It touches on WASHINGTON, March 23, 2021 – 5G, or the fifth-generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks, ultimately for ultrafast download speeds, termination of dropped calls and buffering, and more connectivity to improve advanced autonomous vehicle promotion, remote surgery, and internet of things.
In fact, adoption of 5G technology is still at an early stage, according to Michael Hill, technical director of Skyworks Solutions, a California-based advanced semiconductor company. In their paper, published in Applied Physics Letters, with AIP Publishing, Hill and his colleagues provide an overview of nascent 5G technologies and show how the rise of ceramic products could play an important role in 5G development.
5G operates in two frequency bands: 3-6 gigahertz for long distance connections and a much higher frequency band in millimeter (20-100 GHz) bandwidth for ultrafast data distances.
Adopting the lower frequency band, closer to the 4G celestial regions, is less of a problem than the major changes needed to realize the full potential of 5G in the more frequent frequency ranges. height. For example, frequency type is related to total signal strength. The higher the frequency, the shorter the wave can travel.
Ceramic materials have long been used in wireless communication network technologies for both mobile devices and base stations. The rise of ceramic has therefore been a key focus in developing 5G capability. For their part, Hill’s research group has developed a ceramic to strengthen a device that is critical for 5G applications, called a router.
Typically made of square insulating materials based on yttrium iron garnet, three-port circuits are treadmills that are traffic rings to keep the signal flowing in one direction and allowing receiver and transmitter to share the same antenna.
To significantly increase the energy density to accommodate the higher frequencies, the researchers have replaced yttrium with bismuth, a heavy element that increases the dielectric stability of the ceramic. The bismuth centers also enable circulating miniaturization.
As the battle of 5G technology continues to heat up, circulators could be fitted with high-power switches based on gallium nitride, which shows just how early the level yet for 5G technology development.
“West millimeter wave technology is likely to be wild for a while, as one technology may not be gaining control but will be quickly replaced by a different technology,” Hill said.
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The article “A look at ceramic materials for 5G wireless communication systems” is written by Michael David Hill, David Bowie Cruickshank, and John MacFarlane. The article will appear in Applied Physics Letters on 23 March 2021 (DOI: 10.1063 / 5.0036058). After that date, it can be accessed at https: /
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