EDN

Top-side cooled RF power modules shrink 5G radios

NXP Semiconductors has claimed the industry’s first top-side cooling solution for RF power, which reduces the thickness and weight of 5G radios by more than 20 percent. The new family of top-side ...
Design-Reuse

Energy-efficient RF power modules developed using SOI technology

Within the framework of the BEYOND5 project, CEA-Leti researchers have developed energy-efficient RF power modules based on SOI technology. This innovation won an award at the IEEE RFIC 2025 ...
Semiconductor Engineering

New Architecture Elements For 5G RF Front-End Modules To Reduce Noise, Improve Efficiency, And Allow Multiple Radio Transmitters

“Worldwide adoption of fourth-generation wireless (4G) long-term evolution (LTE) smartphones and the actual transition to fifth-generation wireless (5G) is the main driving engine for semiconductor ...
EDN

RF front-end module targeted at wireless IoT devices

A new 2.4-GHz RF front-end module (FEM) supporting Bluetooth, Zigbee, Thread, and the industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) Internet of Things (IoT) is available for PCBs serving wireless audio, ...
SiliconANGLE

Broadcom debuts new RF front end modules for Wi-Fi 7 networking devices

Chipmaker Broadcom Inc. today debuted four RF front-end modules for powering routers that use Wi-Fi 7, a new wireless networking standard. The company says its modules can also be used to build Wi-Fi ...
Dataquest

Joint work shows next generations of RF and optical front-end modules (FEM)

CEA-Leti and STMicroelectronics presented results at IEDM 2025 showcasing the key enablers for a new high-performance and versatile RF Si platform co-integrating best-in-class active and passive ...
Business Wire

Guerrilla RF Power Amplifier Chosen for Impinj RAIN RFID Reader Module Reference Design

GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Guerrilla RF, Inc. (OTCQX: GUER) today announced that its high-efficiency GRF5509 4-watt power amplifier was selected by Impinj (NASDAQ: PI) for use in their ...
Electronic Design

RF Multichip Modules Target Phased-Array and Multifunction Radar Systems

The QPF5001 X-band FEM incorporates a power amplifier, low-noise amplifier (LNA), and limiter. Half the size of a discrete component implementation, the MCM targets the 8- to 12-GHz X-Band. The ...
AV Network

Wisycom Launches BFL2 Portable RF-Over-Fiber Modules

Wisycom recently launched its next-generation of its wireless RF solution. The BFL2 is comprised of the BFLR2 receiver and the BFLT2 transmitter. Designed for the growing needs in pro audio, the ...
Electronic Design

Qualcomm Digs Deeper into 5G Phones With Radio-Frequency ICs

Qualcomm has become one of the global leaders in 5G on the back of baseband modems that dial into the next-generation networks. But the mobile chip giant is also making a bigger play in ...
Computer Weekly

Qualcomm expands its RF front end with range of Wi-Fi 7 front-end modules

As Wi-Fi expands into the 6GHz band and the new Wi-Fi 7 standard develops, and unprecedented technology complexity and challenges are emerging in the way signals are implemented, Qualcomm Technologies ...
Digi Times

Apple moving forward with own AiP modules, probably developing RF FEM modules in-house

Apple reportedly will continue developing its own mmWave AiP (antenna in package) modules for its next-generation iPhone lineup, with related efforts likely to push the US handset brand moving forward ...