The following is an RF architecture analysis of the front end macro on the NXP R10B1AA ultra-wideband (UWB) transceiver integrated circuit (IC) extracted from the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G. This is NXP’s first UWB system-on-chip (SoC) for smartphone applications. The report contains a schematic showing the RF architecture and annotated photographs divided into the following sections:
- General Overview
- RF Architecture