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GTRAN Develops Indium Phosphide (InP) Process for 40Gb/s

Source: GTRAN, Inc.

World s Fastest Semiconductor Commercial Process for 40Gb/S SONET Products

Westlake Village, CA. GTRAN, Inc. announced it has developed the world s fastest wafer fabrication process based on Indium Phosphide (InP) semiconductors for commercial deployment. Designed to provide a production design platform for the emerging 40Gb/s (OC-768) SONET markets, the process is run on 100 mm wafers utilizing highly automated wafer fabrication techniques that are compatible with standard Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) production steps. The InP Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) exhibits an f(t) of 150 GHz and f(max) greater than 200 GHz. These key transistor parameters allow the design of optoelectronic integrated circuits that are essential to interface low-speed digital circuits to optical components in OC-768 systems.

Although InP processes have been available in research laboratories for years, GTRAN has implemented this process in a high volume wafer production facility. "GTRAN has developed intellectual property for fabrication of reliable InP-based HBT products for commercial production," said Dr. Mark Rodwell, advisor to GTRAN on InP technology. Dr. Rodwell also heads a prominent research group in the field of ultra-high frequency electronics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

"We are very pleased that GTRAN has chosen GCS as its production foundry partner for deployment of its InP product," said Dr. Owen Wu, President and CEO of Global Communications Systems, Inc. (GCS) located in Torrance, California. "I am excited about the possibilities and business potential that InP adds to the technology and foundry portfolio at GCS." GCS is an ISO 9002 certified company providing compound semiconductor foundry services to the wireless telecommunication and high-speed networking industries. GCS has a production capacity of 500 wafers per week and is rapidly expanding to more than 1,000 wafers per week.

About GTRAN, Inc.

GTRAN, Inc. (www.gtran.com) designs and develops optical and wireless transmission products. Founded in 1999, GTRAN has two product divisions and seven design center locations. The Broadband Optoelectronic Division provides data transceivers based on SONET standards such as OC-192 and OC-768. The Wireless Division provides data products such as PCMCIA modem cards for emerging wireless data standards, including IS-95B, CDMA2000 (95C/1X), HDR, GPRS, and WCDMA. GTRAN has product design centers in Westlake Village, Newbury Park, and San Diego, CA; Denver, CO; Calgary, AB, Canada; Seoul, Korea; and Hsin-Chu, Taiwan.

Contact: Dawn White of Newman Saylor & Gregory Tel: 803-254-8158 dwhite@nsandg.com for GTRAN, Inc. or Connie Cheng of GTRAN, Inc. Tel: 818-889-2308 connie@gtran.com

 

Dawn White of Newman Saylor & Gregory
Tel: 803-254-8158
dwhite@nsandg.com for GTRAN, Inc.
or
Connie Cheng of GTRAN, Inc.
Tel: 818-889-2308
connie@gtran.com
 
E-mail: connie@gtran.com
Web site: http://www.gtran.com
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