GREENSBORO, NC and HILLSBORO, OR – December 11, 2015 – Qorvo®, Inc. (NASDAQ: QRVO), a leading provider of core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications, has won Electronic Engineering & Product World (EEPW) Editor's Choice Award for the best power amplifier (PA) for 2015. EEPW recognized Qorvo's RFPD9950 GaN-based PA as the best power amplifier for 2015 due to its outstanding performance and cost effectiveness.
EEPW's annual Editor's Choice Awards are open to electronic suppliers worldwide. In 2015, more than 70 companies competed for 12 EEPW product awards and eight achievement. Winners were determined by rigorous review by EEPW editors, experts and engineers as well as online voting.
Qorvo's RFPD9950 is a hybrid power doubler amplifier module offering the best power consumption performance in its class. It incorporates GaAs MESFET die, GaAs pHEMT die and GaN HEMT die into a single hybrid module that is designed to operate from 40 MHz to 1003 MHz. It provides excellent linearity and superior return loss performance with low noise. The RFPD9950 is part of Qorvo's family of CATV power amplifiers which supports CATV designers in meeting stringent system requirements while lowering overall power consumption by up to 20%.
About Qorvo
Qorvo (NASDAQ:QRVO) is a leading provider of RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications. Qorvo's 7,000-plus global employees are dedicated to delivering solutions for everything that connects the world. Qorvo has the industry's broadest portfolio of products and RF technologies; world-class ISO9001-, ISO 14001- and ISO/TS 16949-certified manufacturing facilities; and is a DoD-accredited 'Trusted Source' (Category 1A) for GaAs, GaN and BAW products and services. For the industry's leading RF solutions, visit www.qorvo.com.
Qorvo is a registered trademark of Qorvo, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries.
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