Neubiberg, Germany - July 15, 2014 - Infineon Technologies supports Samsung's Galaxy S5 with a total of eight RF components. The German semiconductor manufacturer is the partner of choice for LTE Low Noise Amplifiers (LNA), Quad LNA banks, a GPS LNA and SPDT RF switches.
"The smartphone market shows unrivaled innovation speed. Being able to offer new product generations with higher integration and smaller footprint in next to no time is the key to success. We are proud to be chosen by leading players in this field like Samsung to help bring reliable service and more functionalities to the users," said Philipp von Schierstaedt, Vice President and General Manager of the business unit RF & Protection Devices at Infineon Technologies.
Infineon's LTE LNAs and Quad LNA banks are specially designed to enhance the data rate in smartphones by up to 96 percent compared to solutions without LNAs, thus fully exploiting the speed of the LTE communication standard. The GPS LNA ensures reliable navigation functionality by effectively preventing interference from other signals present in the phone. Last but not least, Infineon's SPDT RF Switches were chosen to reliably route the RF signals to their designated paths.
The S5 is the latest model of Samsung Electronics' flagship smartphone. It is equipped with two internal Wifi antennas and a Download Booster that achieves outstanding transfer rates by combining the data transmission via LTE and Wifi. More than 11 million units of the Android based phone were sold during the first month after the official release.
Infineon offers a broad portfolio for both mobile devices and cellular infrastructure, including of RF devices, TVS diodes, silicon microphones and power management ICs.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 contains the following Infineon components:
Infineon Technologies AG is one of the world's leading manufacturers of semiconductors. The group's products include power semiconductors, sensors, microcontrollers, digital, mixed-signal and analog ICs, discrete semiconductor modules, switches, interface ICs, motor-controlling ICs, RF power transistors, voltage regulators, and electronic safety components. Net sales break down by area of activity as follows:
- automotive (50.5%): semiconductor products used in the automotive industry, and memory products for specific applications for automotive, industrial, information technologies, telecommunications and consumer electronics.
- power & sensor systems (23.3%): semiconductors for energy-efficient power supplies, mobile devices, mobile phone network infrastructures, human-machine interaction as well as applications with special demands on their robustness and reliability.
- industrial power control (13.5%): semiconductor products for the conversion of electrical energy for small, medium and high-power applications, used in the manufacturing, the low-loss transmission, the storage and the efficient use of electrical energy;
- connected secure systems (12.6%): semiconductors for networked devices, card-based applications, and government documents; microcontrollers for industrial, entertainment, and household applications, components for connectivity systems, various customer support systems;
- other (0.1%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Germany (12.4%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (14.4%), China/Hong Kong/Taiwan (32.3%), Japan (10.5%), Asia/Pacific (15.9%), the United States (12.1%) and Americas (2.4%).