White Paper: Explosive Wi-Fi Growth Drives Market For Value-Added RF Power Amps

Wireless networking is fast becoming the medium of choice in business and consumer communications, and RF component manufacturers have moved quickly to cash in on the increased demand fueled by the growing use of 802.11-based wireless local area networks (WLANs). These networks, commercially referred to as Wi-Fi, are spreading across a broad range of applications in enterprise and home-entertainment markets, with chipset sales expected to reach $953 million in 2005, according to Strategy Analytics. This article explores the growth of Wi-Fi as it relates to RF and provides various applications for RF power amps.