RFCMOS SOI technology for 4G reconfigurable RF solutions

In order to provide increasing data rates demanded by the consumer market, the 4G RF cellular front-end is becoming increasingly complex with numerous transmit and receive bands, the possibility of multiple antennae and new architectures which involves Uplink and Downlink carrier aggregation. Such new architectures present extreme challenges for conventional fixed band systems composed of PA´s, switches and filters. Tunable technologies using RFCMOS SOI technology are already being deployed in increasing number in today´s advanced RF cellular handsets. The talk will present a chronology of the RFSOI technology development in the industry through the last decade and highlight novel uses of its capabilities in 4G systems as well as the critical specifications needed in this application space.