Avago Technologies’ New PCS Duplexer Minimizes Power Consumption and Improves Receiver Sensitivity

FBAR Innovation Drives Smaller Size, Greater Performance

SAN JOSE, Calif.,  January 14, 2008

Avago Technologies today announced availability of its 4th generation PCS duplexer.  The company is a leading supplier of interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications.  Avago’s ACMD-7403 offers best in class transmitter insertion loss to minimize power consumption and superior receiver insertion loss for excellent receiver sensitivity.  Nearly forty percent smaller than previous generation products, the new PCS duplexer is designed for CDMA and UMTS mobile phone, data card, modem and femtocell applications.

 Leveraging its market leading film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) technology, Avago’s ACMD-7403 delivers an industry best 2.7 dB maximum Tx Band insertion loss which significantly lowers power consumption. An unprecedented 3.2 dB maximum Rx Band insertion loss achieves excellent receiver sensitivity.  Additionally, the ACMD-7403 enhances the sensitivity and dynamic range of CDMA and UMTS receivers by providing more than 52 dB attenuation of the transmitted signal at the receiver input and more than 44 dB rejection of transmit-generated noise in the receive band.

 Avago shrinks its PCS duplexer from 3.8 mm squared to 3.0 x 3.0 x1.2 mm, and provides maximum design flexibility with no compromise in electrical performance.  It also achieves a high power rating of 33 dBm absolute maximum Tx power and is RoHS compliant. 

Pricing and Availability

Avago’s ACMD-7403 is available now.  Pricing begins at $2.13 in 10,000 quantities.

Avago’s Mobile Appliance Solutions

Avago Technologies is a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for today’s highly integrated, feature-rich mobile handsets. Avago provides FBAR filters and CoolPAM power amplifiers that save battery life and help shrink handset size, infrared transceivers for transmitting data, surface-mount LEDs that provide backlighting styling options, proximity sensors that automate the speakerphone, and ambient-light photo sensors that save battery life by controlling backlighting. No other component vendor offers all of these solutions for mobile appliances. More information about Avago’s family of mobile appliance semiconductor solutions is available at www.avagotech.com/mobile.

About Avago Technologies

Avago Technologies is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. By leveraging its core competencies in III-V compound and silicon semiconductor design and processing, the company provides an extensive range of analog, mixed signal and optoelectronics components and subsystems to more than 40,000 customers. Backed by strong customer service support, the company's products serve four diverse end markets: industrial and automotive, wired infrastructure, wireless communications, and computer peripherals. Avago has a global employee presence and heritage of technical innovation dating back 40 years to its Hewlett-Packard roots. Information about Avago is available on the Web at www.avagotech.com.

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