Cellular

When GSM and mobile phones were introduced to the market in the 80s, the smooth start quickly gave way to a consumer revolution, as the devices became more and more compact. Evolving from GSM to GPRS then to 3G (UMTS / WCDMA) we are now seeing global coverage with LTE / 4G, with next generation 5G leading the way in applications which require higher data transfer.

Older generations such as 3G, and increasingly 2G, are being phased out of the market, substituted by 4G and 5G technology for higher bandwidth applications and LPWAN for lower bandwidth 2G use cases.

There are various categories of LTE products, supporting different LTE-Bands, with significant performance differences.

For cellular products, it is mainly modules that are offered to the market, specifically solder own modules as well as pluggable modules in Mini-PCIe and M.2, along with Formfactor products and some special formfactors from DIGI. Integrating modules from other vendors, Digi’s portfolio offers a compatible form factor.

For fast selection, the following table should help you finding your product or, alternatively, call Avnet Silica Sales office for support.