Title :
MMIC consumer application and production
Author_Institution :
Motorola Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Hand-held radios and wireless telecommunication systems will represent in the near future a high volume market. How GaAs can become a key technology for this application and how to leverage the expertise that can be obtained from silicon processing are discussed. The enabling factors of these emerging applications are cost, size, weight, features, and high operating frequency. GaAs and silicon process technologies are compared. The transfer of silicon process and manufacturing technology to GaAs is considered. GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuits are discussed.<>
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit manufacture; integrated circuit technology; radiocommunication; technology transfer; GaAs; MMIC; consumer application; hand held radios; high operating frequency; manufacturing technology; monolithic microwave integrated circuits; process technologies; technology transfer; wireless telecommunication systems; Costs; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Integrated circuit technology; MMICs; Manufacturing processes; Microwave integrated circuits; Monolithic integrated circuits; Production; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Circuits Symposium, 1992. Digest of Papers, IEEE 1992
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0677-5
DOI :
10.1109/MCS.1992.185980
