foundry Supplier of the Year for three consecutive years for providing excellent quality, performance and solid alignment with Skyworks’ supply chain requirements.
Skyworks utilises a broad range of TowerJazz’s specialty process offerings including mixed- signal CMOS, RFCMOS, BiCMOS, SOI and SiGe BiCMOS, to develop a variety of products such as transmit/receive modules, power amplifier controllers, switch controllers, linear devices, and wireless LAN solutions.
“Skyworks has been a long time customer of TowerJazz and we are extremely pleased to continue addressing their next-generation technology needs year after year to manufacture their leading-edge devices,” said David Postula, TowerJazz Vice President of Sales. “This award demonstrates our commitment to partnering with our customers in helping reduce their costs through joint value-engineering projects that deliver economic benefits not only to existing but also new products. We truly appreciate the validation we consistently receive from Skyworks for our proven technology platforms and design enablement solutions as well as excellence in customer service and support.”
Samsung Galaxy Note powered by Anadigics’ InGaP PAs
The firm is shipping production volumes of its indium gallium phosphide fourth generation HELP4 modules and dual-band third generation HELP3E
The Samsung Galaxy Note features an impressive 5.3 inch high-definition super AMOLED screen and is capable of displaying movies at full 1080p. What’s more, the slim Galaxy Note provides an 8 megapixel camera, 1.4 GHz dual-core processor, and Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.
“The new Samsung Galaxy Note represents an advanced convergence device that merges the impressive multimedia features of a tablet with the versatility and functionality of a smartphone,” said Michael Canonico, senior vice president of worldwide sales at Anadigics.
“Anadigics’ power amplifiers continue to provide an RF advantage by helping to extend battery-life in power hungry multimedia-rich devices. We look forward to continue working closely with Samsung to help innovate and evolve the mobile user experience.”
Anadigics’ HELP4 and HELP3E PAs use the Company’s proprietary InGaP-Plus technology. They achieve optimal efficiency across low-range and mid-range output power levels and provide
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The AWT6621 powers the Galaxy Note I9228 (TD- SCDMA) and the AWC6323, a dual band HELP3E power amplifier, is used in the Galaxy Note I889 (CDMA), both available in China.
The ALT6705, AWT6621, and AWT6624 are the company’s fourth generation High-Efficiency-at- Low-Power (HELP4) power amplifiers (PAs) and power the Galaxy Note SHV-E160L available in Korea.
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