Gallium Nitride RF-devices: An overview on the development activities in Europe

Gallium Nitride is a key technology with high system impact for European industries for communication-, military-, and space-applications. This paper reviews the recent technical development activities of III-Nitride devices for RF-applications in Europe. After the completion of several significant research projects, the technical status is reviewed based on recent examples relevant to the state-of-the-art in Europe. Further, a European perspective for the industrialization and exploitation of this technology will be discussed.