The 1999 outlook for GaAs IC markets and technology

Author

Bechtel, G.

Author_Institution

Strategies Unlimited, Mountain View, CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

17-20 Oct. 1999

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

9

Abstract

The major markets that have created a $1.3 billion commercial GaAs IC business growing at over 20% annual rate are described. The role of GaAs ICs in mobile communications is discussed. Applications in broadband data, optical and satellite communications are presented. The growing role of epitaxial device technology is reviewed. Some threats to GaAs dominance in the RF and microwave applications from silicon and silicon-germanium are discussed. Market forecasts are presented for the next five years.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit economics; integrated circuit technology; marketing; monolithic integrated circuits; GaAs; GaAs IC markets; GaAs IC technology; RF applications; broadband data communications; epitaxial device technology; market forecasts; microwave applications; mobile communications; optical communications; satellite communications; Gallium arsenide; MESFETs; Marketing and sales; Military computing; Optical amplifiers; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Satellite broadcasting; Telephone sets; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GaAs IC Symposium, 1999. 21st Annual

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

ISSN

1064-7775

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5585-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GAAS.1999.803717

Filename

803717