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The RF Challenge

The wireless communication industry is moving fast to meet the ever demanding needs of the present ‘information age’. The new evolving standards and the complex infrastructure systems are enabling the ‘convergence’ requirements. The RF components form the core of these next generation communication systems.

RF semiconductor technology presents different engineering challenges than standard semiconductor design. Each RF component has distinctly different characteristics that influence overall system performance in complex ways. Instead of having stable inputs and outputs, the RF circuit characteristics can drift based on process variations, temperature, power supply and other variables. As a result, performance characteristics are unique for each device, and the RF engineer must evaluate and develop new designs on a continuous basis for each system performance level and air interface standard. In addition to being skilled in semiconductor circuit design, the RF circuit designer must have a thorough understanding of signal processing principles, must understand the totality of the system for which the device is intended and must be able to create designs that function within the unique parameters of different wireless system architectures.

Hence, the knowledge and skills required to design and to manufacture RF semiconductors, components and integrated modules are unique and can take many years to develop.