Decreasing Size, Increasing Battery Life: A Wide-Band, Low-Noise Amplifier for 5G Multistandard Broadband Communications

With the introduct ion of cloudbased services, online social networks, and multimedia streaming over the past decade or so, the demand for high-bandwidth mobile communications has increased rapidly. At the same time, consumers expect long battery life for their handheld devices. Fifth-generation (5G) wireless broadband will provide bandwidth of multiple gigabits per second, requiring wider bands at higher frequency ranges than today's communication systems use.