Alcatel Introduces SiGe-Based BiCMOS Technology for Wireless Products.Business Editors & Technology Writers BRUSSELS, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2001 Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA): New technology allows wireless ICs to be developed in the 10GHz frequency range -- consuming less power and reducing product area Alcatel (NYSE:ALA) today announced the release of its new generation SiGe-based BiCMOS chip technology, which will be used for developing RF wireless IC solutions in the frequency range up to 10GHz. This technology extends the advantages of the RF BiCMOS technology by almost doubling the speed of BiCMOS technology, significantly reducing power consumption and product area of wireless chips, thus reducing product cost. Marnix Tack, Director Technology R&D for Alcatel's microelectronics activities, says: "This new SiGe technology extends our technology offering to the high-frequency domain, and allows us to develop leading-edge products running from 2GHz to more than 5GHz with reduced power consumption. This is exactly what is needed for future wireless applications." The first products, such as a Low Noise Amplifier for Hiperlan2, running at operating frequencies of 5GHz, have now been developed. The SiGe technology is designed for the wireless products market, such as cellular phones, Wireless Local Area Networks, and 3G applications. The technology is jointly developed with IMEC, Europe's leading independent centre for microelectronics and ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. R&D, within the framework of the MEDEA Medea (mĭdē`ə), in Greek mythology, princess of Colchis, skilled in magic and sorcery. She fell in love with Jason and helped him, against the will of her father, Aeëtes, to obtain the Golden Fleece. programme. "IMEC and Alcatel have been working together for several years in the field of semiconductor process technologies," says Prof. Gilbert Declerck, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of IMEC. "Alcatel complements our R&D activities in state-of-the-art chip technologies for future applications." The introduction of Silicon Germanium (SiGe) A semiconductor material made from silicon and germanium. Germanium is very similar to silicon, but when one layer is grown on top of the other to form the base of the transistor, the resulting transistor can switch faster and yield higher performance. (SiGe) Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (HBT HBT Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor HBT HyCult Biotechnology (Uden, The Netherlands) HBT Hanbury-Brown-Twiss (interferometer) HBT Herring Bone Twill HBT Heflex Bioengineering Test ) almost doubles the speed of BiCMOS technology. Alcatel's SiGe BiCMOS technology is integrated into its 0.35 micron analog CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. technology and features Ft of 50GHz and Fmax of 80GHz, with BVceo higher than 3.6V. Also added are high tuning-range varactors, thick-metal inductors with Q-factors above 10, and dense metal capacitors of 1.5fF/um2, allowing for reduced product In model theory, a branch of mathematical logic, the reduced product is a construction that generalizes both direct product and ultraproduct. area. About Alcatel Alcatel builds next-generation networks and the chips that power them, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 130,000 employees and sales of EURO 31 billion in 2000, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet (www.alcatel.com). About IMEC IMEC was founded in 1984 and today is Europe's leading independent research centre for the development and licensing of microelectronics, and information and communication technologies (ICT). IMEC is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, and has a staff of more than 1000 people, including more than 200 industrial residents. Its more than $100 million revenue is derived from agreements and contracts with Flemish government, the EC, MEDEA, the European Space Agency European Space Agency (ESA), multinational agency dedicated to the promotion, for exclusively peaceful purposes, of cooperation among European states in space research and technology. , equipment and material suppliers and semiconductor companies worldwide. IMEC's activities concentrate on design of integrated information and communication systems; silicon process technology; silicon technology and device integration; microsystems, components and packaging; and advanced training in microelectronics. IMEC has a sub-0.25um 200mm pilot line and is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified. News from IMEC is located at www.imec.be. |
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