Samsung develops a 8 Nm RF – Major BOOST chip processor technology for 5G communication

In what is considered a major boost for mobile communication 5G, Samsung announced that its foundry division has developed a process technology of 8 nanometers (NM) for radio frequency chips (RF).

This foundry technology will provide RF solutions with single chip, especially for 5G communications. The extension of Samsung’s Samsung RF platform should expand the company’s leadership in the 5G semiconductor market from MMWave Sub-6GHz applications.

Samsung said that its 8 nm process will improve the efficiency of 35% and will also reduce the 35% flea surface compared to the 14 nm process.

The RF chip converts the digital signal from the modem chip to analog, converts it into a radio frequency that we can use and also transmits it to the modem chip. It consists of a logic circuit area for the frequency band variation and the digital analog signal conversion and an analog circuit area for frequency receiving and amplification.

Hyung Jin Lee, Master of the Fondie Technology Development Team at Samsung Electronics, said: “Like 5G MmWave is developing, Samsung’s 8NM RF will be an excellent solution for guests looking for long life of The battery and excellent signal quality on compact mobile devices. “

Samsung stated that it has developed a new architecture, named RF Extreme Fet (RFEFET), exclusive to 8 NM RF that can significantly improve the RF characteristics while using less power.

He asserted that this would help reduce the number of transistors and energy consumption, while reducing the area of ​​an analog circuit.

Samsung started its RF foundry service in 2015 with a 28nm process. He then produced RF based on 14nm. The company has shipped more than 500 million RF mobile tokens for Premium Smartphones since 2017.