Design Summit 2021

1. The GaN Advantage for CATV Networks

Consumer demand for higher speeds and more data has increased dramatically over the past 18 months.  North American cable operators are upgrading their networks to meet these demands.  At the heart of the outside plant is GaN technology from Qorvo.  GaN power amplifiers are delivering the performance necessary to keep HFC plants operational for many years to come.  In this session we will look at the evolution of CATV power amplifiers, highlight the GaN advantages of linearity and efficiency and how that relates to HFC network performance.

2. GaN Solutions for Defense & Aerospace Applications

This talk will cover defense and aerospace market trends and GaN requirements for defense radar, EW and communications markets. Focus will be on how GaN technology enables a breadth of different products to suit many different applications because of its high-power, high-efficiency, broadband and linearity capability for defense applications.

3. GaN Solutions for 5G Sub-6 GHz Base Station Applications

This talk will cover 5G infrastructure market trends and the advanced technologies that enable the performance required. In particular, we will focus on GaN technology and how it enables high-power, high-efficiency, integrated, broadband RF solutions for sub-6 GHz applications.

4. UWB for Automotive: An Engineering Primer

Ultra-wideband (UWB), an RF wireless technology, enables a myriad of new or enhanced applications that require highly accurate location and distance sensing. In automotive applications, it’s currently being used in the Car Connectivity Consortium’s Digital Key Release 3 specification and will soon be included in areas such as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and connected autonomous vehicle (CAV) sensor suites. This session will cover the latest in UWB technology and vehicular use cases for critical passenger safety, identity validation and security, and vehicle-to-everything (V2X).

5. From Sensored to Sensorless: How To Best Commutate Your Tri-Phase BLDC Motor

Driving three-phase BLDC/PMSM motors requires different levels of intelligence to ensure the proper magnetization sequence is successfully generated. Using a microcontroller allows motor drive designers to embed multiple techniques which permit the final solution to benefit from enhanced performance and optimal efficiency. In this session, we will cover typical algorithms employed to generate the motor’s drive and control strategy. Other topics: Sensored versus sensorless commutation, six step trapezoidal versus sinusoidal commutation, with a deeper look at Hall Sensor, BEMF and FOC Algorithms.

6. A Future Enabled by Ultra-Wideband

We are on the brink of another revolution as ultra-wideband (UWB) micro-location technology is being adopted in smartphones, cars and consumer/industrial electronics. UWB offers improved operational efficiencies, secure transactions, and new forms of user interfaces. In this session, we help you understand UWB use cases, the differences between current location technologies and how UWB real-time, ultra-accurate location data is transforming industries.

7. Qorvo Antenna Solutions Reimagined

5G creates a tangled web full of challenges for antenna engineers. New bands and requirements, new standards, more features and complex industrial design mean less space for antennas. Qorvo’s antenna solutions unravel these challenges and help engineers navigate space, design and performance issues to harness the power of antennas in their RF architectures.

8. Matter: The Next (R)evolution for the Smart Home

Among multiple protocols and standards in the smart home environment, Matter allows different IoT devices to work together seamlessly without having to navigate ecosystem compatibility. Learn more about Matter and how Qorvo's high-performance, low-power devices deliver small, customizable, turnkey solutions quickly and ready for certification with minimum IoT application developer effort.

9. Wi-Fi 6 / 6E: How 6 GHz and Matter Will Change the Smart Home

Wi-Fi is the most prolific home networking technology. As the smart home grows, it becomes more dependent on the Internet. The right Wi-Fi 6E products can help ease the data transmission load by not only continuing the usual streaming, messaging and gaming, but providing the backbone to the IoT. In this session, we will focus on how Qorvo’s Wi-Fi 6E products help seamlessly connect low-power RF protocols as more smart devices are added. Also covered is Qorvo’s IoT products support of Matter, a standard designed to create a simpler consumer experience and ensure long-term success in the smart home market.