Akoustis signed a has signed a new supply agreement with a global RF supplier for its XBAW RF filter solutions. Akoustis has already received a volume purchase order from the new customer and successfully shipped more than 80,000 units of its 5.2 GHz WiFi filter product during the quarter ending March 31, 2019.
As part of this announcement, Akoustis and the global RF company have executed a non-exclusive product development and supply agreement for RF coexistence filters along with a statement of work for new WiFi customer premise equipment (CPE) filter solutions to support the customer’s expanding product portfolio. Akoustis expects to make additional commercial volume shipments to this customer later this calendar year.
The Company was chosen to leverage Akoustis’ WiFi filter advantages which include an ultra-small form factor, wide bandwidth, and high-power handling. Akoustis’ WiFi filters are developed and manufactured in its Canandaigua, NY fabrication facility using its proprietary XBAW process.
Akoustis previously achieved first XBAW filter product revenue in the September 2018 quarter. Today’s announcement demonstrates a successful ramp of the Company’s supply chain for XBAW filters over the last six months.
Akoustis has introduced several new filters over the past twelve months including its 5.2 GHz and 5.6 GHz WiFi co-existence filters, a 3.8 GHz filter for military phased-array radar applications, a 3.6 GHz filter for the CBRS infrastructure market and Band 25 downlink and uplink filters for LTE infrastructure. The Company is also developing several new filters for the sub 7 GHz bands targeting 5G mobile device, network infrastructure, WiFi CPE and military markets.
