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Page 1: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

External Use

TM

FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product IntroductionFTF-NET-F0478

M A Y 2 0 1 4

Suhail Agwani | Product Line Manager RF Cellular Products

TM

External Use 1

Agendabull Freescale RF Introductionbull Airfast Gen2bull Airfast Performancebull PA Designs with Airfast

TM

External Use 2

Radio Frequency

Applications

Wireless Network Infrastructurebull Macro Metro amp small cellular basestationsbull Digital front end

Broadcast IndustrialScientificMedicalbull UHF amp VHF broadcast TVbull FM amp shortwave radiobull CO2 lasers plasma generation MRI

Enterprise Access Points Professional Mobile Radiobull Converged cellular wifibull Public safety dispatch transportation marine

Aerospace Defensebull Radarbull Air traffic managementbull Jammers

Customers

Freescale pioneered RF technology and continues to be the leader with

high-quality high-performance products using the latest technologies

Market Leadership

1 High Power RF Transistors for Wireless Infrastructure (1)

Source (1) ABI Research December 2012

TM

External Use 3

Microcells

Enterprise Femto

BasestationsRRU RFU

RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure

bull Enterprise Femto

bull MicroMetrocells

bull RRURFU

Microcells RRU amp RFU

TM

External Use 4

Product Offerings

Enable customers to create world-class high-performing designs

bull Technology leadershipbull LDMOS GaN GaAs technologies covering all cell bands

bull Portfolio Leadership bull Airfast family of Drivers and Final RF Power transistorsbull LNAs and GPAsbull Radio control products ndash Doherty alignment modules (ADAM) and DSAs

TM

External Use 5

RFD Organization Worldwide

RFD Global HeadquartersTempe Arizona

Design Marketing Applications Modeling Systems

Freescale AustinCorporate Headquarters

Oak Hill Fab ndash 8rdquo

Freescale Toulouse Design Marketing

Modeling Applications Systems

Freescale KualaLumpur

Final Manufacturing

Freescale Tianjin Final Manufacturing

Freescale Shanghai Marketing Applications

Freescale Chengdu Design Applications

Freescale TokyoMarketing Application

Freescale SeoulMarketing Application

TM

External Use 6

Why Customers Choose Freescale RF

Market Leadership with Technologyand Service Differentiation

bull Freescale RF is the undisputed 1 leader in cellular infrastructure

bull Best-in-class performancebull Global applications supportbull Largest and most reliable supply chainbull Differentiated product offerings

bull Long term customer relationshipsFreescale

544

NXP290

Infineon166

SOURCE ABI Research March 2014

RF Power LDMOS Device Share

TM

External Use 7

Airfast Gen 2 Introduction

TM

External Use 8

Airfast Milestones20

1120

1220

13

Airfast brand introduced Freescalersquos next generation of RF power solutions for cellular infrastructure applicationsrsquo

bullFirst Airfast part AFT18S230S launched July 2012bullFollowed by 5 more product launches in 2012

bull21 Airfast products launched in 2013bullProduct leadership established in LTE Significant and consistent design wins globally

2014 bullAirfast 2 Launch

TM

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Airfast Gen 2

Airfast is a result of a holistic

design approach and not any

one individual piece of

technology Packaging Technology

Passive Development

Systems

ApplicationsDevice

Development

TM

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What Airfast Brings

Improved PerformanceBuilding on Freescalersquos industry leading performance

Expanded Airfast familyAdding ICs VHV and GaN to the comprehensive line of discrete transistors

Rollout

bull Full Market Launch IMS 2014

Enhanced Customer SolutionImproving Time To Market for our customer through custom solutions

TM

External Use 11

Low Band Products 1GHz and Below

bull VHV 50 V LDMOS productsminus Full band (700-960MHz) Frequency Selectable Broad Band (FSBB)

circuit solutionsFSBB use same part with only tuning changes required when designing a PA for another band enables faster PA design cyclesHigh power density of VHV enables smaller footprint and lower BOM

bull 28 V LDMOS products ndash continuous improvementsbull Products bull Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm

Peak Doherty) bull HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsbull Increasing the number of products offered in Plastic packages

TM

External Use 12

790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

TM

External Use 13

High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

TM

External Use 14

Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

TM

External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

TM

External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

TM

External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

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Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

TM

External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

External Use 32

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 2: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

TM

External Use 1

Agendabull Freescale RF Introductionbull Airfast Gen2bull Airfast Performancebull PA Designs with Airfast

TM

External Use 2

Radio Frequency

Applications

Wireless Network Infrastructurebull Macro Metro amp small cellular basestationsbull Digital front end

Broadcast IndustrialScientificMedicalbull UHF amp VHF broadcast TVbull FM amp shortwave radiobull CO2 lasers plasma generation MRI

Enterprise Access Points Professional Mobile Radiobull Converged cellular wifibull Public safety dispatch transportation marine

Aerospace Defensebull Radarbull Air traffic managementbull Jammers

Customers

Freescale pioneered RF technology and continues to be the leader with

high-quality high-performance products using the latest technologies

Market Leadership

1 High Power RF Transistors for Wireless Infrastructure (1)

Source (1) ABI Research December 2012

TM

External Use 3

Microcells

Enterprise Femto

BasestationsRRU RFU

RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure

bull Enterprise Femto

bull MicroMetrocells

bull RRURFU

Microcells RRU amp RFU

TM

External Use 4

Product Offerings

Enable customers to create world-class high-performing designs

bull Technology leadershipbull LDMOS GaN GaAs technologies covering all cell bands

bull Portfolio Leadership bull Airfast family of Drivers and Final RF Power transistorsbull LNAs and GPAsbull Radio control products ndash Doherty alignment modules (ADAM) and DSAs

TM

External Use 5

RFD Organization Worldwide

RFD Global HeadquartersTempe Arizona

Design Marketing Applications Modeling Systems

Freescale AustinCorporate Headquarters

Oak Hill Fab ndash 8rdquo

Freescale Toulouse Design Marketing

Modeling Applications Systems

Freescale KualaLumpur

Final Manufacturing

Freescale Tianjin Final Manufacturing

Freescale Shanghai Marketing Applications

Freescale Chengdu Design Applications

Freescale TokyoMarketing Application

Freescale SeoulMarketing Application

TM

External Use 6

Why Customers Choose Freescale RF

Market Leadership with Technologyand Service Differentiation

bull Freescale RF is the undisputed 1 leader in cellular infrastructure

bull Best-in-class performancebull Global applications supportbull Largest and most reliable supply chainbull Differentiated product offerings

bull Long term customer relationshipsFreescale

544

NXP290

Infineon166

SOURCE ABI Research March 2014

RF Power LDMOS Device Share

TM

External Use 7

Airfast Gen 2 Introduction

TM

External Use 8

Airfast Milestones20

1120

1220

13

Airfast brand introduced Freescalersquos next generation of RF power solutions for cellular infrastructure applicationsrsquo

bullFirst Airfast part AFT18S230S launched July 2012bullFollowed by 5 more product launches in 2012

bull21 Airfast products launched in 2013bullProduct leadership established in LTE Significant and consistent design wins globally

2014 bullAirfast 2 Launch

TM

External Use 9

Airfast Gen 2

Airfast is a result of a holistic

design approach and not any

one individual piece of

technology Packaging Technology

Passive Development

Systems

ApplicationsDevice

Development

TM

External Use 10

What Airfast Brings

Improved PerformanceBuilding on Freescalersquos industry leading performance

Expanded Airfast familyAdding ICs VHV and GaN to the comprehensive line of discrete transistors

Rollout

bull Full Market Launch IMS 2014

Enhanced Customer SolutionImproving Time To Market for our customer through custom solutions

TM

External Use 11

Low Band Products 1GHz and Below

bull VHV 50 V LDMOS productsminus Full band (700-960MHz) Frequency Selectable Broad Band (FSBB)

circuit solutionsFSBB use same part with only tuning changes required when designing a PA for another band enables faster PA design cyclesHigh power density of VHV enables smaller footprint and lower BOM

bull 28 V LDMOS products ndash continuous improvementsbull Products bull Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm

Peak Doherty) bull HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsbull Increasing the number of products offered in Plastic packages

TM

External Use 12

790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

TM

External Use 13

High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

TM

External Use 14

Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

TM

External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

TM

External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

TM

External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

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Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

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External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

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A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

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Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

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External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

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Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

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External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

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External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 3: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

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External Use 2

Radio Frequency

Applications

Wireless Network Infrastructurebull Macro Metro amp small cellular basestationsbull Digital front end

Broadcast IndustrialScientificMedicalbull UHF amp VHF broadcast TVbull FM amp shortwave radiobull CO2 lasers plasma generation MRI

Enterprise Access Points Professional Mobile Radiobull Converged cellular wifibull Public safety dispatch transportation marine

Aerospace Defensebull Radarbull Air traffic managementbull Jammers

Customers

Freescale pioneered RF technology and continues to be the leader with

high-quality high-performance products using the latest technologies

Market Leadership

1 High Power RF Transistors for Wireless Infrastructure (1)

Source (1) ABI Research December 2012

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External Use 3

Microcells

Enterprise Femto

BasestationsRRU RFU

RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure

bull Enterprise Femto

bull MicroMetrocells

bull RRURFU

Microcells RRU amp RFU

TM

External Use 4

Product Offerings

Enable customers to create world-class high-performing designs

bull Technology leadershipbull LDMOS GaN GaAs technologies covering all cell bands

bull Portfolio Leadership bull Airfast family of Drivers and Final RF Power transistorsbull LNAs and GPAsbull Radio control products ndash Doherty alignment modules (ADAM) and DSAs

TM

External Use 5

RFD Organization Worldwide

RFD Global HeadquartersTempe Arizona

Design Marketing Applications Modeling Systems

Freescale AustinCorporate Headquarters

Oak Hill Fab ndash 8rdquo

Freescale Toulouse Design Marketing

Modeling Applications Systems

Freescale KualaLumpur

Final Manufacturing

Freescale Tianjin Final Manufacturing

Freescale Shanghai Marketing Applications

Freescale Chengdu Design Applications

Freescale TokyoMarketing Application

Freescale SeoulMarketing Application

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External Use 6

Why Customers Choose Freescale RF

Market Leadership with Technologyand Service Differentiation

bull Freescale RF is the undisputed 1 leader in cellular infrastructure

bull Best-in-class performancebull Global applications supportbull Largest and most reliable supply chainbull Differentiated product offerings

bull Long term customer relationshipsFreescale

544

NXP290

Infineon166

SOURCE ABI Research March 2014

RF Power LDMOS Device Share

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Airfast Gen 2 Introduction

TM

External Use 8

Airfast Milestones20

1120

1220

13

Airfast brand introduced Freescalersquos next generation of RF power solutions for cellular infrastructure applicationsrsquo

bullFirst Airfast part AFT18S230S launched July 2012bullFollowed by 5 more product launches in 2012

bull21 Airfast products launched in 2013bullProduct leadership established in LTE Significant and consistent design wins globally

2014 bullAirfast 2 Launch

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External Use 9

Airfast Gen 2

Airfast is a result of a holistic

design approach and not any

one individual piece of

technology Packaging Technology

Passive Development

Systems

ApplicationsDevice

Development

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External Use 10

What Airfast Brings

Improved PerformanceBuilding on Freescalersquos industry leading performance

Expanded Airfast familyAdding ICs VHV and GaN to the comprehensive line of discrete transistors

Rollout

bull Full Market Launch IMS 2014

Enhanced Customer SolutionImproving Time To Market for our customer through custom solutions

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External Use 11

Low Band Products 1GHz and Below

bull VHV 50 V LDMOS productsminus Full band (700-960MHz) Frequency Selectable Broad Band (FSBB)

circuit solutionsFSBB use same part with only tuning changes required when designing a PA for another band enables faster PA design cyclesHigh power density of VHV enables smaller footprint and lower BOM

bull 28 V LDMOS products ndash continuous improvementsbull Products bull Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm

Peak Doherty) bull HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsbull Increasing the number of products offered in Plastic packages

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External Use 12

790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

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External Use 13

High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

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External Use 14

Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

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External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

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External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

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External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

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External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

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External Use 20

Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

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External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

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External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 4: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

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External Use 3

Microcells

Enterprise Femto

BasestationsRRU RFU

RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure

bull Enterprise Femto

bull MicroMetrocells

bull RRURFU

Microcells RRU amp RFU

TM

External Use 4

Product Offerings

Enable customers to create world-class high-performing designs

bull Technology leadershipbull LDMOS GaN GaAs technologies covering all cell bands

bull Portfolio Leadership bull Airfast family of Drivers and Final RF Power transistorsbull LNAs and GPAsbull Radio control products ndash Doherty alignment modules (ADAM) and DSAs

TM

External Use 5

RFD Organization Worldwide

RFD Global HeadquartersTempe Arizona

Design Marketing Applications Modeling Systems

Freescale AustinCorporate Headquarters

Oak Hill Fab ndash 8rdquo

Freescale Toulouse Design Marketing

Modeling Applications Systems

Freescale KualaLumpur

Final Manufacturing

Freescale Tianjin Final Manufacturing

Freescale Shanghai Marketing Applications

Freescale Chengdu Design Applications

Freescale TokyoMarketing Application

Freescale SeoulMarketing Application

TM

External Use 6

Why Customers Choose Freescale RF

Market Leadership with Technologyand Service Differentiation

bull Freescale RF is the undisputed 1 leader in cellular infrastructure

bull Best-in-class performancebull Global applications supportbull Largest and most reliable supply chainbull Differentiated product offerings

bull Long term customer relationshipsFreescale

544

NXP290

Infineon166

SOURCE ABI Research March 2014

RF Power LDMOS Device Share

TM

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Airfast Gen 2 Introduction

TM

External Use 8

Airfast Milestones20

1120

1220

13

Airfast brand introduced Freescalersquos next generation of RF power solutions for cellular infrastructure applicationsrsquo

bullFirst Airfast part AFT18S230S launched July 2012bullFollowed by 5 more product launches in 2012

bull21 Airfast products launched in 2013bullProduct leadership established in LTE Significant and consistent design wins globally

2014 bullAirfast 2 Launch

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Airfast Gen 2

Airfast is a result of a holistic

design approach and not any

one individual piece of

technology Packaging Technology

Passive Development

Systems

ApplicationsDevice

Development

TM

External Use 10

What Airfast Brings

Improved PerformanceBuilding on Freescalersquos industry leading performance

Expanded Airfast familyAdding ICs VHV and GaN to the comprehensive line of discrete transistors

Rollout

bull Full Market Launch IMS 2014

Enhanced Customer SolutionImproving Time To Market for our customer through custom solutions

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External Use 11

Low Band Products 1GHz and Below

bull VHV 50 V LDMOS productsminus Full band (700-960MHz) Frequency Selectable Broad Band (FSBB)

circuit solutionsFSBB use same part with only tuning changes required when designing a PA for another band enables faster PA design cyclesHigh power density of VHV enables smaller footprint and lower BOM

bull 28 V LDMOS products ndash continuous improvementsbull Products bull Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm

Peak Doherty) bull HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsbull Increasing the number of products offered in Plastic packages

TM

External Use 12

790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

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High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

TM

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Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

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External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

TM

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RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

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Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

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Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

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700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

TM

External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

External Use 30

Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

External Use 32

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 5: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

TM

External Use 4

Product Offerings

Enable customers to create world-class high-performing designs

bull Technology leadershipbull LDMOS GaN GaAs technologies covering all cell bands

bull Portfolio Leadership bull Airfast family of Drivers and Final RF Power transistorsbull LNAs and GPAsbull Radio control products ndash Doherty alignment modules (ADAM) and DSAs

TM

External Use 5

RFD Organization Worldwide

RFD Global HeadquartersTempe Arizona

Design Marketing Applications Modeling Systems

Freescale AustinCorporate Headquarters

Oak Hill Fab ndash 8rdquo

Freescale Toulouse Design Marketing

Modeling Applications Systems

Freescale KualaLumpur

Final Manufacturing

Freescale Tianjin Final Manufacturing

Freescale Shanghai Marketing Applications

Freescale Chengdu Design Applications

Freescale TokyoMarketing Application

Freescale SeoulMarketing Application

TM

External Use 6

Why Customers Choose Freescale RF

Market Leadership with Technologyand Service Differentiation

bull Freescale RF is the undisputed 1 leader in cellular infrastructure

bull Best-in-class performancebull Global applications supportbull Largest and most reliable supply chainbull Differentiated product offerings

bull Long term customer relationshipsFreescale

544

NXP290

Infineon166

SOURCE ABI Research March 2014

RF Power LDMOS Device Share

TM

External Use 7

Airfast Gen 2 Introduction

TM

External Use 8

Airfast Milestones20

1120

1220

13

Airfast brand introduced Freescalersquos next generation of RF power solutions for cellular infrastructure applicationsrsquo

bullFirst Airfast part AFT18S230S launched July 2012bullFollowed by 5 more product launches in 2012

bull21 Airfast products launched in 2013bullProduct leadership established in LTE Significant and consistent design wins globally

2014 bullAirfast 2 Launch

TM

External Use 9

Airfast Gen 2

Airfast is a result of a holistic

design approach and not any

one individual piece of

technology Packaging Technology

Passive Development

Systems

ApplicationsDevice

Development

TM

External Use 10

What Airfast Brings

Improved PerformanceBuilding on Freescalersquos industry leading performance

Expanded Airfast familyAdding ICs VHV and GaN to the comprehensive line of discrete transistors

Rollout

bull Full Market Launch IMS 2014

Enhanced Customer SolutionImproving Time To Market for our customer through custom solutions

TM

External Use 11

Low Band Products 1GHz and Below

bull VHV 50 V LDMOS productsminus Full band (700-960MHz) Frequency Selectable Broad Band (FSBB)

circuit solutionsFSBB use same part with only tuning changes required when designing a PA for another band enables faster PA design cyclesHigh power density of VHV enables smaller footprint and lower BOM

bull 28 V LDMOS products ndash continuous improvementsbull Products bull Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm

Peak Doherty) bull HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsbull Increasing the number of products offered in Plastic packages

TM

External Use 12

790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

TM

External Use 13

High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

TM

External Use 14

Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

TM

External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

TM

External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

TM

External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

External Use 20

Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

External Use 22

18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

TM

External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

External Use 30

Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

External Use 32

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 6: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

TM

External Use 5

RFD Organization Worldwide

RFD Global HeadquartersTempe Arizona

Design Marketing Applications Modeling Systems

Freescale AustinCorporate Headquarters

Oak Hill Fab ndash 8rdquo

Freescale Toulouse Design Marketing

Modeling Applications Systems

Freescale KualaLumpur

Final Manufacturing

Freescale Tianjin Final Manufacturing

Freescale Shanghai Marketing Applications

Freescale Chengdu Design Applications

Freescale TokyoMarketing Application

Freescale SeoulMarketing Application

TM

External Use 6

Why Customers Choose Freescale RF

Market Leadership with Technologyand Service Differentiation

bull Freescale RF is the undisputed 1 leader in cellular infrastructure

bull Best-in-class performancebull Global applications supportbull Largest and most reliable supply chainbull Differentiated product offerings

bull Long term customer relationshipsFreescale

544

NXP290

Infineon166

SOURCE ABI Research March 2014

RF Power LDMOS Device Share

TM

External Use 7

Airfast Gen 2 Introduction

TM

External Use 8

Airfast Milestones20

1120

1220

13

Airfast brand introduced Freescalersquos next generation of RF power solutions for cellular infrastructure applicationsrsquo

bullFirst Airfast part AFT18S230S launched July 2012bullFollowed by 5 more product launches in 2012

bull21 Airfast products launched in 2013bullProduct leadership established in LTE Significant and consistent design wins globally

2014 bullAirfast 2 Launch

TM

External Use 9

Airfast Gen 2

Airfast is a result of a holistic

design approach and not any

one individual piece of

technology Packaging Technology

Passive Development

Systems

ApplicationsDevice

Development

TM

External Use 10

What Airfast Brings

Improved PerformanceBuilding on Freescalersquos industry leading performance

Expanded Airfast familyAdding ICs VHV and GaN to the comprehensive line of discrete transistors

Rollout

bull Full Market Launch IMS 2014

Enhanced Customer SolutionImproving Time To Market for our customer through custom solutions

TM

External Use 11

Low Band Products 1GHz and Below

bull VHV 50 V LDMOS productsminus Full band (700-960MHz) Frequency Selectable Broad Band (FSBB)

circuit solutionsFSBB use same part with only tuning changes required when designing a PA for another band enables faster PA design cyclesHigh power density of VHV enables smaller footprint and lower BOM

bull 28 V LDMOS products ndash continuous improvementsbull Products bull Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm

Peak Doherty) bull HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsbull Increasing the number of products offered in Plastic packages

TM

External Use 12

790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

TM

External Use 13

High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

TM

External Use 14

Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

TM

External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

TM

External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

TM

External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

External Use 20

Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

External Use 22

18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

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A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

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Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

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Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

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Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

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Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

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High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

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External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 7: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

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Why Customers Choose Freescale RF

Market Leadership with Technologyand Service Differentiation

bull Freescale RF is the undisputed 1 leader in cellular infrastructure

bull Best-in-class performancebull Global applications supportbull Largest and most reliable supply chainbull Differentiated product offerings

bull Long term customer relationshipsFreescale

544

NXP290

Infineon166

SOURCE ABI Research March 2014

RF Power LDMOS Device Share

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Airfast Gen 2 Introduction

TM

External Use 8

Airfast Milestones20

1120

1220

13

Airfast brand introduced Freescalersquos next generation of RF power solutions for cellular infrastructure applicationsrsquo

bullFirst Airfast part AFT18S230S launched July 2012bullFollowed by 5 more product launches in 2012

bull21 Airfast products launched in 2013bullProduct leadership established in LTE Significant and consistent design wins globally

2014 bullAirfast 2 Launch

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Airfast Gen 2

Airfast is a result of a holistic

design approach and not any

one individual piece of

technology Packaging Technology

Passive Development

Systems

ApplicationsDevice

Development

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What Airfast Brings

Improved PerformanceBuilding on Freescalersquos industry leading performance

Expanded Airfast familyAdding ICs VHV and GaN to the comprehensive line of discrete transistors

Rollout

bull Full Market Launch IMS 2014

Enhanced Customer SolutionImproving Time To Market for our customer through custom solutions

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Low Band Products 1GHz and Below

bull VHV 50 V LDMOS productsminus Full band (700-960MHz) Frequency Selectable Broad Band (FSBB)

circuit solutionsFSBB use same part with only tuning changes required when designing a PA for another band enables faster PA design cyclesHigh power density of VHV enables smaller footprint and lower BOM

bull 28 V LDMOS products ndash continuous improvementsbull Products bull Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm

Peak Doherty) bull HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsbull Increasing the number of products offered in Plastic packages

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790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

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High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

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Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

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Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

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RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

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Airfast Gen 2 Performance

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External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

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A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

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Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

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External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

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A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

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External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 8: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

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External Use 7

Airfast Gen 2 Introduction

TM

External Use 8

Airfast Milestones20

1120

1220

13

Airfast brand introduced Freescalersquos next generation of RF power solutions for cellular infrastructure applicationsrsquo

bullFirst Airfast part AFT18S230S launched July 2012bullFollowed by 5 more product launches in 2012

bull21 Airfast products launched in 2013bullProduct leadership established in LTE Significant and consistent design wins globally

2014 bullAirfast 2 Launch

TM

External Use 9

Airfast Gen 2

Airfast is a result of a holistic

design approach and not any

one individual piece of

technology Packaging Technology

Passive Development

Systems

ApplicationsDevice

Development

TM

External Use 10

What Airfast Brings

Improved PerformanceBuilding on Freescalersquos industry leading performance

Expanded Airfast familyAdding ICs VHV and GaN to the comprehensive line of discrete transistors

Rollout

bull Full Market Launch IMS 2014

Enhanced Customer SolutionImproving Time To Market for our customer through custom solutions

TM

External Use 11

Low Band Products 1GHz and Below

bull VHV 50 V LDMOS productsminus Full band (700-960MHz) Frequency Selectable Broad Band (FSBB)

circuit solutionsFSBB use same part with only tuning changes required when designing a PA for another band enables faster PA design cyclesHigh power density of VHV enables smaller footprint and lower BOM

bull 28 V LDMOS products ndash continuous improvementsbull Products bull Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm

Peak Doherty) bull HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsbull Increasing the number of products offered in Plastic packages

TM

External Use 12

790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

TM

External Use 13

High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

TM

External Use 14

Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

TM

External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

TM

External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

TM

External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

External Use 20

Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

External Use 22

18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

TM

External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

External Use 32

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 9: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

TM

External Use 8

Airfast Milestones20

1120

1220

13

Airfast brand introduced Freescalersquos next generation of RF power solutions for cellular infrastructure applicationsrsquo

bullFirst Airfast part AFT18S230S launched July 2012bullFollowed by 5 more product launches in 2012

bull21 Airfast products launched in 2013bullProduct leadership established in LTE Significant and consistent design wins globally

2014 bullAirfast 2 Launch

TM

External Use 9

Airfast Gen 2

Airfast is a result of a holistic

design approach and not any

one individual piece of

technology Packaging Technology

Passive Development

Systems

ApplicationsDevice

Development

TM

External Use 10

What Airfast Brings

Improved PerformanceBuilding on Freescalersquos industry leading performance

Expanded Airfast familyAdding ICs VHV and GaN to the comprehensive line of discrete transistors

Rollout

bull Full Market Launch IMS 2014

Enhanced Customer SolutionImproving Time To Market for our customer through custom solutions

TM

External Use 11

Low Band Products 1GHz and Below

bull VHV 50 V LDMOS productsminus Full band (700-960MHz) Frequency Selectable Broad Band (FSBB)

circuit solutionsFSBB use same part with only tuning changes required when designing a PA for another band enables faster PA design cyclesHigh power density of VHV enables smaller footprint and lower BOM

bull 28 V LDMOS products ndash continuous improvementsbull Products bull Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm

Peak Doherty) bull HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsbull Increasing the number of products offered in Plastic packages

TM

External Use 12

790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

TM

External Use 13

High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

TM

External Use 14

Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

TM

External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

TM

External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

TM

External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

External Use 20

Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

External Use 22

18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

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A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

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Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

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Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

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Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

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Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

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High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

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Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 10: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

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Airfast Gen 2

Airfast is a result of a holistic

design approach and not any

one individual piece of

technology Packaging Technology

Passive Development

Systems

ApplicationsDevice

Development

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What Airfast Brings

Improved PerformanceBuilding on Freescalersquos industry leading performance

Expanded Airfast familyAdding ICs VHV and GaN to the comprehensive line of discrete transistors

Rollout

bull Full Market Launch IMS 2014

Enhanced Customer SolutionImproving Time To Market for our customer through custom solutions

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Low Band Products 1GHz and Below

bull VHV 50 V LDMOS productsminus Full band (700-960MHz) Frequency Selectable Broad Band (FSBB)

circuit solutionsFSBB use same part with only tuning changes required when designing a PA for another band enables faster PA design cyclesHigh power density of VHV enables smaller footprint and lower BOM

bull 28 V LDMOS products ndash continuous improvementsbull Products bull Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm

Peak Doherty) bull HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsbull Increasing the number of products offered in Plastic packages

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790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

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High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

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Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

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Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

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RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

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Airfast Gen 2 Performance

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Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

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A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

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Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

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700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

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A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

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External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 11: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

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External Use 10

What Airfast Brings

Improved PerformanceBuilding on Freescalersquos industry leading performance

Expanded Airfast familyAdding ICs VHV and GaN to the comprehensive line of discrete transistors

Rollout

bull Full Market Launch IMS 2014

Enhanced Customer SolutionImproving Time To Market for our customer through custom solutions

TM

External Use 11

Low Band Products 1GHz and Below

bull VHV 50 V LDMOS productsminus Full band (700-960MHz) Frequency Selectable Broad Band (FSBB)

circuit solutionsFSBB use same part with only tuning changes required when designing a PA for another band enables faster PA design cyclesHigh power density of VHV enables smaller footprint and lower BOM

bull 28 V LDMOS products ndash continuous improvementsbull Products bull Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm

Peak Doherty) bull HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsbull Increasing the number of products offered in Plastic packages

TM

External Use 12

790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

TM

External Use 13

High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

TM

External Use 14

Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

TM

External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

TM

External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

TM

External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

External Use 20

Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

TM

External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

External Use 32

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 12: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

TM

External Use 11

Low Band Products 1GHz and Below

bull VHV 50 V LDMOS productsminus Full band (700-960MHz) Frequency Selectable Broad Band (FSBB)

circuit solutionsFSBB use same part with only tuning changes required when designing a PA for another band enables faster PA design cyclesHigh power density of VHV enables smaller footprint and lower BOM

bull 28 V LDMOS products ndash continuous improvementsbull Products bull Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm

Peak Doherty) bull HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsbull Increasing the number of products offered in Plastic packages

TM

External Use 12

790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

TM

External Use 13

High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

TM

External Use 14

Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

TM

External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

TM

External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

TM

External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

External Use 20

Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

External Use 22

18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

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A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

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Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

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Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

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Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

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Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

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High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

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Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N

bull Equivalent to narrow band Doherty performance but covers 3 bands with 1 device PCB

bull AFV

790-820MHz

869-894MHz

Frequency Specific Broad-Band Dohertybull Simplifies manufacturing through re-use

bull Same RF Power Transistorbull Same PCB amp mechanicsbull Minor componentndashlevel changes

bull Output side only

925-960MHz

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High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

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Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

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Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

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RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

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Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

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Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

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A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

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Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

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700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

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External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 14: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

TM

External Use 13

High Band Products 1800-2700MHz

bull LDMOSminus Further improve upon the high gain and efficiency products available in

the first generation of Airfast LDMOS devices bull GaNminus First 50 V GaN productsminus Line-ups supported with 50V driver and 5V MMIC pre-drivers

bull Productsminus Support 20W 4080W amp 60W average power PA(5355557dBm Peak

Doherty) minus HIP (Asymmetric) in package Doherty Finalsminus Air cavity and Plastic Package options

TM

External Use 14

Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

TM

External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

TM

External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

TM

External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

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Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

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700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

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A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

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Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 15: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

TM

External Use 14

Driver and Small Cell Products

bull ICsminus Airfast Integrated Circuit (AFIC) products for driver and small cell

applicationsminus First AFICs A2I25D012N A2I25D025N and A2I22D050N sampling Nowminus Expanded offerings for microcells

bull Discrete Driversminus 6W and 10W rated powerminus Broadband frequency range (700 MHz to 2700 MHz) minus High gain (20 dB to 24 dB) across bandminus Ultra-small footprint package (PLD-15W)

bull Products minus 2 stage HIPSymmetric in package Finals solutions for 250mW to 5W PAsminus High gainefficiency Drivers for 20W 4080W amp 60W average power macro

BTSminus Plastic packages

TM

External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

TM

External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

TM

External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

External Use 20

Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

External Use 22

18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

TM

External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

External Use 30

Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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TM

External Use 15

Customer Solutions

bull Shorter time to market for our customer partnersminus Full Line up reference designs minus Circuit design services

Example lineup solution Pre-Driver Driver and Final

TM

External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

TM

External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

External Use 20

Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

External Use 22

18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

TM

External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

External Use 32

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
Page 17: FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product ... · RRU & RFU. TM. External Use . 4. ... •Product leadership established in LTE. Significant and consistent design wins

TM

External Use 16

RF Packages

OvermoldedPlastic

bullOM1230 880 780

bullTO270 Class

bullPLD PFP PQFN SOT

Air Cavity

bullNI 400

bullNI780

bullNI880

bullNI1230

bull Packages for 2W to 400W productsbull Cellular bands from 700MHz to

3500MHz supportedbull PerformanceCost Optimized by

Application

bull FSLrsquos Packaging Technologies is a key Enabler of Performance and Cost Differentiation

bull Continuing packaging innovations bring

‒Higher Integration‒Higher Bandwidth‒Higher Power‒Lower Cost

TM

External Use 17

Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

External Use 20

Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

External Use 22

18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

TM

External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

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Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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Airfast Gen 2 Performance

TM

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Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

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A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

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Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

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700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

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A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

External Use 32

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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External Use 18

Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular High gainbull Eliminates stages reducing systems cost

Multiband Solutionsbull Solutions at multiple frequency bands

Packaging Improved Doherty performance from better isolation between carrier and peakingBetter thermal managements enablement for smaller packagesExpansion of OM and Air Cavity package families

High efficiencybull Allows use of smaller heatsinks and housingsbull Less heat leads to lower operational costs

TM

External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

External Use 20

Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

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A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

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Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

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Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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External Use 19

A2T07D160W04S A2T07H310-24S A2T26H160-24S

bull 160W Dual path Device

bull 720 - 960MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 20dB

bull 53 dBm peak power

bull 50 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L

bull 310W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 720 ndash 960 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 19 dB

bull 55 dBm Peak Power

bull 51 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-1230-4L2L

bull 160W Asymmetrical Doherty in Package Device

bull 2496 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 155 dB

bull 525 dBm peak power

bull 47 efficiency at 8 dB OBO

bull NI-780-4L2L

Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

TM

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Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

TM

External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

External Use 30

Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

External Use 32

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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TM

External Use 20

Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications

A2I22D050NGN A2I25D012NGN

bull 50W RFIC

bull1800 -2200 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 49 dBm Peak Power

bull 40 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

bull 12W RFIC

bull 2300 ndash 2690 MHz

In Doherty

bull Gain 30dB

bull 43 dBm Peak Power

bull 42 efficiency at 8 dB output back off

bull TO-270WB-15

TM

External Use 21

700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

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A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

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Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

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Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

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High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

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Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24SFreq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

860 284 472 188 -211 -299 -303 746 521868 284 472 188 -220 -301 -306 748 522875 285 472 187 -232 -305 -310 748 521

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 60 MHz6 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1166 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1227 dBm

Total -895 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5814 dB Upper -5654 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6099 dB Upper -5929 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5910 dB Upper -5578 dB

SWP 10 of 10

ACP

20MHz 40MHz

After DPD After DPD

-58 dBc -54 dBc

Ref -8 dBm Att 0 dB

1 RMCLRWR

2 RMVIEW

A

3DB

RBW 100 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 2 s

Center 868 MHz Span 150 MHz15 MHz

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20-10

Standard NONE

Tx Channels

Ch1 -1144 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -1257 dBm

Total -896 dBm

Adjacent Channel

Lower -5400 dB Upper -5504 dB Alternate Channel

Lower -6139 dB Upper -6095 dB 2nd Alternate Channel

Lower -5523 dB Upper -5477 dB

SWP 10 of 10

TM

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18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

TM

External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

External Use 32

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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External Use 22

18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410Freq (MHz)

Pin (dBm)

Pout (dBm) Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc) PAR (dB) Eff ()

1880 314 493 179 -185 -376 -388 77 50218425 312 493 181 -173 -358 -359 77 5111805 314 493 179 -163 -340 -338 77 523

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -758 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -843 dBm

Total -497 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -5566 -5536 Alternate -6198 -6219 2nd Alt -6398 -6369 3rd Alt -6252 -6328 4th Alt -6035 -6182 5th Alt -5897 -6000 6th Alt -5633 -5889 7th Alt -5947 -6081 8th Alt -6306 -6373 9th Alt -6405 -6378 10th Alt -6136 -6104 11th Alt -5930 -5724

SWP 5 of 5

Ref -133 dBm Att 10 dB

1 RMAVG

A

NOR

3DB

RBW 30 kHzVBW 300 kHzSWT 185 ms

Center 1845 GHz Span 164 MHz164 MHz

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

Standard W-CDMA 3GPP FWD

Tx Channels

Ch1 -816 dBm(Ref)

Ch2 -772 dBm

Total -492 dBm

Lower Upper dB dB Adjacent -3157 -3273 Alternate -4702 -4709 2nd Alt -5859 -5879 3rd Alt -5928 -5953 4th Alt -4832 -4851 5th Alt -3401 -3508 6th Alt -2570 -2688 7th Alt -3376 -3454 8th Alt -4817 -4869 9th Alt -5970 -6043 10th Alt -6104 -6167 11th Alt -5072 -5155

SWP 5 of 5

ACP IM

Raw After DPD Raw After DPD

-32 dBc -55 dBc -26 dBc -56 dBc

TM

External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

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Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

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Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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External Use 23

A2T26H160-24SAFT27S010N

ConnectorConnector

PLD-15W NI-780S-4L2L

VDD=26V VDD=28V

Freq 2535-2675MHz 2535-2675MHzP-1dBP-3dB

gt505dBmasymp 52dBm

gt51dBmasymp 524dBm

GainFlatness

341dBlt03dB

343dBlt03dB

Line up Eff 404433dBm[](86dB OBO)

401443dBm[](81dB OBO)

Circulator

[] 1-carrier WCDMA signal with 103dB PAR

8x20W8x15W

Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary

TM

External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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External Use 24

Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W

AFI25D012N AFI25D025N

Vdd (V) 28V 28V

Frequency Capability

2300-2700MHz 2300-2700MHz

P1dB 13W 25W

Gain 31dB 31dB

P1dB 13W 25W

Efficiency ()Class AB 10dB OBO

18 18

Package TO-270WB-15 TO-270WB-17

S21 22GHz ndash 28GHz

Freq (MHz)

Gain (dB) IRL (dB)

Adj-L (dBc)

Adj-U (dBc)

PAR (dB) Eff ()

2575 2895 -2198 -3112 -3116 769 38232605 2883 -2157 -3064 -3063 763 39142635 2855 -2110 -3041 -3049 760 3918

A2I25D012N Doherty Performance

TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

External Use 30

Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

External Use 32

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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TM

External Use 25

Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs

TM

External Use 26

End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

External Use 27

Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

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High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

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Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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End to End PA Solutions from Freescale

bull Flexible and reusable RF designs enable shorter Design Cycles and Time to Market

bull 7-step approach to lineup selection

TM

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Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

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Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

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Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements

bull Known Parametersminus Power output at the Antenna connector requiredminus Small signal input from TRX minus Backend losses between PA output and antenna connectorminus Signal PARminus Frequency of operationminus Efficiency Targetsminus Power Supply (Vdd)

Doherty FinalDriverADAM

InputPavg dBm

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg dBmSignal PAR

Pre-Driver

TRX

TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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TM

External Use 28

Step 2 Freescale Product Selector

For more information on Design Collateral

contact Freescale Sales

bull Application sorted user friendly Roadmaps

bull Quick reference Product Selector guide

bull Data packs with performance details

bull Reference circuits

TM

External Use 29

Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

TM

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

TM

External Use 31

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

External Use 32

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection

Final Stage

Driver Stage

ADAM MMIC

Type

PreDriverStage

Line Up Composition

AFT27S006N6W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

A2T26H160160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

Line Up Composition

AFT27S010N10W Rated PowerSingle StagePLD 15Released

AFT18H357160W Rated PowerSingle Stage Asymmetric DohertyNI-780-6In Development

MMDS25254H25 dBm Rated PowerAnalog Doherty ControlQFN 6x6In Development

MMA25312B31 dBm Rated PowerTwo Stage Single PathQFN 3x3 Released

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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

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High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

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Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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Step 4 Verify the Final Selection

Final Stage Devicebull First level requirements

minus Pout = 475dBm average (8dB backoff)minus Pout = 555dBm peakminus Efficiencyminus Signal bandwidth

bull Other considerations minus Gain voltage package size thermal performance

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT18H357

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

Backend losses = -15dB

OutputPavg = 46dBm

PA OutputPavg = 475dBm

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

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Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

AFT27S010N

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection

Driver Stageminus First level requirementsminus Pout = 305dBm (total)minus Pout = 275dBm from each driverminus Pout = 385dBm (each driver 11dB backoff)minus Gain

bull Other considerations minus Efficiency voltage package size thermal performance

PA Output (2x)Pavg = 275dBmPsat = 385dBm

TM

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Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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External Use 32

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMDS20254H

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

minus ADAM allows for superior linearity-efficiency trade-offs while improving

output power

minus Lineup considerations 55dB of insertion loss includes the 3dB Doherty

splitter

OptimizedDoherty Output

Single EndedInput

TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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TM

External Use 33

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection

Pre-Driver

bull First level requirements

minus Pout = 23dBm peak

minus Gain = at least 21dB

bull Other considerations

minus Voltage package size thermal performance efficiency signal bandwidth

PA OutputPavg = 11dBmPsat = 23dBm

TM

External Use 34

40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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40W 18GHz PA lineup Doherty

FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

MMZ25332B MMDS20254H AFT27S010N AFT18H357

bull 2-stage driver amplifier

bull 5V GaAs

bull QFN 3x3

bull 33 dBm peak power

bull Gain 27 dB

bull Advanced Doherty Alignment Module

bull 5V

bull QFN 6x6

bull Doherty coupler together with digitally selectable phase shifters and step attenuators for improved Doherty performance

bull Wideband transistor

bull 28V LDMOS

bull PLD-15W package

bull 10W peak output power

bull Average power of 31dBm

bull Gain 215 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 23

bull Asymmetric in-package Doherty device

bull 28V LDMOS

bull NI-1230XS-4L2L

bull 555dBm peak power

bull Avg power of 475dBm

bull Gain 172 dB

bull Drain Efficiency 505

TM

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High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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External Use 35

High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF

Type 26 GHz (20W)

Line Up Performance

Estimate

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18 GHz (40W)

Pavg PA445 dBmPpeak 525 dBmLU Gain 59 dBEst LU Eff 420Vdd 28 V

18GHz (40W)MMA25312B

MMDS20254H AFT27S010N (2x) AFT18H357

26GHz (20W) MMDS25254H AFT27S006N (2x) A2T26H160

Doherty FinalDriverADAMPre-Driver

Measured at Doherty Output

TM

External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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External Use 36

Freescale Advantage

bull Custom circuit tuningbull Modelingbull Thermal characterizationbull Reference designsbull Dedicated applications

support

PerformanceTechnical Support

InnovationManufacturing Supply

bull DPDbull Dohertybull Drain modulationbull Switching PAs

bull Large volume supplybull Owned assembly and testbull Dedicated in-house

package RampDbull Quality and reliability

bull Airfast line of productsbull 50 V LDMOS technologybull High ruggedness linebull ICs Function integrationbull Package leadership

Manufacturing amp

Quality

Time to Market

BOM

Performance

TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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TM

External Use 37

Designing with FreescaleTailored live hands-on training in a city near you

2014 seminar topics include bull QorIQ product family updatebull Kinetis K L E V series MCU product training

freescalecomDwF

TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39
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TM

copy 2014 Freescale Semiconductor Inc | External Use

wwwFreescalecom

  • FDD Solution Overview Including Airfast Gen 2 Product Introduction
  • Agenda
  • Radio Frequency
  • RF Products for Wireless Network Infrastructure
  • Product Offerings
  • RFD Organization Worldwide
  • Why Customers Choose Freescale RF
  • Airfast Gen 2 Introduction
  • Airfast Milestones
  • Airfast Gen 2
  • What Airfast Brings
  • Low Band Products 1GHz and Below
  • 790 ndash 960 MHz 60W Avg FSBB Doherty With AFV09P350N
  • High Band Products 1800-2700MHz
  • Driver and Small Cell Products
  • Customer Solutions
  • RF Packages
  • Airfast Gen 2 Performance
  • Airfast Gen 2 Enabling Next Gen Cellular
  • Flagship Airfast DiscretesDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • Flagship Airfast ICsDesigned for 28 V Operations for Cellular Base station applications
  • 700-960MHz 40W Solution A2T07H310-24S
  • 18GHz 40-50W Solution A2T18H410
  • Line-up Diagram amp Performance Summary
  • Airfast IC Performance12W and 25W
  • Design with Airfast Examples of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE PA Designs
  • End to End PA Solutions from Freescale
  • Step 1 PA Specifications amp Requirements
  • Step 2 Freescale Product Selector
  • Step 3 Make Initial Component Selection
  • Step 4 Verify the Final Selection
  • Step 5 Verify the Driver Selection
  • Step 6 Pre-Driver Sizing Considerations
  • Step 7 Verify the Pre-Driver Selection
  • 40W 18GHz PA lineup
  • High Performance PA Solutions from Freescale RF
  • Freescale Advantage
  • Slide Number 38
  • Slide Number 39