Akoustis Introduces Enhanced BAW RF Filter for Wi-Fi 6E & 7 Applications

• A10765 Currently Sampling and Meets the Stringent Coexistence Requirements for 5 GHz U-NII 1-3 Bands
• Production Ramp Expected to Begin in the First Half of Calendar 2024

Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKTS) (“Akoustis” or the “Company”), an integrated device manufacturer (IDM) of patented bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band RF filters for mobile and other wireless applications, announced that it has started sampling its new Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 coexistence filter solution, covering the stringent rejection requirements of U-NII 1-3 bands. This filter is expected to ramp into production in the first half of calendar year 2024.

This high-performance, ultra-wide bandwidth XBAW RF filter solution is being produced in Akoustis’ New York manufacturing facility. The A10765’s primary advantages over the Company’s first-generation U-NII 5-8 filter solution include a significant 4X size reduction, a 2 dB increase in power handling, and improved U-NII 1-3 rejection performance. The A10765 will be offered as a standard catalog product alongside the family of XBAW filters targeting Wi-Fi 6E and emerging Wi-Fi 7 tri-band routers, integrated cable modems, tri-band access points, and LTE/LAA small cells.

The A10765 Product Features:

• Small form factor 1.6 mm x 1.8 mm x 0.62 mm
• Single-ended 50Ω Tx/Rx ports (no external matching required)
• Ultra-wide passband covering 1180 MHz
• High rejection enables coexistence with adjacent Wi-Fi UNII bands
• High power rating, maximum +30 dBm
• Low insertion loss bandpass filter
• Performance over -40 C to +95C
• RoHS compliant, Pb-free package

Akoustis continues to experience strong demand and a growing sales funnel for its Wi-Fi, 5G mobile, and 5G infrastructure products, as well as its new XBAW/SAW resonator and oscillator products, and semiconductor back-end services. Akoustis continues to add new Wi-Fi design wins, many of which are expected to ramp into production over the next several months.

About Akoustis Technologies, Inc.

Akoustis (http://www.akoustis.com/) is a high-tech BAW RF filter solutions company that is pioneering next-generation materials science and MEMS wafer manufacturing to address the market requirements for improved RF filters - targeting higher bandwidth, higher operating frequencies and higher output power compared to legacy polycrystalline BAW technology. The Company utilizes its proprietary and patented XBAW manufacturing process to produce bulk acoustic wave RF filters for mobile and other wireless markets, which facilitate signal acquisition and accelerate band performance between the antenna and digital back end. Superior performance is driven by the significant advances of poly-crystal, single-crystal, and other high purity piezoelectric materials and the resonator-filter process technology which enables optimal trade-offs between critical power, frequency and bandwidth performance specifications.