GTI 5G Device RF Component Research Report_v3.0
1 Executive Summary 7
2 Introduction 8
3 References 11
4 Abbreviations 13
5 5G Device RF Component Industry Status 15
6 Sub-6GHz 5G Device RF Component 19
6.1 Sub-6GHz 5G Power Amplifier 19
6.1.1 Existing Mobile Device Commercial Power Amplifier 19
6.1.2 Sub-6GHz 5G Power Amplifier Design 23
6.2 Sub-6GHz 5G Filter 44
6.2.1 Existing Mobile Device Commercial Filter 44
6.2.1A 2.4GHz-2.7GHz 5G Filter Design 50
6.2.2 3.3GHz-4.2GHz 5G Filter Design 52
6.2.3 4.4GHz-5GHz 5G Filter Design 56
6.3 Sub-6GHz 5G Low Noise Amplifier 63
6.3.1 Existing Mobile Device Commercial Low Noise Amplifier Products 63
6.3.2 Sub-6GHz 5G Low Noise Amplifier Design 64
7 mmWave 5G Device RF Component 67
7.1 mmWave 5G Power Amplifier 67
7.2 mmWave 5G Filter 69
7.3 mmWave 5G Low Noise Amplifier 71
7.4 Switches for mmWave 71
7.4.1 What makes a ‘Great’ 5G Switch? 72
7.4.2 SOI Technology for 5G Switching 73
8 Related ‘Black Technologies’ 74
8.1 Engineered Substrate 74
8.1.1 What is \'Engineered Substrate\'? 74
8.1.2 Why do we need \'Engineered Substrate\'? 75
8.1.3 Application 78
8.2 Engineered Substrate: \'Anything on Anything\' 80
8.2.1 Smart Cut™ 81
8.2.2 Smart Stacking™ 82
8.2.3 Epitaxy 84
8.3 CMOS on SOL 84
8.3.1 CMOS on SOI basics 85
8.3.2 Basic SOI Advantages 86
8.3.3 PD-SOI and FD-SOI – Definition 88
8.3.4 Floating body and Body contact 89
8.4 CMOS on SOI for RF 90
8.4.1 RF-SOI 90
8.4.2 PD-SOI for RF 100
8.4.3 FD-SOI 102
8.5 Non Silicon Engineered Substrate 111
8.5.1 Non Silicon materials for RF 111
8.5.2 Example 1: Indium Phosphide on Gallium Arsenide 114
8.5.3 Example 2: Piezo on Insulator 115
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