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To: kinkblot who wrote (131)	12/17/1999 10:37:00 AM
From: Will Lyons	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 565

UTCI finally announced earnings and discussed future of their SED business! Communication or illumination? Which is the one to bet on? which has the longer and faster growth potential?

To: kinkblot who wrote (131)	12/17/1999 10:47:00 AM
From: John Finley	Respond to of 565

Ahhh, it's nice to have references again. I like Amazon. Sze's "Modern Semiconductor Device Physics" has a whole chapter on HBT's. I wonder why InP is faster than GaAs? InP has smaller electron and hole mobilities. I need to do more homework, it's been awhile <g>. As an aside, a buddy of mine sent me a paper that he did on a TeraHertz mixer. What's this world coming to? <gg> I'll go dig around in TRW's sites. I doubt they'll pull a CNXT, though <g>. JF

To: kinkblot who wrote (131)	12/17/1999 11:15:00 PM
From: John Finley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 565

Interesting price list from TRW. trw.com Check the InP HBT and HEMT foundry services at the bottom of the page TBD. Hmmm.... Another interesting tidbit from the 69 GHz release: >>The digital circuit was made using indium phosphide heterojunction bipolar transistors. A unique feature of these transistors is the removal of collector material beneath the base layer, resulting in a cantilevered base layer resting upon a pedestal-like collector layer (see photo). The greater the amount of cantilevering, the higher the speed of the frequency divider.<< I assume that is because of air's dielectric constant. Anyway, it looks like that they don't want to make, market and sell commercial product as much as they want to make money off other people who do. I guess we should watch the folks who use their foundries or license their tech. JF