Skyworks Intros WLAN Modules

WOBURN, Mass. -- Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:SWKS), the industry's leading wireless semiconductor company focused on radio frequency (RF) and complete cellular system solutions for mobile communications applications, today introduced five new solutions to offer a complete family of fully integrated 802.11 wireless LAN front-end modules. These highly integrated devices join the SKY65201, the world's first 802.11b/g WLAN front-end module, which was announced in June of this year.

Skyworks' new line of front-end solutions reduces the number of components required for building routers, PC cards and PCI adapter access points. In addition to the company's existing 802.11b/g module, Skyworks now offers two 802.11a products and two 802.11b/g products, including a high-performance version and an ultra low-cost implementation. The suite also includes a new tri-mode 802.11a/b/g module that, for the first time, gives designers a single comprehensive semiconductor platform upon which to support all of today's most popular standards and applications.

"Skyworks is unique among wireless LAN semiconductor suppliers in our ability to combine industry-leading products such as our power amplifiers, switches and filter functions into a single convenient module that dramatically reduces system design time and cost," said Gregory Waters, Skyworks' vice president of Cellular Infrastructure and Wireless Data.

"Leveraging our cellular handset RF integration expertise, we were the first to market with a WLAN front-end module and are now building on that foundation to offer options spanning virtually any combination of 802.11 -- including several frequency bands and multiple modulation techniques. Our customers can now develop complete architectures with 20 to 40 fewer components, saving valuable space in PCMCIA, Mini PCI, USB and compact flash platforms."

Technical Details

Skyworks' new WLAN front-end module family supports the 802.11a, b and g wireless LAN standards both individually and in the combinations of 802.11b/g and 802.11a/b/g. The frequencies of operation include 2.4 to 2.5 GHz and 4.9 to 5.85 GHz and support complementary code keying (CCK) for 802.11b and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) for 802.11a/g up to 64 quadrature amplitude modulation (64QAM). The five new 802.11 WLAN front-end module products include:

All of Skyworks' WLAN front-end modules are offered in low-cost, laminate-based, plastic multi-chip module packaging, and each is screened at operating frequency prior to shipment for guaranteed performance. Pricing in OEM volumes of 50,000 is $3.25 for the SKY65200, $2.25 for the SKY65202, $1.60 for the SKY65203, $1.25 for the SKY65204 and $1.25 for the SKY65205.

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