IQE PLC IQepiMo(TM) delivers improved BAW filter performance
17 Febrero 2021 - 1:00AM
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IQE PLC
17 February 2021
IQE plc
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Cardiff, UK
17 February 2021
IQE's proprietary IQepiMo(TM) delivers improved BAW filter
performance
-- Superior material quality, achievable using IQepiMo(TM), is
linked to significant improvement in filter device performance
-- Early data indicates k(2) increases by as much as 40% at a frequency of 6Ghz
-- These results demonstrate the potential of IQepiMo(TM) for 5G BAW applications
IQE plc (AIM: IQE, "IQE" or the "Group"), the leading global
supplier of advanced semiconductor wafer products and material
solutions to the semiconductor industry, is pleased to announce a
significant milestone in the development of its IQepiMo(TM)
template technology for high-performance Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW)
RF Filters. Customer device data shows that filters fabricated
using IQE templates demonstrate improved performance when compared
to incumbent technology.
Following an announcement in November 2020, IQE has since
trialled its IQepiMo(TM) product with potential customers and
partners. Recent data indicates that IQepiMo(TM) enables customers
to achieve improved electromechanical coupling (as measured by k(2)
), a key measure of filter performance, compared with conventional
technology.
Initial data indicates k(2) increases by as much as 40% at a
frequency of 6Ghz, which is at the top end of the frequency range
used in current 5G applications. At present, the industry is
finding it difficult to achieve high levels of performance using
conventional BAW filter technology at these higher frequencies. The
data confirms that the superior material quality achievable using
IQepiMo(TM) is linked to significant performance improvement in
electromechanical device performance in this challenging frequency
range.
IQE and its partners remain engaged in additional trials and
testing to further refine this technology for high-end BAW filters.
It is expected that IQE's templates will provide significant
benefit to high scandium-content ScAlN BAW designs that will form a
key component of high-performance filters at the higher 5G
frequencies. As scandium content increases in BAW filters,
maintaining high acoustic material quality and thereby performance
becomes ever more challenging. IQepiMo(TM) offers customers a route
to overcoming these inherent challenges whilst still using their
current infrastructure and processes.
Built on its cREO(R) technology platform, which was acquired by
IQE in March 2018, the IQepiMo(TM) templates are available in
diameters of up to 200 mm.
Dr Rodney Pelzel, Chief Technology Officer of IQE, commented
:
"IQE's strategy of investing in unique leading-edge materials
technologies for the broad semiconductor industry means that we are
now at the forefront of providing our customers with improved 5G
device performance and solutions.
This key milestone for our IQepMo(TM) template technology shows
its potential for providing customers with the necessary means to
enable their current infrastructure and processes to deliver the
demanding performance required for 5G filters, especially at higher
frequencies."
Contacts:
IQE plc
+44 (0) 29 2083 9400
Drew Nelson
Tim Pullen
Amy Barlow
Headland Consultancy (Financial PR)
+ 44 (0) 20 38054822
Andy Rivett-Carnac: +44 (0) 7968 997 365
Chloe Francklin: +44 (0)78 3497 4624
ABOUT IQE
http://iqep.com
IQE is the leading global supplier of advanced compound
semiconductor wafers and materials solutions that enable a diverse
range of applications across:
-- handset devices
-- global telecoms infrastructure
-- connected devices
-- 3D sensing
As a scaled global epitaxy wafer manufacturer, IQE is uniquely
positioned in this market which has high barriers to entry. IQE
supplies the whole market and is agnostic to the winners and losers
at chip and OEM level. By leveraging the Group's intellectual
property portfolio including know-how and patents, it produces
epitaxy wafers of superior quality, yield and unit economics.
IQE is headquartered in Cardiff UK, with c. 650 employees across
nine manufacturing locations in the UK, US, Taiwan and Singapore,
and is listed on the AIM Stock Exchange in London.
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