TriQuint's
standard products include high-performance, low-cost digital, analog and mixed signal GaAs
RFICs which are used in a wide variety of communications systems. The company also
provides applications-specific and custom circuit solutions for major communications
system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Standard products offered by the TriQuint
Texas facility cover a range of DC to 35 GHz applications and include amplifiers,
attenuators, switches and discrete FET products with a history of performance and
reliability unmatched in the industry.
Wireless Communications:
Standard products supplied to wireless communications markets worldwide serve as the
essential building blocks for multi-purpose applications in RF and microwave systems.
TriQuint applies its GaAs design and manufacturing technologies to supply
industry-standard products for PCS networks, analog and digital cellular phones, satellite
communications, satellite receivers for TV broadcast, wireless transceivers for data
networks and wireless local loops, hand-held navigation systems based on the global
positioning satellite (GPS) standard, wireless local area networks (WLANs) and wireless
modems.
TriQuint's wireless communications standard products focus on simplifying the complex
requirements of RF front end design. These devices address the essentials of radio
frequency applications - power amplification, frequency conversion and switching.
Telecommunications:
TriQuint has a growing portfolio of products for broadband systems based on synchronous
optical network (SONET), synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) and ATM standards. Typical
functions include multiplexing/demultiplexing, clock generation and recovery, and analog
or digital switching. Applications platforms include WAN hubs and routers, SONET
transmission and switching, workstations, servers, network interface cards, proprietary
links, and central office equipment.
High quality mixed-signal phase lock loop (PLL) technology enables TriQuint to produce
telecommunications transceiver and serializer and deserializer chips with the best
performance in the industry. These devices provide physical layer interfacing between
industry-standard optoelectronics modules and industry-standard overhead processor and
cellmapping products.
Data Communications:
In the datacom market, TriQuint focuses on high-speed serial data communications, the
preferred method for high-volume data transfer. Data communication chip-sets are available
for the new 1 GBps Fibre Channel standard and for proprietary serial links.
A broad range of serial communications devices incorporating exceptionally low jitter,
high-frequency PLL technology perform the serialization, clock and data recovery, and
deserialization functions. These products support the physical interface requirements of
Fibre Channel, ESCON, Gigabit Ethernet and proprietary links. In addition, TriQuint offers
encoder/decoder (ENDEC) products for complete point-to-point serial communications links.
Operating at data rates from 200 MBaud/s to 1.25 GBaud/s, TriQuint's datacom products are
compatible with industry standard copper and optical media drivers.
New Standard Products:
During 1997 TriQuint introduced and began sampling a broad family of devices aimed at the
next generation of cellular and PCS portable telephones which are compatible with the
major mobile phone communications standards (TDMA, CDMA, GSM, and AMPS). Designed to
support the industry move to higher capacity, longer lasting battery technologies, these
new products consist of both receiver and transmitter circuits. There were three new
receiver standard products: two for PCS CDMA applications and one for the new dual band
(cellular and PCS) TDMA telephones. TriQuint also introduced two custom receiver products
for a major portable phone manufacturer and began sampling five new transmitter devices:
one for the TDMA cellular band, one for the TDMA PCS band, one for the North American
analog AMPS cellular standard, one for the US PCS GSM standard, and one for the European
DCS GSM standard.
Foundry Services:
Electronics companies often need to integrate the functions of proprietary RF or
high-speed mixed-mode systems into custom ICs to improve manufacturability, minimize
component insertions, achieve higher yields and reduce costs. Since 1985, TriQuint
engineers have developed the design tools and manufacturing infrastructure to serve the
special needs of customers who design and develop their own GaAs circuits.
Manufacturing services range from wafer fabrication to test engineering and plastic
packaging. Complete post-fabrication and product engineering services help customers
better manage yields. Several high-performance GaAs processes including
MESFET, HFET, and
pHEMT device types are available to implement IC designs. TriQuint's 1.0, 0.5 and 0.25
gate lithography processes are widely used for applications from DC through 35 GHz.
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