Small footprint antennas
The QTM052 mmWave antenna modules pair with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem. They feature a phased antenna array design in a very small footprint, suitable for up to four modules in a smartphone form factor. The modules support advanced beam forming, beam steering, and beam tracking technologies, designed to improve the range and reliability of mmWave signals. Lastly, they include an integrated 5G NR radio transceiver, power management IC, RF front-end components and phased antenna array as well as support up to 800 MHz of bandwidth in the 26.5-29.5 GHz (n257), 27.5-28.35 (n261), and 37-40 GHz (n260) mmWave bands.
The new, smaller QTM052 mmWave antenna module line is now sampling to customers and is expected to launch in commercial 5G NR devices in early 2019.
Snapdragon Wear family of wearable platforms
Qualcomm also announced a series of cooperations to expand the reach of its Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear family of wearable platforms with turnkey reference designs. Qualcomm said it is working with leading original design manufacturers (ODMs) and ecosystem players including Compal Electronics and Longcheer on smartwatches, Huaqin and Thundersoft on 4G kid watches, Franklin Wireless on 4G smart trackers, and Smartcom on 4G connected end-to-end systems.
With the deals, Qualcomm says it wants a range of customers to more quickly develop next-generation wearable devices based on its Snapdragon Wear family of platforms including the recently announced Snapdragon Wear 3100 for Wear OS by Google smartwatches, Snapdragon Wear 2500 for open source Android based 4G kid watches, and Snapdragon Wear 1100 and 1200 for smart tracking services.
