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RFパワーアンプは、セルラーとモバイルの無線インフラストラクチャのすべての基地局に不可欠である。それらは、現在の無線インフラ設備のサブアセンブリの中で最も高価なコンポーネントの1つであり、その性能と費用の両方が基地局設計における重要な促進要因である。最も重要なのは、効率、大きさ、直線形、信頼性である。価格の圧力がより激しくなり、RFパワーアンプという重要な部品に新しくて革新的な技術や材料が採用されて、コストが下落しても、性能は維持している。パワーアンプに使用されているRFパワー半導体は、コストと性能の要であり、パワーアンプの設計者とユーザにとって、経済性と性能の両方を保持しなければならない。この調査レポートは、これらのすべてにわたって調査し、RFパワーアンプとRFパワー半導体の相互関係を明らかにし、2016年までのそれぞれの市場の予測を行っている。

RF power amplifiers are integral parts of all base stations for cellular and mobile wireless infrastructure. They represent one of the most expensive component sub-assemblies in modern wireless infrastructure equipment and both their performance and cost are important drivers in base station design. Efficiency, physical size, linearity, and reliability are among the principal concerns. As price pressures become fiercer, new and innovative techniques and materials must be used to reduce the cost of this important component part while still maintaining performance. The RF power semiconductors used in these power amplifiers are the linchpin for their cost and capability and they must keep pace with both the economic and technical realities facing designers and users of these RF power amplifiers. This study examines all of the above topics and illuminates the interdependent relationship of RF power semiconductors to RF power amplifiers. Quantitative forecasts are presented through 2016 for both segments.

What Questions Does This Report Answer?

• What does the future hold for the RF power amplifier business?
• Will the merchant manufacturers get caught in the middle?
• Where are the OEMs?
• What performance criteria are driving future development?
• How will pricing pressures squeeze both users and vendors of RF power amplifiers?
• Which RF power device technology for RF power amplifiers will win?
• How will the RF power device dollar/watt curve drive the business?
• Will the market support the existing number of RF power device makers?
• Will Si LDMOS’s market domination continue?
• How does GaN fit into the picture?
• Are there new regional forces at play?
• Will China be a force in the RFPA marketplace?
• Will LTE be a RF power amplifier and device driver?

Who Needs This Report?

• Cellular infrastructure equipment manufacturers
• RF power amplifier OEMs and merchant market manufacturers
• RF power semiconductor manufacturers
• Semiconductor package suppliers
• Cellular and mobile service providers
• Potential market entrants

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Chinese GSM Rollouts and Global Migration to LTE will Keep RF Power Amplifier and Device Markets Buoyant

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - October 26, 2011
Accelerated Chinese wireless infrastructure rollouts and the worldwide demand for wireless data have benefited the base station RF power amplifier and RF power device markets.

The Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, presently accounts for more than 75% of the RF power semiconductor devices sold into the mobile wireless infrastructure segment. “Recent Chinese multi-carrier GSM deployments have been massive and have buoyed RF power vendors tremendously,” says Lance Wilson, research director, mobile networks.

The demand is expected to strengthen the market until at least 2012 and Chinese GSM deployment activity will only begin to slow in 2013.

A happy coincidence for equipment vendors, 2012 is the expected time frame for LTE deployments in developed countries to gather a head of steam. “Although LTE has not yet significantly impacted RF power amplifier and device sales, it will bolster RF power sales in the wireless infrastructure space from about 2011 onward,” says Aditya Kaul, practice director, mobile networks.

The growing demand for wireless data is also driving the overall market upwards for both RF power amplifiers and RF power devices.

ABI Research’s new report, “RF Power Amplifiers,” examines evolving design parameters and materials, price versus performance, and the interdependent relationship of RF power semiconductors to RF power amplifiers. Quantitative forecasts are presented through 2016 for both segments.
It is included in two of the firm’s research services: Radio Access Networks and RF Power Devices.