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Bhola_#1
We talking about diamond here....very expensive substrate...I wonder how pricing ...
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Gallium Anything, still the technology of the future.
Big score for TriQuint GaN program
Janine Love
11/30/2010 9:23 AM EST
I just heard from TriQuint that they scored a $17.5M GaN manufacturing development contract form the US Air Force Research Laboratory. TriQuint says that the money will be used to fund the development of maximized yield, improve time to market, and lower cost in high-power, high-frequency device manufacturing, specifically in 100mm GaN.
The aim is to complete the process by 2013. If you're interested in GaN developments, here are a few other items making news lately:
The aim is to complete the process by 2013. If you're interested in GaN developments, here are a few other items making news lately:
- Sumitomo claims first 6-in. GaN wafers
- Startup raises VC for GaN-on-Si factory
- Triquint rolls GaN PA for Counter-IED defense apps
- Plessey plans to run GaN, SiGe at UK fab
- Toshiba Adds High Gain 50W GaN HEMT Power Amplifier for C-Band SATCOM Applications
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KeithSchaub
11/30/2010 11:55 AM EST
This is great news. The stigma is that GaN, GaAs, Ga+anything is expensive when compared to SiGe. That cost gap is fast closing and the performance improvement over SiGe provided by GaN can often be shown to be worth considering for non-amplifier application designs.
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RandomJitter
11/30/2010 2:39 PM EST
Gallium Anything, still the technology of the future.
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Bhola_#1
12/29/2010 12:01 AM EST
We talking about diamond here....very expensive substrate...I wonder how pricing and performance trade-off will wrk out. It may be best uited for defense but not sure how well it be played in commercial market.
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