The evolution of RF design specifications for IoT, 5G or mmW applications is causing headache to engineers without a perfect correlation between simulations and silicon measurements.
The development of RF front-end modules (FEM) like low-noise amplifiers (LNAs), power amplifiers (PaS) or RF switches would require many silicon iterations without a perfect match.
A strong expertise is required to design FEM that will meet the specifications required for uplink carrier aggregation. Even with the best expertise, several design iterations will be necessary to achieve the desired linearity while minimizing insertion loss and maximazing power efficiency and battery life.
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