As LTE matures and 5G launches, higher-content cellular PAs will increase in volume at lower rates than in the past. Coupled with this, pricing pressure will limit growth in the PA market in revenue terms to about 6.5 percent per year.
This forecast provides unit and dollar shipment estimates for seven classifications of PAs for 2015 and 2016, with a forecast through 2022 based on expected growth of mobile device shipments coupled with expected front-end architecture changes and PA content.