Nujira Extends Foundry Partnership with TowerJazz; Prepares for Volume Production of New Envelope Tracking IC for 4G Smartphones
Annual revenue for analog application specific ICs for 4G mobile
handsets forecast to grow from
Anyone who uses 4G phones experiences an empty battery much earlier than
with 3G, sometimes in the middle of the day. There are several
technologies being developed in order to reduce power consumption of
such phones, but recently ET interfaces have become standardised on LTE
basebands, which paves the way to a very high adoption rate of this
technology. Nujira is the world leading company in ET and therefore is
well positioned to take a large portion of the market. According to
global information provider, IHS, the annual revenue for analog
application specific ICs for 4G mobile handsets is forecast to grow from
Nujira selected TowerJazz, the number one specialty foundry and fifth largest foundry worldwide, as its manufacturing partner in early 2012. With the launch of Nujira’s NCT-L1300 ET modulator IC last month, the partnership is being extended as the new chip is geared up for volume production to support 4G smartphone shipments in 2014. The NCT-L1300 is fabricated in TowerJazz’s proven 0.18 micron RF CMOS technology, used in hundreds of millions of RF front end devices with additional uniquely fitted HV modules. Nujira’s NCT-L1300 delivers the best ET performance on the market across all key metrics and delivers power conversion efficiencies in excess of 80%, effectively doubling the efficiency of existing solutions.
“As the world’s largest specialty analog foundry, TowerJazz offers us the experience and capacity to address the high volume smartphone market, and enables us to meet the price points demanded by the world’s largest smartphone vendors. Moving our new IC into volume production is a critical step for our business, and with its process expertise, wafer capacity and security of supply across multiple fabs, TowerJazz is the right foundry partner for Nujira,” added Haynes.
“Nujira’s technology has huge potential, with ET technology heading
towards a 100% attach rate in LTE smartphones in 2014. We are excited to
be their partner and to be supporting them in volume production of their
NCT-L1300. Nujira’s chips combine wireless communications and smart
energy, which are two high growth focus areas for TowerJazz,” said
The NCT-L1300 is packaged in a low-profile Wafer-Level Chip Scale Package, and started sampling to lead customers in June.
About Nujira
Nujira is enabling the design of cost-effective multi-mode, multi-band
handsets that deliver faster data rates, longer battery life, and better
coverage. A fabless semiconductor company, Nujira is realizing its
mission to dramatically improve the energy efficiency of transmitters
for 3G and 4G handsets, base stations and TV broadcast applications by
reducing the amount of waste energy dissipated as heat in the
Nujira’s patented Coolteq® Modulator technology dynamically modulates
the power supply to the circuit in line with the amplitude of the
signal, enabling the creation of highly efficient RF Power Amplifiers.
Today, Coolteq technology powers the industry’s most energy efficient
and highest performing 4G base stations and TV broadcast transmitters.
Underpinned by the industry’s largest portfolio of Envelope Tracking
technology patents, Nujira is applying the same energy efficient
technology to smartphones and other portable wireless devices. Nujira is
headquartered in
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