Title :
State of the Art and Trends in III*V ICs for Commercial Applications
Author_Institution :
LEP - PHILIPS MICROWAVE LIMEIL, 22, avenue Descartes, 94453 Limeil-Brévannes, France. Tel. 33.1.45.10.68.96 - Fax 33.1.45.10.69.53
Abstract :
III/V ICs and especially GaAs ICs based on submicron gate MESFETs are an established industrial technology used in commercial applications like high-end computers, L-band mobile phones, X band satellite TV receivers, K-band radio links and 2.5 Gb/s optical links. In the meanwhile advanced processes based on 0.2-0.1 ¿m PHEMTs as well as submicron HBTs on GaAs or InP substrates are being developed either to enhance the performance of today´s GaAs ICs or to implement demanding millimeter-wave applications like 40 Gb/s optical links, 60 GHz mobile broadband systems or 42 GHz multipoint video distribution systems (MVDS). This simply means that III/V ICs will be the technology of choice for signal and data transmission along the future information super highways.
Keywords :
Application software; Computer applications; Computer industry; Gallium arsenide; L-band; MESFETs; Mobile handsets; Optical computing; Optical fiber communication; Satellite broadcasting;
Conference_Titel :
Solid State Device Research Conference, 1995. ESSDERC '95. Proceedings of the 25th European
Conference_Location :
The Hague, The Netherlands
