Editing by Kate Yuan

Huntersun，a leading Chinese RFFE (RF front-end) chip company, and Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST) staged the opening ceremony in Mianyang, Sichuan Province for their joint laboratory on intelligent microsystems earlier this month.

Aaron Yang, Huntersun (汉天下) founder, pointed out, "Talents are the most critical factor in technological innovation. We expect our joint laboratory to speed up transforming the research results of traditional universities while helping Huntersun with its research challenges, giving full play to university-industry cooperation."

"In recent years, the domestic RFFE industry has experienced rapid development. We hope this joint laboratory can contribute to China's RFFE industry chain development," he added.

Suzhou-based Huntersun is a leading player in BAW (bulk acoustic wave) filter chips and 4G/5G RFFE modules. After nearly 10 years of R&D and practice, the company has tackled the key design technology and process of the core chips of the BAW filters. As of October 2021, its shipments have reached 200 million pieces, making it the largest supplier of BAW filter chips in China.

Dong Faqin, President of SWUST, said that in cooperation with Huntersun, the two sides would play their respective advantages in applied research and basic research. "That’s also a move beneficial to high-quality regional development,” he said.

The joint laboratory relies mainly on the SWUST’s School of Information Engineering, with the longest history and the strongest academic strength in SWUST.

The core business of Huntersun is highly compatible with the research direction of the intelligent microsystem team of the Information Engineering School. This sets a typical example of in-depth cooperation between industries and universities.