MMIC consumer application and production

Author

Cambou, B.F.

Author_Institution

Motorola Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1-3 June 1992

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MCS.1992.185980

Filename

185980