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A Leader in Core

RF Solutions

© Qorvo, Inc.

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© 2015 Qorvo, Inc.2

We Are Qorvo®

Unmatched competitive advantages in:

• Manufacturing

• Product leadership

• Engineering

• Customer relationships

Providing a comprehensive roadmap of new products and

technologies to the world’s leading customers

7,000+ global employees

Fiscal 2016 revenue of $2.61 billion

An S&P 500 company – Nasdaq: QRVO



Qorvo Infrastructure & Defense ProductsDifferentiated, high-performance solutions

Network

Infrastructure

IDP

Defense &

Aerospace

Wireless

Infrastructure

ConnectivityWi-Fi

Base Station PA

Transport

CATV/Broadband

Optical

Research

Engineering

Airborne/Land-based/Shipboard Radar

Electronic Warfare

Defense/Civil Communications

Space

Industrial

Automotive

Base Station Tx

VSAT

Point-to-Point Radio

products

customers

markets

7,000+

6,000+

14

Full-time Engineers

Customer Proximity Sites

Annual Product Releases

> 300

14

> 200

PhDs

IEEE Fellows

19

3



The demand for data continues…

Global Market Trends

… fueled by a revolution in in-home connectivity

201920182017201620152014

2.54.2

6.8

10.7

16.1

24.3

Mobile data consumption is exploding …

Exabytes/month

57% CAGR (2014-19)

Source: Cisco VNI Mobile, 2015

Internet-of-Everything (IoE)Home automation, Smart grid, Wearable

consumer, Low-power sensors

15B Wi-Fi enabled devices in 2016 => 30B by 2020



Our customers turn to Qorvo to enable …

Leading the Wi-Fi Evolution

Improve Range & Coverage

Reduce Power Consumption Resolve Interference

Higher Throughput

• Thermal Considerations

• Limited PoE budget in Enterprise

• Costly Heat Sinking and Fan

• Influence on mechanical design

(vent-less)

• Need for High Power PA’s

• Resolve Bandedge at 2.4GHz

• Restricted Emissions in 5GHz

• Harmonic Compliance

• Wider BW (up to 160MHz)

• Better Linearity (<1% EVM)

• Higher OFDM (>1024QAM)

• More Spatial Streams (>8x8)

• Multi-User MIMO

10Gbps

& beyond

+30dBm

Max FCC

IoT

Multi-Std

GW/STB

• LTE, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, ad, ah …

• Coexistence

• OOB Blocker (5GHz)

• Protect Rx Sensitivity

X-factor



How our product developments can help our customers …

Qorvo Solutions

Improve Range & Coverage

Reduce Power Consumption Resolve Interference

Higher Throughput

10Gbps

& beyond

+30dBm

Max FCC

IoT

Multi-Std

GW/STB

X-factor

• Highest Efficiency PA Cores

Lowest Power Dissipation

Better Thermals

• 5GHz PAE

16.7% 11ac

• 2GHz PAE

>20% 11n

• Industry leading 1024QAM Lineup

• Lower EVM over more conditions

RFFM

4252

RFFM

4558AQPF

4519

• Bandedge 2G BAW filters to enable

>26dBm from CH1-11 per chain

• Higher Linear Pout PA & FEM

• Outperform market in 5G bandedge

• Coexistence BAW filters

• Better system level harmonics

• High Integration iFEM (w/filters)

885136

885128



Advanced Filter Complexity versus Frequency



Qorvo Advancing BAW Filter TechnologyIndustry’s lowest temperature drift

TCF(Temperature

Coefficient

of Frequency)

NoDrift BAW for Next Gen Filters (<5ppm/C)



BAW Technology Comparison – FBAR vs. SMR

stress field of

acoustic wave

substrate

air cavity

membrane support layer

~2

um

@ 2

GH

z

stress field of

acoustic wave

substrate

top electrode

BAW: FBAR type

Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator

High Q (steep filters)

Wide bandwidth

Power Handling (air is a poor heat

conductor)

Large intrinsic TCF (-26ppm/oC)

IMD spurs – reflectivity constant with freq

Worse thermal performance

Worse mechanical ruggedness

Hard to manufacture (stress control)

+

+–

–

–

High Q (steep filters)

Wide bandwidth

Better Power handling than FBAR

Low intrinsic TCF (-17ppm/oC)

IMD spurs – reflector BW by design

Better thermal performance

Mechanically rugged

More layers

+

+

–

+

+

–

–

+

+

piezo layer

bottom

electrodeacoustic

mirror

(reflector

)

top electrode

piezo layer

bottom

electrode

BAW: SMR type

Solidly Mounted Resonator

+

–



BAW filters

2.4GHz bandedge

• Full regulatory compliance

• Achieve max FCC limits (+30dBm in CH1-11)

• Smaller size, lower cost and better performance than ceramic mono-block

Wi-Fi/LTE coexistence

• Superior insertion loss, selectivity and power handling compared to SAW

• Low-drift extended temp range -40 to 95 ºC

Our Strength in Wi-Fi Filtering Solutions

885135

885128



BAW Filter Extends Range at Bandedge Channels885070 2.4GHz Wi-Fi bandedge filter

• >3x extended range in Wi-Fi CH1 & CH11

• FCC compliance up to +28dBm per chain

• Improve system throughput

10dB back-off to meet FCC Max power across all channels

885135

885070



Bandedge Filter RoadmapIndoor CPE, Outdoor AP, and Small Cells

13

DevelopmentProduction

2.4GHz BPF

Bandedge

+CH12

US US, EU, China

885070

1.7 x 1.3 mm

885135

1.7 x 1.3 mm

More RegionsIndustry’s 1st



885070 Ceramic Mono-Block

CER-50548A

Qorvo BAW

Customer Benefits

Lower

Cost

Insertion Loss

FCC Rej

2390.0MHz

FCC Rej

2483.5MHz

Low Loss CH 1 thru 11

29 dB

25 dB

Higher IL in CH 1 & 2

17dB

12dB

Better

Performance

Package

Size

Smaller

Size

BAW Replaces Expensive Bulky Ceramic Mono-blocks

2286 2386 2486 2586

Frequency (MHz)

Narrowband

-40

-30

-20

-10

0

DB(|S(2,1)|)

2386 2436 2486

Frequency (MHz)

Passband

-6

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

DB(|S(2,1)|)

2336 2386 2436 2486 2536

Frequency (MHz)

Return Loss

-30

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

DB(|S(1,1)|)

DB(|S(2,2)|)

0 1.0

1.0

-1.0

10.0

1 0.0

-10.0

5.0

5 .0

-5.0

2.0

2.0

-2.0

3.0

3.0

-3.0

4.0

4 .0

-4.0

0.2

0.2

-0.2

0.4

0.4

-0.4

0.6

0.6

-0.6

0.8

0.8

-0.8

Smith

Swp Max

2482MHz

Swp Min

2392MHz

S (1,1)

S (2,2)

100 1100 2100 3100 4100

Frequency (MHz)

Wideband

-40

-30

-20

-10

0

DB(|S(2,1)|)

8.97mm

4.5mm

2.9mm1.7 x 1.3 x 0.5mm

20x Smaller



Full Lineup Target Performance per Chain:

TX Pout 27 dBm at 11n Pout 24 dBm at 11ac

RX Ga 14.5 dB NF 1.7 dB

RFSW8009RFPA5208

Complete FE Solution

Best in class 2.4GHz Lineup

885136

RFFM4227

Achieve max FCC limits in CH1-11 (11n)without back-off in 3x3MIMO



Coexistence filtering

BAW Solves High-Frequency Interference Problems

Wi-Fi BAW filters for indoor/outdoor access

points, LTE gateways and small cell base stations



Wi-Fi/LTE Coexistence ModelsFilter use cases

• Clean XCVR LO spurious

• Harmonic suppression

• Improve chipset drive



Coexistence Filter RoadmapIndoor CPE, Outdoor AP, and Small Cells

2.4GHz BPF

LTE Coexist

2.4GHz Diplexer2.4GHz Notch

/ Bandstop

Smaller

2G

2G

+

885062

885071

1.4 x 1.2 mm

Industry

Smallest Package

885128

1.1 x 0.9 mm

885008

885010

1.7 x 1.3 mm

Integrate 885137

1.7 x 1.3 mm

Wi-Fi Extractor



Exciting Opportunities within Automotive Connectivity

Navigation

GPS-GNSS

LNA & Filters

Filter-LNA

SDARS

Satellite Radio

Filter

LNAs

Infotainment

802.11 Applications

PA, LNA and FEM

Wi-Fi–LTE Co-Existence

Filters

Cellular

LTE, 3G, 4G

MMPA, Filters and

Duplexer Modules

802.11p

Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V)

Vehicle to Infra (V2I)

Vehicle to Pedestrian (V2P)

PA, LNA + Switch, FilterQPF1901Q

V2X BAW Filter

856565

881.5/1960 MHz

Band 21

857038

836.5 MHz

Band 12, 17

38

885014

SXM BAW

Band 12, 17

38

Band 20

856561

856039

885062-AWiFi/LTE

Coexistence

885071-AWiFi/LTE

Coexistence



Qorvo Connectivity Filters

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

885062 885071 885070 Avago7124

Avago7024

EpcosB9604

Max Power Handling (dBm)

Max Power Handling (dBm)

Qorvo’s Value Proposition

25% less temperature drift than FBAR

Higher power handling than FBAR

Hermetic packaging for best reliability

Best in class linearity => system EVM

Extended temp range -40 to 95 ºC

Smaller size, lower cost and better performance than

ceramic mono-block

Lower insertion loss, better selectivity and higher power

handling compared to SAW

MTTF >1M hrs

FBAR

Industry’s Best

Reliability & Power

Handling

Others

Coexistence Portfolio

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