Yangyang PENG, Ph.D

Smarter Micro

RF-SOI in 5G Era

2018 International RF-SOI Workshop, Shanghai, September 19, 2018

Outline

• Why 5G?

• Why SOI?

• Why Smarter Micro?

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What 4G Can Do:

Things can be connected

Videos can be played Suitable Latency

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Do We Really Need 5G ?

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IMT-2020

IMT-advanced

10 10.1

20

1

100

100x10x

1x

Peak data rate(Gbit/s)

User experienced data rate(Mbit/s)

10

10

1

500400350

1x3x

106

105

Area traffic ccapacity(Mbit/s/m2)

Networkenergy efficiency

Connection density(devices/km2)

Latency(ms)

Mobility(km/h)

Spectrum efficiency

Specifications of 5G

4G Spec.

5G Spec.

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What 5G Can Do:

Things can be connected

Videos can be played Suitable

Latency

Everything HD Videos Ultra Low

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4G has changed our life, but

5G will change the society.

Why 5G?

“

” -- China Mobile

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Technologies for RF Power Amplifier

1 2 5 10 20 50 100 200

Frequency (GHz)

Out

put P

ower

(W)

1

10

100

0.1Si (with SOI)

GaAs HEMT

InP

GaAs HBT

SiC

LDMOS

4G / 5G (sub-6GHz)

5G (mmWave)

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IMT-2020

IMT-advanced

10 10.1

20

1

100

100x10x

1x

Peak data rate(Gbit/s)

User experienced data rate(Mbit/s)

10

10

1

500400350

1x3x

106

105

Area traffic ccapacity(Mbit/s/m2)

Networkenergy efficiency

Connection density(devices/km2)

Latency(ms)

Mobility(km/h)

Spectrum efficiency

Requirements of RF Frond-Ends in 5G

ALL

Higher Performance

Lower Cost

Smaller Size

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Comparison of Technologies

SOI : The Most Promising Technology in 5G.

RF Performance

Large Scale Circuits

Low Cost

GaAs pHEMT

GaAs HBT

RF-SOI

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Outline

• Why 5G?

• Why SOI?

• Why Smarter Micro?

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Requirements of RF Front-End in 5G (Sub-6GHz)

4G (High Band)

5G Era (4G High band

and Sub-6GHz 5G)

Frequency(GHz)

Pout (dBm)

Pout (dBm) x2 x2 x2

B40 B7 B41

n77/78 n79

2.6GHz

B40 B7 B41

4.9GHz

1.Higher Frequency

2. Higher Output Power

3. More Devices

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RF Front-end must be

intelligent enough to full-fill

ALL of the tough requirements.

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AgiPAM®

The World’s 1st Reconfigurable RF Front-end Platform.

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What is Reconfigurable?

Flexibility of Software

High Performance

Hardware

AgiPAM®

GaAs

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Benefits of AgiPAM®

Performance optimized in every band and every mode.

Better Performance Support more bands in a single Power Amplifier path.

Smaller Size

Less Power Amplifier path.

Lower Price

27002300 f(MHz)

B40 B7 B41

27001710 f(MHz)

B40 B7B3 B1 B40 B7

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Products based on AgiPAM®

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Make the Link more Smart with RF-SOI.

Why Smarter Micro?

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