Bill, can you fill us in what applications use GaAs?.
GaAs technology offers many advantages including lower power dissipation, excellent
linearity, and a smaller chip size. Application areas include commercial wireless, power
amplifiers, receivers, very high speed digital communications, interface electronics,
mm-wave defense and automotive systems. With the ability to operate at faster speeds
than silicon of the same geometry, GaAs devices offer a high performance
solution for communications market segments such as Gigabit Ethernet, ATM,
SONET, and Radio Frequency handsets.
I think I read that the 802.11a,b applications have been implemented in CMOS
802.11 does not require the speeds that only GaAs can provide. |
