Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Introduction
3. RF GaN Market Forecasts
3.1 Overview
3.2 GaN RF Device Market: 2017-2022
3.2.1 RF GaN Market Segmentation
3.2.1 Commercial RF GaN Application Trends
3.2.2 Defense RF GaN Application Trends
3.3 RF GaN Substrate Trends
3.4 RF GaN Market Share
3.4.1 Market Share by Application
3.4.2 Market Share by Supplier
4. Some Trends and Challenges for GaN
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The 5G Network
4.2.1 Massive MIMO Arrays in 5G
4.2.2 Power Consumption
4.2.3 Why is this important?
4.2.4 What is the GaN Play?
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Some Interesting GaN Developments
6. Glossary of Terms
7. How Can We Help You?
Exhibit 3‑1 RF GaN Device Revenue History
Exhibit 3‑2 RF GaN Device Revenue Forecast
Exhibit 3‑3 Historical GaAs Device Revenue
Exhibit 3‑4 RF GaN Device Revenue Forecast Segmentation
Exhibit 3‑5 Commercial RF GaN Revenue Segmentation Forecast
Exhibit 3‑6 Defense RF GaN Revenue Segmentation Forecast
Exhibit 3‑7 RF GaN Revenue Forecast Segmentation by Diameter
Exhibit 3‑8 RF GaN Revenue Forecast Segmentation by Material
Exhibit 3‑9 2017 RF GaN Market Share by Application
Exhibit 3‑10 2017 Total RF GaN Market Share by Supplier
Exhibit 3‑11 2017 Commercial RF GaN Market Share by Supplier
Exhibit 3‑12 2017 Defense RF GaN Market Share by Supplier
Exhibit 4‑1 Some Features of the 5G Network
Exhibit 4‑2 Some Enablers of the 5G Network
Exhibit 4‑3 Shannon-Hartley Theorem
Exhibit 4‑4 Spatial Multiplexing in MIMO
Exhibit 4‑5 Shannon-Hartley Theorem with Massive MIMO Arrays
Exhibit 4‑6 Beam Steering to Maximize Coverage
Exhibit 4‑7 Beam Steering to Maximize Data Rate
Exhibit 4‑8 Beamforming/Beam Steering Techniques
Exhibit 4‑9 Advantages of Digital Beamforming
Exhibit 4‑10 Total Power Dissipation in a Massive MIMO Array
Exhibit 4‑11 Functional Block Diagram for Hybrid Beamformer
Exhibit 4‑12 Potential Hybrid Beamformer Technology Segmentation (Huawei)
Exhibit 4‑13 Potential Hybrid Beamformer Technology Segmentation (Qorvo)
Exhibit 5‑1 Qorvo QPF4005 Dual Channel GaN Front End Module
Exhibit 5‑2 Huawei GaN Multifunction Front End Module
Exhibit 5‑3 Qorvo QPA 4501 GaN PA with Doherty Output Stage