• DocumentCode
    3143122
  • Title

    GaN technology for microwave and millimeter wave applications

  • Author

    Kolias, Nicholas J. ; Whelan, Colin S. ; Kazior, Thomas E. ; Smith, Kurt V.

  • Author_Institution
    Raytheon Co., Andover, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    23-28 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1222
  • Lastpage
    1225
  • Abstract
    After many years of development to improve the material and devices, GaN technology is now in production and poised to revolutionize many of today´s Radar and Communication systems. In this paper we present an overview of GaN development, focusing on reliability, affordability, and defense applications.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; MIMIC; MMIC; gallium compounds; integrated circuit reliability; wide band gap semiconductors; GaN; MIMIC; MMIC; communication systems; integrated circuit reliability; radar systems; Gallium arsenide; Gallium nitride; MMICs; Microwave devices; Microwave technology; Microwave transistors; Millimeter wave technology; Radar; Silicon carbide; Thermal conductivity; MMICs; gallium compounds; microwave devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2010 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6056-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0149-645X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2010.5517592
  • Filename
    5517592