Title :
Influence of Advanced GaAs MMICs on Structure and Cost of High Frequency TR-Modules for Communication and Radar Systems for Volume Markets
Author :
Daembkes, H. ; Quentin, P. ; Camiade, M. ; Beilenhoff, K. ; Adelseck, B. ; Schickl, O. ; Schroth, J. ; Viaud, J.P. ; Lajugie, M. ; Chapelle, P. ; Turin, M.
Author_Institution :
United Monolithic Semiconductors, Orsay, France and Ulm, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper the impact of advanced GaAs MMIC design and fabrication on the cost structure of today´s RF modules for the commercial mass market will be discussed. The emerging new generation of multifunction MMICs will lead to a higher integration scheme in parallel with a significant reduction of total chip area. Moreover, the reduction of assembly efforts together with new mounting concepts will allow a further decrease of module cost. In this paper the different trends will be listed and discussed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Some examples for current developments will be given as well.
Keywords :
Assembly; Bit rate; Costs; Fabrication; Gallium arsenide; MMICs; Manufacturing; Mobile communication; Radar; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2000. 30th European
Conference_Location :
Paris, France
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.2000.338603
