The company is expanding its RFFE capabilities into areas other than mobile.
Qualcomm announced both Front-End Radio Frequency Connectivity (RFFE) Solutionas Wi-Fi 7 modules Front-End with the aim of expanding its RFFE capabilities previously available only to smartphones. These innovations are expected to push the company’s RFFE connections into the automotive sector, XRPCs, wearable devices, mobile broadband and IODINE arena.
“With new products from Qualcomm Technologies, we are expanding our RFFE leadership into the automotive and IoT sectors, helping OEMs address major industry-specific challenges such as development costs and capabilities. scalability,” said Christian Block, Senior Vice President and General Manager, RFFE, Qualcomm Germany, RFFE GmbH. “OEMs using our solution can design products with higher performance, longer battery life, and reduced time to commercialization, ultimately accelerating innovation and delivering a better experience.” improvements for consumers”.
Qualcomm’s New RFFE Capabilities
Due to the massive shift towards hybrid and remote work models, Qualcomm identified the need to upgrade Wi-Fi capacity for both employees and organizations. This increased need for Wi-Fi has created design challenges in RF space that the company is addressing through its Front End Module (FEM) design and by using high-quality bandpass filters. This also increases the need for high-performance RF interconnect solutions and handles barriers such as “higher frequency, greater bandwidth, and simultaneous or simultaneous use of RF with 5G and Wi-Fi,” according to Qualcomm.
As a result of addressing these needs and challenges, the company unveiled its third generation of connected FEMs for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetoothand automotive-grade Wi-Fi FEMs for automotive applications. This development is anticipated to open up both higher speeds and lower latency to specific Wi-Fi-enabled applications. Web 3 functions like AR/VRplay games and reverse.
The new FEMs are expected to support not only the needs of mobile technology but also of mobile broadband, wireless infrastructure, network and PC applications for business users. This will also allow OEMs to benefit from reduced costs, increased power efficiency and peak line efficiency.
New FEMs are expected to launch in the second half of this year, according to Qualcomm.
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Wi-Fi 7 modules Front-End
These new RFFE modules are targeted to enhance the experience for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth users. This is done by combining the essential mechanisms between the Wi-Fi baseband chip and the antenna for the express purpose of optimal wireless transmission. In turn, manufacturers will be able to use the modules to develop Wi-Fi client devices quickly and economically. The modules themselves will have 5G/Wi-Fi coexistence capability to enhance the unification around the two connections, thus increasing wireless performance in mobile devices.
From a hardware perspective, the modules are expected to work alongside Qualcomm’s Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth system array such as FastConnect 7800 and Snapdragon 5G Modem-RF for use with advanced wireless devices. like Connect Snapdragon.
These modules are currently being tested by customers and are also expected to be made available in the second half of 2022.
