1.Development of the Global RF Market 
1.2 Potential Threats to Traditional RF Vendors
2.Current RF Market Status and Leading Baseband IC Vendors’ Development 
2.1 Market Development and Entry Motivation 
2.1.1 Increase Sales with a Comprehensive Communications System Solutions 
2.1.2 High Levels of RF Modularity to Enlarge Market Size 
2.1.3 International Politics Forces Vendors to Expand Reach to the RF Market 
2.2 Development of Leading Baseband IC Vendors 
2.2.1 Qualcomm: Gains a Foothold with Early Entry 
2.2.2 Huawei: US Ban Forces the Company to Focus on In-house Development 
2.2.3 Samsung: Cuts into the Market from Base Stations 
3.Leading Baseband IC Vendors’ Patent Portfolios 
3.1 Distribution of Patents Published by Top Three Vendors 
3.1.1 Samsung and Huawei Have Similar Deployment Strategies
3.1.2 Qualcomm Holds More PA Patents While Huawei Focuses on High-frequency Waveguide 
3.1.3 Huawei has Highly Concentrated Patent Portfolios Compared to Qualcomm and Samsung 
4. MIC Perspective 
Appendix 
List of Companies 
 

Development of the global RF market and analyzes newcomers’ potential threats to traditional RF market

Three major baseband IC brands, Qualcomm, Huawei, and Samsung, and includes their development and motivation to expand reach to the RF market

Three major brands’ patent deployment strategies and includes their patent portfolios related to RF
 

Figure 1. III-V Compound Semiconductor Industry Chain 
Figure 2. Division of Work across Wireless Communications System Industry Chain 
Figure 3. Integration of Front-end Modules 
Figure 4. Number of Patens Published by Qualcomm, Huawei, and Samsung between 2017 and 2019 
Figure 5. Distribution of Patents Published by Qualcomm, Huawei, and Samsung by Class 
 

Table 1. Milestones of Qualcomm, Huawei, and Samsung in RF Front-end Solutions