News: Microelectronics
25 March 2021
Qorvo shipping RF Fusion20 front-ends to all major 5G smartphone makers
Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has announced increased shipments of its RF Fusion20 portfolio – an expansion of its family of integrated 5G RF front-end (RFFE) modules – to all major 5G smartphone manufacturers. Fusion20 adds receive-path integration and RF shielding to deliver full transmit & receive coverage in a complete suite of configurations to match varying regional market needs.
“To support the rapid adoption of 5G in flagship and mass-tier handsets, manufacturers need greater integration and significantly higher performance, requiring best-in-class technologies throughout the RFFE,” says Eric Creviston, president of Qorvo Mobile Products. “Fusion20 meets these challenges by combining Qorvo’s world-class GaAs power amplifiers, advanced BAW multiplexing and integrated RF shielding, enabling our customers to introduce innovative new designs with enhanced performance and connectivity,” he adds.
Qorvo’s Fusion20 modules support all major baseband chipsets. Key advances include the integration of the receive path and low-noise amplifier (LNA), which increases receive performance and connectivity while saving valuable board space. Fusion20 also features Qorvo’s MicroShield RF shielding on each module. This minimizes the potential for undesirable interactions between RFFE components, enabling manufacturers to simplify development and accelerate time to market, Qorvo says. Fusion20 helps to support the most stringent 5G bandwidth requirements of up to 200MHz, the firm adds.
Fusion20 includes the QM77048 mid/high-band, QM77043 low-band and QM78207/208/209 ultra-high-band modules, in regional configurations to meet specific market requirements. Qorvo has optimized Fusion20 as a full 5G front-end solution complemented by the firm’s Wi-Fi 6/6E modules. When implemented as a system, the modules provide a robust path to rapid 5G handset development, the firm says.
The modules build on Qorvo’s RF Fusion 5G portfolio, which provides a complete, highly integrated RFFE solution encompassing all major 5G and 4G bands, and has been adopted across multiple leading manufacturers, the firm notes.
