James Wilson

VP, Product Management

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Addressing LTE Multimode,

Multiband Complexity with
Comprehensive RF Solutions

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 4G+ growth has huge implications for RF front-end design

Number of bands

Source: 3GPP Inter-band CA Intra-band CA FDD TDD

4G+ drives explosive growth Complexity of RF front end

in bands needed in handsets design grows dramatically

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 Several drivers of
RFFE design
5.8 GHz
Form
600MHz Bands
Factors -3.5 GHz
Metal

complexity Back 700- >250 CA

2700MHz Combos
RF Co- 180 CA
existence Combos
Wider Freq
700-2700M 65 CA
Smaller Range Hz Combos
Antennas >50
45 Bands
Freespace Industrial 10 band 20 30 bands
More vs Real-use Designs bands bands
Antennas
RF

RF
Efficiency

Faster Smaller
Processors Device
Vol
Antenna Carrier
Mismatch Aggregation

Design challenges Multiple Rx

Chains

demand innovative
system-level solutions
Thermal
Performance

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 Qualcomm® RF Front End Solutions
Strong Traction with OEMs

350 Commercial
Designs 40 OEMs

Qualcomm RF Front End Solutions are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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 Using modem intelligence to go beyond components

​ System-Level
Solutions ​ Global and Regional
A leading RF HW+SW solutions
that utilizes Qualcomm® Solutions  ​Tools for
Snapdragon™ modem intelligence Network proven RFFE solutions
for LTE/LTE-A across all tiers
​ Ease of Design
Easier design-in of sophisticated
modem features with reduced
time to design and acceptance
Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
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 System Level RFFE Solutions Envelope Tracking
HW+SW co-design to address RF complexity •  QFE3100
•  Reduced power consumption
•  Improved thermal footprint
•  Tools for ease of design-in

Qualcomm® RF Front End

Modem
+
AP
+
Envelope PMIC
Tracker +
Sensors

Antenna
Tuner
Transceiver
PA+Switch

Dynamic Antenna Tuning

•  QFE2550
•  Fewer dropped calls, faster data Multimode PA + Ant Switches
•  Reduced power consumption
•  Tools for ease of design-in •  QFE43x5, QFE4320
•  Improved output power, efficiency
Qualcomm Snapdragon and Qualcomm RF Front End are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
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 Video:
Advanced Antenna Tuning
for better RF performance

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 RFFE Solutions for LTE/LTE-A
Regional LTE CA Global LTE CA
Region- or operator-specific CA band combinations Global CA band combinations in single design

Next-Gen
PA + Switch Next-Gen PA
Sensors Sensors
QFE4320
Transceiver
QFE10x5 QFE43x5 Transceiver
QFE WTR
AP QFE WTR AP
2550
Antenna
+ 2965
2550
Antenna Antenna
3925
Tuner QFE Tuner switch QFE
2101
3100
Modem Modem
Power Envelope
Tracker Tracker

QFE4320: Introduced with Snapdragon 617, 430. Supports 820, 810, 808 Compatible with Snapdragon 620, 618, 617
698–915 MHz, 1710–2025 MHz QFE4345: LTE FDD, LTE TDD, UMTS, TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000 (1710–2025 MHz)
LTE FDD/TDD, TD-SCDMA, DC-HSPA+, WCDMA, GSM, 1x, DO QFE4335: LTE FDD, UMTS, CDMA2000 (695–915 MHz)
Pin compatible with QFE3320. 14-band configurable via SP16T Pin compatible with QFE3345/35 respectively 8
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 RF system level tools for ease of design
Accelerate RFFE development
Reduce Time to Market
Design Evaluation Characterization
Tools Tools Tools

Antenna Automation tool to tune In-phone remote/wireless test for In-phone network analyzer
Related Tools antenna performance across tuning and optimization of Android app to show antenna
frequency and bands antenna/tuner design over WLAN impedance conditions in real-
time

Envelope Automation tool to tune PAs Standalone PA characterization in AutoPin to significantly reduce
Tracker + PA for optimal ET performance ET mode with off-the-shelf test PA CHAR time and minimize
Tools equipment total design-in time

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 Qualcomm® RF
Transceiver Products

Qualcomm RF Transceiver products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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 Comprehensive suite of RF transceivers
WTR 3925
World’s 1st commercial single-chip RF transceiver supporting CA in
all 3GPP band combinations
Announced with
WTR 2965 Snapdragon 617
Global CA transceiver for mid-/entry-level tiers and 430 this
week

WTR 4905
Multimode RF transceiver optimized for the volume tier

WTR 3950 See LTE-U

World’s 1st dedicated commercial transceiver for LTE-U operation Demo this week
and carrier aggregation in unlicensed 5GHz bands
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 World’s first commercial LTE-U 5GHz transceiver
WTR 3950

LTE-U with --
2DL-CA WTR
3925
+ WTR
3950
40MHz Carrier Aggregation of
Licensed + Unlicensed Band Carriers
*60MHz with two contiguous unlicensed LTE Multimode 5GHz
w/ 2xCA Companion

LTE-U with --
3DL-CA WTR
3925
+ WTR
4905
+ WTR
3950
60MHz Carrier Aggregation of
Licensed + Unlicensed Band Carriers
LTE Multimode 3 DL CA 5GHz
w/ 2xCA Companion Companion

The WTR3950 commercial sales become available from Sep 11.

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 Global CA transceiver for mid/entry-level tiers
WTR 2965

•  Low cost global 2xCA transceiver

•  Scalable across 4G+/4G/3G/2G
•  Superior power efficiency
•  Supports all 3GPP bands
•  Integrated GPS/GLONASS/Beidou/Galileo
core
•  Snapdragon 620, 618, 617

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 Using modem intelligence to go beyond components

​ System-Level
Solutions ​ Global and Regional
A leading RF HW+SW solutions
that utilizes Snapdragon modem Solutions  ​Tools for
intelligence Network proven RFFE solutions
for LTE/LTE-A across all tiers
​ Ease of Design
Easy design-in of sophisticated
modem features with reduced
time to design and acceptance
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 Qualcomm® Antenna Tuning benefits the whole ecosystem
QFE2550 – Advanced Closed Loop Antenna Matching Tuner

OEMs Operators
Better RF performance in real Deliver better quality of service
use conditions •  Better network coverage
•  Sleeker phones, metal-back •  Faster data speeds
designs
•  Easier antenna design, shorter
design cycle Users
•  Lower power consumption, longer
battery life More bars in more places
•  Fewer dropped calls, faster data •  Fewer dropped calls and faster
data
•  Extend antenna frequency range
•  Longer battery life
•  Allow lower band (600MHz) in
industrial designs •  Sleeker, better looking devices

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