Motorola Semiconductor Completes Six-Inch Conversion of GaAs Fab Three Months Ahead of Schedule
Fab Triples Capacity With Conversion to 6-Inch Wafers
PHOENIX, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has increased its Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) capacity every year since 1997, and has just completed the process of tripling the wafer output of its Compound Semiconductor-1 (CS-1) wafer fabrication facility in June -- a full three months ahead of schedule. All of Motorola s GaAs semiconductor devices are currently fabricated in the CS-1 facility. This significant increase in capacity will help to supply the rapidly increasing demand for GaAs integrated circuits to serve the wireless market.
By converting the CS-1 fab from four-inch to six-inch wafers and equipping the facility to maximum capacity, Motorola has increased the total die output of the facility by a factor of greater than three. The CS-1 manufacturing facility is one of the first GaAs fabs in production in the industry to be fully converted to six-inch wafers for all GaAs technologies -- including implanted MESFETs, pHEMTs, and HBTs. With this capacity increase, the Motorola CS-1 fab is now the largest RF GaAs facility in the world.
These GaAs devices provide DigitalDNA(TM) solutions such as integrated RF power amplifiers, solid-state antenna switches, and low noise amplifiers in cellular phones, as well as mixer/exciter and power amplifier devices in cellular phones, basestations, two-way radios, and Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band applications.
Motorola officially received initial QS-9000 certification of its CS-1 facility on July 1, 1999, and has just passed re-certification for the second time on May 25, 2000. The third-party certification to QS-9000 also results in registration to ISO 9001. This ISO standard is the product of the International Organization for Standardization, and has already had an enormous impact on worldwide manufacturing quality. This certification assures customers that the best procedures and highest quality standards are rigorously maintained throughout the CS-1 wafer manufacturing process. For more information visit our web site at http://www.motorola.com/wireless-semi
As the world s No.1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola s Semiconductor Products Sector offers multiple DigitalDNA(TM) technologies which enable its customers to create "smart" products and new business opportunities in the networking and computing, wireless communications, transportation, and imaging and entertainment markets. Motorola s worldwide semiconductor sales were $7.4 billion (USD) in 1999. http://www.motorola.com/semiconductors/
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