Power Amplifier Modules And Their Role In 5G Design

5G is one of the most important and powerful technologies ever to reach the market in the field of wireless communications. Offering significant improvements in data rates, latency and capacity as compared to 4G, 5G is poised to be a truly transformative technology in the industry and the world.

Yet, these radical performance improvements generate increased strain on and tighter requirements for the underlying radio frequency (RF) hardware. One of the most instrumental pieces of RF hardware is the power amplifier (PA), a device whose importance has only increased with the proliferation of 5G. To help ease the challenges of designing RF PAs for 5G, power amplifier modules (PAMs) have become an important tool in recent years.

In this post, we'll talk about PAs, their role in 5G, and how Qorvo leverages PAMs to help support the 5G infrastructure of the future.