Axiom Microdevices Power Amplifier Achieves Cellular Handset Full Type Approval
2/27/07 – Irvine-based Axiom Microdevices, provider of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) power amplifiers (PA), today announced that its AX502 CMOS device successfully completed full type approval (FTA) testing.
FTA is a mandatory verification process used to ensure compliance with the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) specification. Axiom says that during this lengthy and complex testing process, the cellular handset and the AX502 PA were subjected to the tests required to declare that the AX502 CMOS PA, designed into a cellular handset, was 100 percent compliant to GSM specifications and performance requirements.
“Axiom Microdevices is very proud to announce this significant achievement,” said Donald McClymont, vice president of marketing, Axiom Microdevices. “Type approval of our AX502 CMOS PA is an important milestone. The cellular handset industry is now starting to enjoy the benefits that accompany moving the last major RF function into mainstream CMOS. This is an important technological development that will enable new levels of integration and new cost points.”
Axiom says that the AX502 integrates full quad-band GSM/GPRS PA function on a single integrated circuit (IC) using mainstream silicon CMOS process technology.
Prior to passing FTA, the company says, the reliability of the AX502 had been proven through thousands of hours of life testing at accelerated operating conditions.
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