PA Forecast 2013-2017 CMOS Emerges as a Broader, Viable Alternative to GaAs for Cellular PAs

The cellular terminal PA market will grow at an average annual rate of 8.8 percent per year through 2017, reaching more than $4.5 billion, reflecting mobile devices with more bands countered by slowing growth as the handset market matures. W ith the performance-leveling benefits of envelope tracking and the R&D and marketing power of Qualcomm, RFMD, Skyworks and Avago Tech behind it, CMOS PA penetration will increase to around 16 percent of the market in 2017, limiting growth for the larger GaAs PA segment to a more modest 6 percent per year. This EXCEL-based report provides estimates and forecasts of cellular PA shipments from 2009 through 2017, based on demand figures from Strategy Analytics' wireless mobile device (system) market research services, and known and projected radio component prices, typical cellphone bills of material and PA supplier shipments.

The cellular terminal PA market will grow at an average annual rate of 8.8 percent per year through 2017, reaching more than $4.5 billion, reflecting mobile devices with more bands countered by slowing growth as the handset market matures. W ith the performance-leveling benefits of envelope tracking and the R&D and marketing power of Qualcomm, RFMD, Skyworks and Avago Tech behind it, CMOS PA penetration will increase to around 16 percent of the market in 2017, limiting growth for the larger GaAs PA segment to a more modest 6 percent per year. This EXCEL-based report provides estimates and forecasts of cellular PA shipments from 2009 through 2017, based on demand figures from Strategy Analytics' wireless mobile device (system) market research services, and known and projected radio component prices, typical cellphone bills of material and PA supplier shipments.