Qorvo® UWB technology helps industries around the world resume production

Qorvo®, Inc. (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, today announced that more than a dozen device manufacturers have adopted Qorvo’s ultra-wideband (UWB) technology for proximity sensing applications. Developed for highly reliable, real-time location sensing, UWB provides excellent distance measurement performance with accuracy within a few centimeters, both indoors and outdoors.

Today, industries including healthcare, logistics, electronics, construction and education are exploring the use of proximity sensing tools to help employees return to work safely. These applications use wearable UWB devices to continuously monitor the distance between employees and, in some cases, track employee compliance with social distancing and contact tracing. Leading device manufacturers in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific are using Qorvo's UWB technology.

“We are very pleased to support enterprises in their rework initiatives,” said Rayson Zhao, CEO of Tsingyan Xunke, a leading Beijing-based provider of precision ranging and positioning solutions. “We have been working with Decawave (now Qorvo) since 2013 and have received very positive feedback from customers. We have found that our LocalSense products based on Qorvo’s UWB technology can achieve higher accuracy than solutions using other wireless standards.”

Through Decawave (now part of Qorvo), the company has shipped more than 8 million UWB chipsets in more than 40 different markets. Some solution providers are beginning to use Qorvo's DWM1001C module, which integrates a UWB transceiver, microcontroller and Bluetooth® technology. Others are using Qorvo's UWB technology for distance sensing and social distancing applications, including U.S.-based Redpoint and Europe-based Ubudu.

Eric Creviston, president of Qorvo's Mobile Products business unit, said: "Proximity sensing is an important safety consideration for many companies returning to the workplace. UWB is the technology of choice for this application, providing the highest accuracy and enabling the development of compact, low-power solutions. We believe the use of proximity sensing tools will accelerate the adoption of UWB technology in other workplaces that require precise location and distance sensing, including asset tracking and indoor navigation. Likewise, the technology can be used in many other areas, including mobile devices, automobiles and smart homes."

Qorvo's high-performance RF solutions simplify design, reduce product footprint, save power, improve system performance and accelerate the deployment of carrier aggregation technology. Qorvo combines system-level expertise, broad manufacturing scale and the industry's broadest product and technology portfolio to help leading manufacturers accelerate the release of next-generation LTE, LTE-A, 5G and IoT products. Qorvo's core RF solutions set the standard for next-generation connectivity, delivering unmatched integration and performance at the heart of the connected world.