Skyworks' SiP supports 5G massive IoT (LTE-M/NB-IoT) platforms, integrating the modem, RF front end, and everything else required for a cellular multiband radio.
Skyworks Solutions' Stefan Fulga, director of marketing for IoT products, shows off the company's SKY66431, a multiband, multichip system-in-package (SiP) supporting 5G massive IoT (LTE-M/NB-IoT) platforms. The SiP integrates the entire RF front end, transceiver, power management, memory, crystals, and baseband modem for an LTE multiband radio operating in the 698- to 2200-MHz frequency range. NOR flash, and a few passives external to the package, complete the SiP implementation.
We also get a preview of an initial application for the SKY66431: a reference design for a small-cell front end.
In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.
