RF Front End Market to Reach $19B by 2020

CAMPBELL, Calif., June 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile Experts LLC released a market study today on RF Front Ends for Mobile Devices. This comprehensive study provides a detailed view of the amplifiers, filters, switches, tuning elements, antennas and integrated modules that form the radio front end. The report covers mobile handsets, tablets, PCs and machine-to-machine modems.

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"The handset market is hot right now, growing by 24% this year," explained Joe Madden, Principal Analyst at Mobile Experts.   "The popularity of high-end smartphones with high numbers of RF bands has driven the market toward higher RF content, especially for LTE devices with MIMO and Carrier Aggregation." 

"Multiple disruptive technologies are impacting the smartphone radio design simultaneously, so Mobile Experts includes detailed block diagrams and cost analysis to illustrate how the future radio design is likely to play out.    We've interviewed more than 50 companies to find a balanced view of future handset design.  Other analysts focus on tear-down analysis for a good view of today's designs.   Our approach has been very successful in predicting new technology adoption, two years in advance."

"It's a grand time right now for RF suppliers, but the market will be slowing down.   This forecast provides some insight into the long-term outlook for mobile handsets and radio content which every RF supplier needs to see."

This 180-page report includes more than 150 charts and diagrams, plus a massive Excel model.    The five-year forecast includes shipment, ASP, revenue and market share information for:

AntennasAmplifiersFilters and DuplexersSwitchesFront End Modules or FEMs (ASMs, TxMs, PADs, Switched Duplexer Banks, Diversity Filter Banks, and others)Antenna Tuners and Impedance Match TunersMultimode, Multiband PAs (MMPAs)Envelope Tracking Power SuppliesCMOS PAsTerminals including handsets, tablets, PCs, and M2MCarrier Aggregation2x2, 4x4, and 8x8 MIMO for uplink and downlink

Subscribers to Mobile Experts research will also receive quarterly Expert Insight articles, with strategic analysis of consolidation in the industry, capacity analysis for various players in the RF market and deep analysis of key strategic issues.

Companies Profiled in this Report:

AAC TECHNOLOGIES  ACCO SEMICONDUCTOR        AKOUSTIS INC.              ALTIS SEMICONDUCTOR         AMALFI SEMICONDUCTOR/RFMD    AMPHENOL     ANADIGICS       ANTENOVA      APPLE AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES           BLACK SAND TECHNOLOGIES,            BLACKBERRY (RIM)   CAVENDISH KINETICS                DELFMEMS      EMW ANTENNA CO., LTD       ETA DEVICESETHERTRONICS             FERFICS              FOXCONN         FUJITSU             GALTRONICS  GLOBAL FOUNDRIES HITACHI              IBM      INTEL   IO SEMICONDUCTOR/SILANNA          JAVELIN SEMICONDUCTOR/AVAGO                KYOCERA          LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR   LPKF LASER & ELECTRONICS AG       MEDIATEK        MICROSOFT    MOLEX               MOTOROLA MOBILITY/GOOGLE/LENOVO   MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY      NOKIA/MICROSOFT    NUJIRA              ON SEMICONDUCTOR              PARATEK/BLACKBERRY          PARTRON         PEREGRINE SEMICONDUCTOR/MURATA     PULSE ELECTRONICSQORVO               QUALCOMM   QUANTANCE, INC.      R2 SEMICONDUCTOR                RDA MICROELECTRONICS     RENESAS (MURATA) RESONANT INC.            RFAXIS                RFMD  ROFS MICROSYSTEMS             SAMSUNG        SAND 9               SHENZEN SUNWAY    SILANNA SEMICONDUCTOR SKYCROSS        SOITEC                SPEED  (HUIZHUO SPEED WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LTD)         SPREADTRUM/TSINGHUA      SONY SEMICONDUCTOR        SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.             TAI-SAW TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.       TAIYO YUDEN COMPANY LTD.           TDK-EPC (EPCOS)        TEXAS INSTRUMENTS               TOWERJAZZTRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR               TSINGHUA HOLDINGS               TYCO    WIN SEMICONDUCTORS CORP.         WIPAM               WISOL WISPRY             

About Mobile Experts LLC:Mobile Experts provides insightful market analysis for the mobile infrastructure and mobile handset markets. Our analysts are true Experts, focused on topics where each Expert has 20 years of experience or more. Mobile Experts is truly independent, and does not engage in "pay for coverage" practices.   Research topics center on technology introduction for radio frequency (RF) and communications innovation.   Recent publications focus on Small Cells, Macro Base Station Transceivers, Semiconductors for RRH, Active Antenna Systems, Backhaul for Small Cells, Semiconductors for Small Cells, LTE-A, Cloud RAN, Sync in the HetNet, DAS and 5G.

Contact:Rachel LorraineMobile Experts LLCEmail+1 (408) 540-7284www.mobile-experts.net

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