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Akoustis Receives First High-Volume 5G Mobile XBAW Filter Order from Tier-1 RF Component Company
Filter Solution to be Incorporated in Multiplexer for 5G Mobile Handsets and Other Portable DevicesMultiplexer Supports Major Mobile Chipset Reference
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[{"type":"text","content":" Filter Solution to be Incorporated in Multiplexer for 5G Mobile Handsets and Other Portable DevicesMultiplexer Supports Major Mobile Chipset Reference Design, Planned for Introduction in the First Half of CY2023XBAW RF Filter Solution Will Ship with Company’s New Wafer-Level-Package (WLP) Manufactured in its New York Fab Charlotte, N.C., Jan. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKTS) (“Akoustis” or the “Company”), an integrated device manufacturer (IDM) of patented bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band RF filters for mobile and other wireless applications, announced today that it has received its first high-volume 5G mobile filter purchase order from its leading multi-billion-dollar Tier-1 RF component company customer. The filter is manufactured using the Akoustis XBAW® process and is designed into the customer’s new multiplexer product that is expected to ship in the first half of calendar 2023 as part of a major chipset OEM reference design. The filter solution leverages one of Akoustis’ new wafer-level-packages (WLP), developed and manufactured in its Canandaigua, New York fab. The new XBAW®-based design is being used to address difficult coexistence issues between 5G mid-bands and Wi-Fi 6E 5 to 7 GHz bands. The customer is considering additional applications for filters using the XBAW® process in future modules for 5G smartphones and other mobile devices after the successful completion of this first solution. Jeff Shealy, founder and CEO of Akoustis, stated, “We are thrilled to start our first production ramp in 5G mobile, the largest market by unit volume and revenue that our technology addresses.” Mr. Shealy continued, “With the recent qualification of our internally developed advanced CSP and WLP packages, we are now able to address our customers’ challenges in high-frequency 5G mobile and high-frequency Wi-Fi in handsets and other mobile devices. We expect to support this initial 5G mobile customer through its planned high-volume ramps beginning in the current quarter.” Akoustis began shipping initial pre-production chips against customer purchase orders for development, sampling, and qualification during the quarter ending December 31, 2022. This new order will be used by the Tier-1 RF component customer to support large volume deliveries to multiple mobile device manufacturers that will uti...