Qorvo, Inc. is an American multinational company specializing in products for wireless, wired, and power markets. The company was created by the merger of

TriQuint Semiconductor TriQuint Semiconductor was a semiconductor company that designed, manufactured, and supplied high-performance RF modules, components and foundry services. The company was founded in 1985 in Beaverton, Oregon, before moving to neighboring Hillsbor ...

and

RF Micro Devices RF Micro Devices (also known as RFMD or RF Micro), was an American company that designed and manufactured high-performance radio frequency systems for applications that drive wireless and broadband communications. Headquartered in Greensboro, No ...

, which was announced in 2014 and completed on January 1, 2015. It trades on

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under the

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''QRVO''. The headquarters for the company originally were in both

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(home of TriQuint), and

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(home of RFMD), but in mid-2016 the company began referring to its

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site as its exclusive headquarters.

History

Qorvo was created on January 1, 2015, with the merger of TriQuint Semiconductor and RF Micro Devices (RFMD). In June 2015, the new company became a component of the

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. At the time of joining the S&P 500, Qorvo was valued at $12 billion. The company employs more than 8,000 people. As of mid-2016, the

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plant alone was employing almost 1,000 people. In 2016, GreenPeak Technologies was acquired, adding ultra-low power, short range wireless connected home and IoT to its portfolio. GreenPeak Technologies was best known for its

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chips of which they had sold 100 million in 2015. GreenPeak Technologies is headquartered in Utrecht, The Netherlands. In 2019, Qorvo acquired Active-Semi International, a fabless company with expertise in power efficiency and power management, which have become critical skills for designing circuitry for 5G equipment, the Internet of things (IoT), and a rapidly growing list of other products. In 2020, Qorvo acquired the Irish fabless semiconductor company Decawave in a deal that was estimated to be worth $400 million. In 2021, Qorvo announced the acquisition of Mountain View, California–based NextInput, a pioneer in the emerging field of force-sensing for human-machine interface (HMI). On November 3, 2021, Qorvo announced the acquisition of Princeton, New Jersey–based United Silicon Carbide (UnitedSiC), a leading manufacturer of

silicon carbide Silicon carbide (SiC), also known as carborundum (), is a hard chemical compound containing silicon and carbon. A wide bandgap semiconductor, it occurs in nature as the extremely rare mineral moissanite, but has been mass-produced as a powder a ...

–based semiconductors, such SiC FETs, SiC JFETs, SiC Diodes. In 2023, Qorvo announced QSPICE circuit simulation software would be limited beta testing in May, then open beta testing in July. It is developed by

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, the author of

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. In 2024, Qorvo announced the acquisition of Anokiwave, a company that specializes in high-performance

RFIC A radio-frequency integrated circuit, or RFIC, is an electrical integrated circuit operating in a frequency range suitable for wireless transmission. Applications for RFICs include radar and communications. There is considerable interest in RFIC re ...

design.

Products

Qorvo products include

Amplifier An amplifier, electronic amplifier or (informally) amp is an electronic device that can increase the magnitude of a signal (a time-varying voltage or current). It is a two-port electronic circuit that uses electric power from a power su ...

, for usage in

radar Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), direction ( azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It is a radiodetermination method used to detect and track ...

systems,

PMIC A power management integrated circuit (PMIC) is an integrated circuit for power management. Although it is a wide range of chip types, most include several DC/DC converters or their control part. A PMIC is often included in battery-operated d ...

s for device charging in vehicles as well as

transistor A transistor is a semiconductor device used to Electronic amplifier, amplify or electronic switch, switch electrical signals and electric power, power. It is one of the basic building blocks of modern electronics. It is composed of semicondu ...

s that are needed in

IFF In logic and related fields such as mathematics and philosophy, "if and only if" (often shortened as "iff") is paraphrased by the biconditional, a logical connective between statements. The biconditional is true in two cases, where either both ...

and

avionic Avionics (a portmanteau of ''aviation'' and ''electronics'') are the electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems, and the hundreds of systems that are ...

devices. The company also sells RF chips and front end components for use in

smartphone A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web browsing, email, and social media, as well as multi ...

s. Furthermore Qorvo offers SiC power semiconductors, as well as low power wireless components.

References

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