Hexaplexer Filter Manufacturers for LTE/5G Mobile Phones

This page describes the Hexaplexer SAW/BAW filter used in LTE and 5G mobile phones. It lists vendors or manufacturers of Hexaplexer filters based on SAW/BAW filter designs.

What is a Hexaplexer Filter?

Image alt: Hexaplexer filter

As shown in the image, a hexaplexer has 6 ports in addition to one antenna port. A hexaplexer functions as a 6-port to 1-port multiplexer/de-multiplexer device.

Out of the 6 ports, 3 ports are used as receive (RX) ports, while the remaining three ports are used as transmit (TX) ports.

It combines multiple TX and RX filters into a compact module. The figure depicts a hexaplexer device with 3 transmit ports, 3 receive ports (P2 and P4), and one antenna port (P1).

It offers two major benefits in carrier aggregation systems:

• Less space
• Low cost

Following are the technical specifications of a Hexaplexer filter to consider while selecting or buying:

• Bands or frequency range
• Insertion Loss (in transmit direction)
• Compact Form Factor
• Power handling capacity at input ports
• VSWR at TX port, ANT port
• Attenuation at different frequency range
• TX to RX Isolation

Example: Qorvo model numbers QM26001 and QM26002 are used as hexaplexer filters or as multiplexers in LTE-advanced and 5G NR architectures.

Hexaplexer Filter Manufacturers

The following table mentions Hexaplexer filter manufacturers with part numbers and technical features.