Product category: Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Avago Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 21 March 2002
Agilent combines with Tropian for
multimode GSM
Tropian and Agilent Technologies have developed a complete RF transmitter solution for GSM/GPRS/Edge handset applications.
Tropian and Agilent Technologies have developed a complete RF transmitter solution for GSM/GPRS/Edge handset applications The platform combines Tropian's TimeStar Polar Impact modulator IC and Agilent's highly efficient E-pHEMT power amplifier modules
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We are pleased with the results of combining the TimeStar modulator with Agilent's power amplifier modules", said Michael Farese, Tropian's president and CEO.
"Agilent's power amplifier products offer excellent efficiencies and high quality that will result in a successful joint platform".
"Wireless customers are showing strong enthusiasm for this power-efficient, simplified radio architecture", said Michael Huether, Director of Marketing Europe, Middle East, Africa Semiconductor Products Group.
"A strong effort went into optimising our E-pHEMT power amplifier with Tropian's TimeStar polar-loop modulator.
By joining with Tropian, we were able to combine best-of-class technologies that will enable handset manufacturers to extend battery life, reduce parts count and size, and support multiple modulation formats with a single transmitter".
Tropian's Polar Impact technology is a nonlinear, polar modulation architecture that enables multi-mode capability in wireless handsets and basestations, and offers dramatic improvements in system performance, manufacturability, and reliability. Request free introductory details about products from Avago Technologies ...
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