Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation PLTE-A Experience in Samsung Galaxy S4

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation, a provider of high-performance radio frequency integrated circuits, recently announced it is the provider of the main antenna switch that drives radio frequency performance in the newest Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A smartphone.

The company has selected the PE421280 MultiSwitch to employ, based on its ability to support simultaneous multi-band operation up to 14 frequency bands while still delivering high-quality linearity, insertion loss performance, as well as small size. It’s essential for Peregrine’s company that they are providing for Samsung because Samsung Galaxy holds the first-ever implementation on the 4G LTE-A network. They are the first to use the carrier aggregation (the simultaneous reception of multiple frequency bands) to improve data and speed – what would be a three minute download on 4G LTE only takes approximately one minute on LTE-A.

Peregrine Semiconductor provides high-performance radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs). Their products provide a mixture of performance as well as integration, targeting a range of applications in broadband, industrial, mobile wireless device, and wireless infrastructure markets. CEO of Peregrine Semiconductor, Jim Cable, stated that the data enabled by LTE-A improves the wireless experience, and that the company is ecstatic to support a huge name in mobile devices such as Samsung.

The Peregrine devices are specifically designed to operate and work with systems such as the LTE-A platform that Samsung is introducing. Cable said “the devices feature not only the linearity required for simultaneous, multi-band switching performance, but also the integration, low power, and manufacturability required of high-volume consumer applications.”

Peregrine Semiconductor seems to be the perfect company to carry Samsung through this huge development in mobile device performance – with the two of them teamed together, the delivery of seamless high-quality performance from the 4G LTE-A network will undoubtedly supply Samsung Galaxy customers with an enhanced experience.