 Skyworks
Supports More than 10 New
Samsung 3G Handset Models –
Including First European
Mobile TV Slider Phone
 Latest
Handset Features DVB-H and OMA-BCAST
WOBURN,
Mass. – May 14, 2008 – Skyworks Solutions,
Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS), an innovator of high performance analog and mixed
signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, today announced
that Samsung is leveraging its ultra-compact and high efficiency front-end
modules (FEMs) for open-loop EDGE, and power amplifiers (PAs) for WCDMA
and HSDPA across more than 10 innovative universal mobile telecommunications
system (UMTS) models. In particular, Skyworks is supporting their first
mobile TV slider phone for Europe.
At a slim 16.7 millimeters
(mm), the P960 supports both European mobile TV technology standards
– digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H), and the new open mobile
alliance mobile broadcast service enabler suite (OMA-BCAST). The handset
features optimized viewing with a large 2.6 inch quarter video graphics
array (QVGA) thin film transistor (TFT) screen, and Bang & Olufsen
ICEPower technology for top-notch audio. The device also offers a 3-megapixel
camera with power LED, music player, and FM radio with RDS for 24/7
news.
“Skyworks congratulates Samsung on achieving the milestone
launch of Europe’s first DVB-H handset, and is pleased to support their
family of compelling mobile TV platforms,” said Liam K. Griffin, Skyworks’
senior vice president of sales and marketing. “Our participation in
their P960 design reflects our multimode design-win momentum and UMTS
market share gains at Samsung and other OEMs.”
The
SKY77519
FEM incorporated by Samsung is the industry’s smallest solution for
open-polar EDGE architectures, enabling OEMs to raise the mobile bar
with an optimized power usage solution (OPUS) and delivering maximum
performance that can help increase talk times by 10 percent, improve
power savings by 30 percent, and expand battery capacity by 10 percent.
As a result, the P960 promises battery life of up to five hours of TV
watching time.
In addition, the small and efficient
SKY77170
PA packs full 1920-1980 megahertz (MHz) bandwidth coverage into a single
compact package. A directional coupler is integrated into the module,
thus eliminating the need for any external coupler. The single gallium
arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) contains
all active circuitry in the module.
About DVB-H
DVB-H
was officially endorsed by the European Union as the “preferred technology
for terrestrial mobile broadcasting” on March 18. It offers high service
level quality, very low in battery consumption, and simultaneously receives
broadcasts while using other mobile services such as telephony and Internet
access.
Amanda Ingalls
Senior Public Relations Manager
Skyworks Solutions,
Inc.
5221 California Avenue
Irvine, CA 92617-3073
949-231-3045
(telephone)
949-231-4117 (fax)
amanda.ingalls@skyworksinc.com
www.skyworksinc.com
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