5G Smartphone Teardowns Show that OEMs are Facing RF Front End Challenges
Global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research, performed a teardown of nine leading second-generation 5G smartphones, using the expertise of Yole, to discover that RF Front End (RFFE) approaches are moving to highly integrated modem-RF system designs. This will be the key to success as the market advances to wider 5G adoption.
Engineers Confirm that 5G is Just as Safe as Existing Technologies
According to the latest report by UK’s Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET), engineers and technologists have found 5G to be just as safe as 4G, 3G and Global System for Mobile communication (GSM)
RFMD expands product portfolio for the growing automotive Wi-Fi market
RFMD, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions, expanded its broad portfolio of Wi-Fi products to include two new front end modules (FEMs) for automotive Wi-Fi applications. RFMD's new RFFM8500Q is a compact, high linearity FEM supporting 5 GHz Wi-Fi and featuring a power amplifier (PA), low noise amplifier (LNA) and single pole double throw (SPDT) switch.