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31 Qorvo 2024 The Rapidly Evolving Mobile Industry The mobile industry's rapid pace of innovation continues unabated as smartphone and wearable manufacturers and mobile operators race to offer increased coverage, higher data rates, new wireless communications capabilities, and revolutionary industrial designs. Smartphone manufacturers are expanding 5G support across product lines to support the ever-growing demand for data-intensive services such as video streaming, video conferencing, music, and gaming. Accordingly, support for 5G high-bandwidth sub-6GHz bands (n77/n78 and n79) and even wider mmW bands (n257-n261) is spreading from premium to mid-tier and mass-market phones. Adding to the RF complexity, 5G requires not only the addition of new cellular bands but also 4×4 multiple in/multiple out (MIMO) support on higher-frequency bands to deliver faster data speeds. Rapid innovation in next-generation mobile devices is creating significant engineering challenges in the form of antenna implementation. A key issue is that 5G handsets typically have more than twice as many RF paths as LTE phones due to new bands and requirements in the cellular, Wi-Fi ® , ultra-wideband (UWB), mmWave (mmW), and GPS standards. However, a lack of space limits the ability to add new antennas, and sharing antennas among many bands creates complex problems. Innovations in industrial design, such as foldable or rollable screens and replacing physical buttons with virtual controls, impose significant constraints on antenna design and placement. Additional challenges are created by conflicting targets of increases in carrier power requirements and OEM system efficiency targets and improvements (i.e., battery life). With an extensive track record of helping companies solve the toughest RF problems, Qorvo Antenna Solutions Reimagined (QASR) helps engineers navigate space, design, and performance challenges to harness the true power of antennas in their RF architectures. Reimagining Antenna Design Solutions for Next-Generation Mobile Devices By Qorvo