Title :
Technology pathfinders for low cost and highly integrated RF Front End modules
Author_Institution :
LETI, CEA, Grenoble, France
Abstract :
The focus of this paper is to highlight the challenges related to the increasing number of modes (GSM, WCDMA, LTE..) and frequency bands in mobile devices. It describes the technology pathfinders to get cheaper highly integrated multi-mode multi-band RF Front End modules.
Keywords :
Long Term Evolution; cellular radio; code division multiple access; mobile radio; GSM; LTE; WCDMA; integrated multimode multiband RF front end module; low cost RF front end module; mobile device; technology pathfinder; CMOS integrated circuits; Finite element analysis; Logic gates; MOSFET; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2014 IEEE International
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.2014.7047077