Snapdragon X55 and 5G RFbriefing slides

February 2019

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FewOEMs

Fewoperators

Fewcities

FDD10 MHz

INITIAL

3

INITIAL

>20

global

operators

>20global

OEMs

2019: US, Korea,EU, China, Japan, Australia

Global5G rollout

Multiple: Bands,Bandwidths,

Band combinations,Bandwidth combinations,

Combinations with 4G

TDD

FDD

Sub-6 GHz

mmWave

28 GHz, 39 GHz

FewOEMs

Fewoperators

Fewcities

FDD10 MHz

INITIAL

5G rollout a whole different ballgameHigh, global complexity

High, global ecosystem momentum

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The world’s first announced5G modem

2016

Since then ..

Spearheaded global 5G deployment

5G trials with every major infra-vendor and operator

20+ 20+ 30+Operators

launching 5GOEMs building 5G

productsCommercial 5G

products to launch

Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

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Qualcomm Technologies’

2nd generation 5G modem

Commercial devices expected in 2019

World’s first announced

7 Gbps 5G modem

Integrated 5G to 2G

Any key spectrum band

Any region

World’s Most Advanced Commercial

Multimode 5G Modem

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Smartphones

Mobile hotspots

Fixed wireless Laptops

Tablets

Automotive

Brings 5G toall connected device categories

for consumer and enterprise

EnterpriseConsumer

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7nm single-chip

5G to 2G modem

Virtually

AnyBand

AnyRegion5G/4G Spectrum Sharing

Envelope Tracking support

Antenna Tuning support

TDD FDD

Non-standalone Standalone

mmWave Sub-6 GHz

LTE Cat 22

FD-MIMO

*Spectrum sharing, envelope tracking and antenna tuning apply to sub-6 GHz spectrum only

Up to 2.5 Gbps

7Gbps

Up to

Dual-frequency GNSS location

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Snapdragon X55designed to accelerate global 5G rollout and footprint

SA = 5G Standalone, NSA = 5G Non-Standalone

5G/4G Spectrum Sharing

Allows operators to support 5G and LTE on the same spectrum

FDD and TDD

Allows operators to deploy 5G with existing FDD or TDD

spectrum assets

SA and NSA Modes

Solution to address growing pipeline of 5G NSA and SA

deployments worldwide

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Snapdragon X55designed to expand network capacity and efficiency

5G/4G Spectrum Sharing

Allows operators to simultaneously support 5Gand LTE users and devices on the same spectrum

Full-dimension MIMO (LTE FD-MIMO)

Significant spectral efficiency and network capacity gains with support for 3D beamforming

5G

4G

Samespectrum

10QTM525 is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

Qualcomm®

QTM525mmWaveantenna module

Global mmWave band support26 GHz, 28 GHz, 39 GHz(NA, Korea, Japan, Europe, Australia)

For sleeksmartphones < 8mm

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World’s most advanced commercial 5Gmodem and platform

2nd gen

Comprehensive

Modem-to-antenna

5G multimode solution

QTM525 mmWaveantenna module for sleek, global smartphones

Snapdragon X555G modem

5G to 2G

Any key spectrum band

Any region

5G Power Amplifier modules

5G Envelope Tracking

5G Antenna Tuning

Integrated multimode RF transceiver and dual-frequency GNSS

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World’s First Announced

5G Envelope Tracking solution

QET6100

Device performance

Up to 2X higher power efficiency

for longer battery life*

Faster speeds*

Network performance

Better indoor coverage*

Higher 256-QAM coverage, network utilization*

* Compared to Average Power Tracking. Results based on lab measurements and projected performance of commercially available premium-tier handsets with APT solution.

QET6100, QPM6585, QPM5677, QPM5679 are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries

Qualcomm® QET6100

5G NR Envelope Tracker

RF IC

X55

PA

QET6100Env Tracker

Qualcomm® QPM6585

Qualcomm® QPM5677

Qualcomm® QPM5679

5G Modem

ET for full 100 MHz UL BW, with 256-QAM

HPUE Power Class 2 support

Uplink MIMO support

New 5G PA modules

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World’s First Announced

5G NR Adaptive Antenna Tuning solution

1 Compared to devices without Qualcomm Signal Boost technology. * Compared to previous generation QAT3550

QAT3550 and QAT3555 are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

Qualcomm® QAT3555

Adaptive Antenna

Impedance Tuner

QAT3555

Qualcomm® Signal Boost 5Gadaptive antenna tuning solution

Support for growing antenna count in 5G

600 MHz – 6 GHz antenna frequency support

25% reduced package height for sleek devices*

• Better indoor coverage1

• Longer battery life1

• Faster, more consistent data speeds1

• Fast time-to-certification and launch for OEMs

Nothing in these materials is an offer to sell any of the

components or devices referenced herein.

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companies. All Rights Reserved.

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References in this presentation to “Qualcomm” may mean Qualcomm

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or business units within the Qualcomm corporate structure, as

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Backup slides

161Compared to previous Snapdragon modem generations. 1024-QAM on up to 20 spatial streams

Raising the performancefloor with higher averageLTE speeds for more users1

Cat 22 LTEBreakthroughmobile userexperience

1024-QAM25% higher throughputper channel1

24 spatial streamsExpandedglobal Multi-GigabitLTE footprint

Industryleading LTE features

24 Layers | 7 Carriers | 2.5 Gbps

Snapdragon X55 LTE features

2.5LTE

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75 Mbps 100 Mbps 125 Mbps

Max throughputper 20 MHz

Faster LTE speeds in dense networks and small cell deployments

Higher network capacity

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Previous modem generations

Higher speeds in dense networks (small cell deployments)

More operators can aggregate more spectrum to achieve higher network capacity

1024-QAM

24 spatial streams

X55 expands global multi-Gigabit LTE footprint