USA: ANADIGICS Inc. has announced that it is shipping production volumes of its AWL9280 and AWL9580 WiFi front-end ICs (FEICs) to Samsung Electronics for the new Galaxy Tab 3 family.
These feature-rich tablets, available in screen sizes ranging from 7 to 10.1 inches, offer dual-core processors, front- and rear-facing cameras, and Android Jelly Bean operating system. ANADIGICS' AWL9280 and AWL9580 FEICs are enabling 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi connectivity in the 7.0-, 8.0-, and 10.1-inch versions across multiple models and regions.
ANADIGICS' 2.4 GHz AWL9280 802.11b/g/n and 5 GHz AWL9580 802.11a/n FEICs leverage the company's exclusive InGaP-Plus technology and patented design architectures to combine a high performance power amplifier (PA), low-noise amplifier (LNA), and RF switch on a single die.
This level of integration greatly improves manufacturability and reliability, reduces needed PCB area, and simplifies RF front-end design to speed time-to-market.
The complete family of FEICs provides outstanding error vector magnitude (EVM) and noise figure performance, which enables high data throughput.