IQE has been supplying epiwafers and substrates to successive generations of the consumer mobile market since the early 1990s.
This heritage has prepared us to deliver the leading performance demanded by the current wireless communications applications of 5G, WiFi6, and Bluetooth, as well as the high-growth photonic applications of gesture recognition, 3D Sensing (3DS), facial recognition, LiDAR, and Time of flight (ToF). Our technology drives best-in-class mobile phones, tablets, computers, virtual reality headsets, and virtual assistant devices.
The matrix below demonstrates how IQE’s broad range of wireless, photonic and infrared epitaxial wafer and substrate products address applications across the consumer mobile market.
Consumer Mobile Applications | RF & Power Electronics Epitaxial Wafers | ||||||
GaAs | GaN on Si | InP | Silicon | SiGe | |||
HBT pHEMT BiHEMT | Schottky & PIN Diode | HEMT & PIN Diode | HBT & HEMT | MOSFET BiCMOS Diode | HBT | ||
Connectivity | 5G/4G Mobile | IQE | IQE | IQE | IQE | ||
WiFi 6 | IQE | IQE | IQE | IQE | |||
Bluetooth | IQE | ||||||
Mobile Radio | IQE | IQE | IQE | IQE | IQE | ||
Sensing | GPS Navigation & Location | IQE | IQE | IQE | |||
Energy | Electrical Power Conversion | IQE | IQE |
Consumer Mobile Applications | Photonics Epitaxial Wafers | |||||||
GaAs | InP | GaSb | GaSb/InSb | GaN | ||||
VCSEL | LED/LD | DFB/FP | PiN/APD | Laser | Detector | LD/LED | ||
Connectivity | 5G/4G Mobile | IQE | IQE | |||||
Sensing | 3D Sensing | IQE | IQE | |||||
Facial Recognition | IQE | |||||||
Biometrics | IQE | IQE | IQE | IQE | IQE | |||
LiDAR/ToF | IQE | IQE | IQE | |||||
Proximity | IQE | |||||||
Imaging | IQE | IQE | IQE | |||||
Energy | Micro Displays | IQE |
* Smartphones, tablets, computers, fitness activity trackers, VR goggles, & TVs utilise a number of photonic & IR sensor and wireless technologies.