GaAs Integrated Circuits for Microwave Communications

Advances in material technology and wafer processing in the past years have made GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuits practical. Obvious applications for this technology include systems for satellite communication and phased array radars. State-of-the-art performance of GaAs FETs and their application in hybrid microwave integrated circuit will be introduced. The recently developed microwave communication MMICs which were based on the successful development of the FETs and the hybrid circuits will also be presented.