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help How to set boundaries in WAVEPIA’s business? (What is WAVEPIA’s business boundary/ business area?) expand_more
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WAVEPIA is an IC design house and fabless company in South Korea which was established in 2014. Since we started the business, we have been focusing on building up our own product lineup. As a result of the efforts, we now have a solid product lineup with GaN transistors (bare-dies, Packaged Transistors, and MMICs), leading us to expand our business boundaries to GaAs and RF Energy Solution. In terms of the business model, we have a different business model for each market. For the telecommunication and defense market, we decided to support them transistors only to prevent conflicts with our customers. In the GaN market, customers and suppliers have been suffering from a problem that eventually ended up being competitive. For this reason, we only support them with sample modules for evaluation purposes for our transistors. However, we have a different business model in RF Energy Market. Since our RF Energy Solution, which is called HPGP (High-Power GaN Phase-locked loop), is the cutting-edge technology (No drive amplifier required) in the field, it made us be involved in the market, providing our efficient solution.

help Which foundry company does WAVEPIA work with? expand_more
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We work with Win semiconductor as our main foundry.

help Where did you manufacture your packaged devices? expand_more
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We manufacture our packaged devices in our own assembly house.

help What material the packaged devices are made of? expand_more
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There are two types of lead: Ceramic and kovar. The body is a heatsink which is made of super CMC. Heat transfer coefficient of Super CMC is 350 or above. We prepare the body made of the graphite, the heat transfer coefficient is 400 or above.

help What is the lead time for the product? expand_more
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Please inquire directly as the lead time varies depending on the inventory status of the product.

help Is there any problem with the import and export of WAVEPIA’s products? expand_more
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No, there is no problem. This is because WAVEPIA is based in South Korea, and we also work with the foundry company in Asia.

help Can you tell me the overall price of the products? expand_more
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Since WAVEPIA has a broad and efficient GaN solution for a variety of fields, please individually contact us to receive the quotation.

help What is the maximum frequency of the WAVEPIA’s products? expand_more
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WAVEPIA supports from few to 42GHz.

help What is the application of WAVEPIA’s product? expand_more
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We are focusing on high power & high-Frequency products for each market because we believe there are definitely some applications in those fields that can take advantage of GaN’s characteristics. Here are the main target applications for each market we are dealing with. • Telecommunication: - Sub-6GHz 5G (3.4-3.8GHz, 4.4-5.0GHz, etc.) - mmWave 5G (27-32GHz, 35-37GHz, 39-41GHz) - L/S/C/X-band communications • Defense: - L/S/C/X-band communications & Radar - X-band satellite - Ku/Ka-band Seeker, Radar and communications, etc. • RF Energy: - RF Plasma Light - SSPA Microwave-Oven - RF CW Generator - etc.

help Do you also cover products with a GaN MMIC high frequency (50 GHz) or higher? expand_more
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We developed up to 42GHz MMICs by 3Q 2021. Please check the Product section of this website. If you have any specific requests, please do not hesitate to contact ud.