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Mobile Hardware Architecture

This document summarizes the key hardware components of a smartphone. It discusses that smartphones have the functionalities of both a handheld computer and a cell phone. The main hardware components include the printed circuit board, application processor, communication hardware, and sensors. The application processor acts as the brain and contains the CPU, GPU, and other components. The communication hardware enables wireless connectivity and is based on standards like LTE. Sensors detect inputs like accelerations, light, and fingerprints. Together these hardware components power the computing and communication capabilities of modern smartphones.

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Mobile Hardware Architecture

This document summarizes the key hardware components of a smartphone. It discusses that smartphones have the functionalities of both a handheld computer and a cell phone. The main hardware components include the printed circuit board, application processor, communication hardware, and sensors. The application processor acts as the brain and contains the CPU, GPU, and other components. The communication hardware enables wireless connectivity and is based on standards like LTE. Sensors detect inputs like accelerations, light, and fingerprints. Together these hardware components power the computing and communication capabilities of modern smartphones.

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Mobile Hardware Architecture

Md. Motaleb Hossen Manik


Lecturer
Department of CSE
KUET
Smartphone
• Smartphone is a new generation high featured and multifunctional
cell phone which has
• The functionalities of a handheld computer
• The communication capabilities of a cell phone
• Multiple sensors

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History of Smartphone
• Early mobile phone – 1970s to 1990s
• PDA phones – 1990s to 2000s
• BlackBerry – Early 2000s
• The rise of Nokia – Late 1990s to 2000s
• Introduction to iPhone – 2007
• Android ascent – 2008
• Later versions of Android and iPhone…

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Components of a Mobile Phone
• Hardware
• Software
• We will discuss about the hardware of a mobile phone

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Hardware of a Smartphone
• The main part is the Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
• It contains all the parts

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PCB of iPhone

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Cont.
• Mainly divided into three categories
• Application processor
• Communication hardware
• Sensors and Peripherals

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Application Processor
• Referred to as the brain
• System on Chip (SoC)
• Responsible for
• Running OS, apps and games
• Executing instructions

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Cont.

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Components of Application Processor
• Processor core
• Usually multi-core (dual, quad, or octa)
• ARM-based processor (CPU)
• GPU
• Handles parallel task processing
• Example: Cortex-A53 (old), Cortex-X4 (latest, announced in May 2023)

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Cont.
• Multimedia engine
• Dedicated hardware
• Device interfaces
• Used to communicate with peripherals
• Others
• AI and Machine learning integration

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Example of AI in Smartphones

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CPU of Android vs iPhone
• For Android
• ARM based
• Not manufactured by own
• Cortex-A710, Cortex-X3 Q. Whose processor is faster?

• For iPhone A. iPhone’s. Since it is designed by considering


• ARM based its own OS, hence optimized.
• Manufactured by own
• Everest, Sawtooth

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Communication Hardware/Baseband
Processor
• Includes components for wireless communication and connectivity
• It has a communication protocol stack to enable wireless technologies
• LTE, WCDMA, CDMA, ZigBee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,…
• Provides radio communication-related functions

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Baseband Processor Structure

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Components of Baseband Processor
• Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
• Performs complex signal-processing tasks
• Encoding-Decoding signals
• Modulation-Demodulation
• RF Front-End
• Signal amplification
• Filtering
• ADC and DAC
• Converts signal from analog to digital and vice versa

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Cont.
• SIM card interface
• Memory
• Stores firmware, software
• Power Management Unit
• Manages power distribution with baseband processor
• Security Feature
• Connectivity Interfaces

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Sensors and Peripheral Devices
• Sensors
• Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Proximity, Ambient light,
Fingerprint, Heart rate, …
• Peripherals
• Camera, Microphones, Speaker, Charging port, Headphone jack, SIM card slot,
Memory card slot,…

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Acknowledgment

Dr. M.M.A. Hashem


Professor
Department of CSE
KUET

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Thank You

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