Table of Content

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 5
• Market trends
• Scope of the report
• Objectives of the report
• Key feature of the report
• Main assignees cited in the report
METHODOLOGY 15
• Patent search, selection and analysis
• Terminology for patent analysis
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 23
PATENT LANDSCAPE OVERVIEW 58
• Main patent assignees
• Patent segmentation
• Main patent assignees for each segment
• Main RF GaN patent assignees
• RF GaN IP players by country of head
office
• Patents recently expired
• Patents near expiration date
GaN RF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE 74
• Time evolution of patent publications
• Main patent assignees
GaN HEMT for RF applications 79
- Leading patent applicants
- Main IP players and the current legal
status of their patents
- Time evolution of IP players
- IP leadership and IP blocking potential
of main players
- Strength of patent portfolios
- Focus on key IP players
- Focus on new entrants
- Strategy of IP players to improve the
reliability of GaN RF HEMTs
GaN HBT for RF applications 111
- Key patents
RF GaN ON SILICON SUBSTRATE 123
• Time evolution of patent publications
related to GaN-on-Silicon for RF
applications
• Main patent assignees
• Time evolution of IP players
Epitaxial structure 130
Packaging 132
Thermal management 135
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS 138
• Time evolution of patent publications
• Main patent assignees
GaN MMIC 141
- Leading patent applicants
- Main IP players and the current legal
status of their patents
- Time evolution of IP players
- Patents linked to Qorvo’s QPF4006
- IP leadership and IP blocking potential
of main players
- Strength of patent portfolios
- Key patents
- RF GaN-on-Silicon MMIC
FREQUENCY BANDS 162
• Main patent assignees for radio
frequencies, microwaves and mm-waves
• RF GaN technologies targeted for 5G
wireless communications
PACKAGE FOR RF GAN 171
• Main patent assignees
• Patents related to plastic over-mold
package for RF GaN
• Patents related to die-attach material for
RF GaN
FUNCTIONS 178
For each function from power amplifier,
RF switch and RF filter:
• Main patent assignees
• IP leadership and IP blocking potential of
main players
• Strength of patent portfolios
CONCLUSION 190