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5G Cell Tower Equipment

Medium(59)
telecommunications•infrastructure•Various

5G mmWave and sub-6GHz base station equipment

Product Risk Score

59Medium

Aggregate Supply Security

Allied: 21.0%
Neutral: 26.0%
Adversary: 53.0%

Weakest Link

This element poses the highest supply chain risk for this product.

31Ga

Gallium

rf_front_end

88
Risk Score
96
China Dep.
96
Adversary
1%
Allied

GaN power amplifiers

Overall Risk

59

medium risk

Critical Elements

9

unique elements used

High Risk Elements

2

score ≥ 70

Critical Dependencies

1

high-risk primary uses

Country Exposure

Average supply chain exposure across all critical elements used in this product.

China
64.2%
10 elems
Democratic Republic of the Congo
5.7%
2 elems
United States
5.1%
6 elems
Japan
4.2%
6 elems
Chile
4.0%
2 elems
Rwanda
2.8%
1 elem
South Korea
2.6%
3 elems
Australia
1.7%
3 elems

Elements by Component

rf_front_end

Critical(88)
Ga88

antenna

Medium(47)
Cu30In63

structure

Minimal(0)
Al

baseband

Minimal(0)
Si

connectors

Minimal(0)
AuAg

electronics

Low(38)
Ta38

cooling

High(77)
Nd77

Element Dependencies

31Ga

Gallium

Primaryrf_front_end
Critical(88)
Overall Risk:88
China:96

GaN power amplifiers

60Nd

Neodymium

cooling
High(77)
Overall Risk:77
China:80

Cooling fan motors

49In

Indium

antenna
High(63)
Overall Risk:63
China:65

Antenna coatings

73Ta

Tantalum

Primaryelectronics
Low(38)
Overall Risk:38
China:22

Capacitors

29Cu

Copper

Primaryantenna
Low(30)
Overall Risk:30
China:27

Antennas, cables, heatsinks

13Al

Aluminium

Primarystructure
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

Enclosures and heatsinks

14Si

Silicon

Primarybaseband
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

Digital processing chips

79Au

Gold

connectors
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

RF connector plating

47Ag

Silver

connectors
Minimal(0)
Overall Risk:N/A
China:N/A

RF contacts

Risk Distribution

Elements by Risk Level

critical1
high2
low2
minimal4

Usage Classification

Primary Use5
Secondary Use4

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