STDA036
October 2026
AFE7769D
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AFE7920
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AFE8030
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AFE8092
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AFE8190
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AFE8192
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At a glance
Nomenclatures
Introduction
5G Radio Deployment Trends
MIMO and Macro RRU Trends
Rise of Small Cells
Radio Standard and Design Techniques to Fit Power Budget
TI RFIC Fast Standby and Wake-up Feature
DPD to Improve Transmitter Chain PA Efficiency
Conclusion
References
Nomenclatures
3GPP: 3rd Generation Partnership Project
ACLR: Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio
BBU: Baseband Unit
CFR: Crest Factor Reduction
DPD: Digital Pre-Distortion
FDD: Frequency Division Duplex
LTE: Long Term Evolution 4
th
Generation 3GPP Standard
mMIMO: Massive Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output radios
Micro-DTX: Micro-Discontinuous Transmission
Micro-DRX: Micro-Discontinuous Reception
NR: New Radio 5
th
Generation 3GPP Standard
OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
PA: Power Amplifier
PAR: Peak-to-Average Power Ratio
PCB: Printed Circuit Boards
PoE: Power over Ethernet
PoF: Power over Fiber
RANs: Radio-Access Networks
RF: Radio Frequency
RRU: Remote Radio Unit or Macro Unit
RFIC: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits
SSB: 5G Radio Standard Synchronization Signal Block
TDD: Time Division Duplex