3G Multiband RF Subsystem for Mobile Handsets from Freescale

Freescale announced the RFX300-30, 3G multiband RF subsystem for mobile handset design. Freescale claim, this 3G multiband RF subsystem  is the smallest product in the class. This device combines Freescale’s popular EDGE and UMTS technologies into a single package.

Freescale 3G RF subsystem, the RFX300-30, supports multimode-multiband UMTS and EDGE networks, an it supports up to 13 bands.

Features:

• Four band GSM/EDGE support
• Nine band UMTS support
• HSDPA support up to 7.2 Mbps
• HSUPA support up to 5.76 Mbps

The RFX300-30 3G RF subsystem combines the analog baseband, RF transmitter, RF receiver, power amplifier and power control and many traditionally passive components into two packages. Specifically, the RFX300-30 consists of Freescale's MMM7210 UMTS/EDGE transceiver and the MMM6038 EDGE power amplifier. The MMM7210 transceiver combines quad-band GSM/EDGE functionality with up to four of nine UMTS bands, providing support for up to eight total bands at any given time.

The RFX300-30 3G RF subsystem is sampling now.

Source: Freescale Cellular RF