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Solutions Provide Low-Cost Alternatives for High-Performance Satellite Receiver Market; Exemplifies Company’s Broad CapabilitiesE[acute accent]Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWKS), a global leader in analog, mixed signal and digital semiconductors for mobile communications applications, today announced the availability of two highly innovative CMOS switches for satellite receiver applications. The new SKY13264-340LF and SKY13272-340LF deliver higher levels of integration, are easier to implement and offer customers a lower cost alternative when compared to existing gallium arsenide (GaAs)-based or discrete silicon (Si)-based components. E[acute accent]”Skyworks’ new CMOS switches demonstrate our ability to leverage existing analog, mixed signal and embedded logic design expertise and to develop unparalleled ultra linear broadband architectures,” said Stan A. Swearingen, vice president of Linear Products for Skyworks. “Similar to our integration approach in our Mobile Platforms business, we are offering satellite and digital television customers leading-edge solutions that radically simplify designs, reduce component count and facilitate implementation.” E[acute accent]Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) is a service that allows households to receive television programming directly from a satellite transponder. Signals are digitally compressed, allowing several programs to be broadcast via a single satellite, thereby allowing for hundreds of channels. E[acute accent]The low noise block (LNB) is located at the focus of the satellite dish antenna and amplifies weak signals approximately 1,000,000 times (60 dB), then converts the received microwave satellite signal to a lower frequency, reducing signal loss incurred in the coaxial cable between the satellite dish and the indoor receiver. The switch matrix is responsible for connecting each indoor receiver to the satellite transponder selected by the viewer’s channel of choice.