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Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) introduced a mmWave 5G front-end chipset that addresses required frequency bands enabling designers to reduce complexity and bring smaller and more versatile radios to market faster. 

IDTechEx’s latest research report on “Thermal Management for 5G 2022-2032” finds that GaN has a significant opportunity within the 5G market and this creates a downstream effect on other components such as die attach materials.

ALCAN Systems and AGC Inc. announced the successful development of transparent antennas for indoor mmWave Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) following rigorous demonstrations at ALCAN’s head office in Darmstadt.

NXP® Semiconductors announced a new series of RF power discrete solutions for 32T32R active antenna systems, complementing NXP’s existing portfolio of discrete GaN power amplifier solutions for 64T64R radios. 

Microwave Journal Editors, Pat Hindle and Gary Lerude, celebrate the 200th episode with a retrospective look at how technology and the industry has advanced since the early years of the show. They also look at the March Cable and Connector supplement, Satellite News/Event and interview with Mini-Circuits about their new high frequency, high power amplifier products.

After three full years of growth, global wireless 5G adoption has reached the rapid acceleration phase, having exceeded a half-billion connections by the end of 2021 and forecast to reach 1.3 billion by the end of this year according to data from Omdia, said 5G Americas.