Global Communication Semiconductors, Inc. Announces Major Milestones in InGaP HBT Process Reliability.Business Editors TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2001 GCS GCS Glasgow Coma Scale GCS Guilford County Schools (North Carolina) GCS Ground Control Station GCS Grand Central Station GCS Ground Control System GCS Ground Combat Systems GCS Group Communication Systems Has Accumulated More Than Five Million Device-Hours of Accelerated Life Testing on Devices Manufactured on Their Proprietary InGaP HBT HBT Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor HBT HyCult Biotechnology (Uden, The Netherlands) HBT Hanbury-Brown-Twiss (interferometer) HBT Herring Bone Twill HBT Heflex Bioengineering Test Process GCS, Inc. (Global Communications Semiconductor, Inc.) a pure-play compound semiconductor wafer foundry announced today that it has reached a significant milestone in establishing the reliability data on test devices manufactured on its proprietary InGaP HBT process. "Over two years ago GCS chose a robust InGaP HBT power process for the manufacture of IC's (Integrated Circuits), such as power amplifiers for cellular phones. Since then we have accumulated over five million device-hours of accelerated life test data and established the reliability of our InGaP HBT process," remarked Owen K. Wu, 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. and President of GCS. "InGaP HBT devices produced by GCS' proprietary fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. process exhibit an activation energy of 1.2 eV and a mean time to failure (MTTF See reliability. ) of 10 million hours at 125(degree)C with less than 15 FITs in 10 years. This level of reliability meets even the most stringent reliability requirements from any of our customers," continued Dr. Wu. "GCS' proprietary InGaP HBT process is currently being used for power amplifiers in handsets, for 10Gb/s TIAs (Trans Impedance Amplifiers) and laser drivers," commented Dr. Wu. "GCS has provided advanced pure-play compound semiconductor foundry services to both Design Houses and IDM's (Integrated Design and Manufacturers). Our InGaP HBT device reliability achievement adds a further dimension of superior product quality and reliability to our customers' products," continued Dr. Wu. Global Communication Semiconductors Inc., based in Torrance, California, is an 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. 9002 certified company. GCS provides compound semiconductor foundry services to the wireless telecommunication and high-speed networking industries. GCS currently offers foundry services for both InGaP and InP HBTs, and PHEMT See FET. processes. Additionally, GCS provides epitaxial wafers, optoelectronic devices such as VCSELs and PIN diodes for fiber optic communication market and is delivering SAW filter foundry service for handset applications. |
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