Gallium Arsenide, Electronics Materials and Devices. A Strategic Study of Markets, Technologies and Companies Worldwide 1999-2004 (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Gallium Arsenide Electronic Materials and Devices: A Market and Technology Overview 1999–2004 2
Copyright Page 3
Contents 4
List of Tables 10
List of Figures 14
Chapter 1. Introduction 18
1.1 Report Structure 18
1.2 Products 19
1.3 Markets 20
1.4 Regions 20
1.5 Research Background 20
Chapter 2. Executive Summary 22
2.1 Introduction 22
2.2 Materials Properties 24
2.3 The GaAs Marketplace 24
2.4 Market Evaluation and Forecast 25
2.5 The Supplier Situation 26
2.6 Conclusions 32
Chapter 3. Substrate Markets 34
3.1 Introduction 34
3.2 Worldwide Market for SI GaAs Substrates 1999–2004 34
3.3 The SI GaAs Substrate Business 42
3.4 Market Share 51
Chapter 4. Merchant GaAs Epitaxial Wafer Markets 54
4.1 Introduction 54
4.2 Epiwafer Industry Overview 57
4.3 Epiwafer Market Analysis and Forecast 58
4.4 Epiwafer Markets by Epitaxial Growth Technique 63
4.5 Epitaxial Wafer Markets by Substrate Type 66
4.6 Epitaxial Wafer Markets by Geographic Region 67
4.7 Epitaxial Wafer Markets by Application 72
4.8 Epiwafer Pricing Trends 73
4.9 MBE Epiwafer Suppliers 75
4.10 MOVPE Epiwafer Suppliers 76
4.11 Silicon–Germanium Epiwafer Markets 76
Chapter 5. Application Market Overview 80
5.1 Introduction 80
5.2 Worldwide Market for GaAs Devices 80
5.3 The Worldwide GaAs Electronics Business 82
5.4 Merchant vs. Captive Markets for GaAs Devices 89
5.5 Market by Geographical Region 90
5.6 Telecommunications Markets for GaAs Electronic Devices 93
5.7 Wireless Data Communications 120
5.8 Consumer Markets for GaAs Electronic Devices 129
5.9 Computer Markets for GaAs Electronic Devices 133
5.10 Industrial Markets for GaAs Electronic Devices 138
5.11 Military/Aerospace Markets for GaAs Electronic Devices 140
5.12 Automotive Markets for GaAs Electronic Devices 151
5.13 Other Markets for GaAs Electronic Devices 161
Chapter 6. Gallium Arsenide Crystal Growth 164
6.1 Introduction 164
6.2 Crystal Growth 166
6.3 Crystal Growth Technologies 168
6.4 Substrates 174
Chapter 7. Epitaxy and Device Processing of Gallium Arsenide 178
7.1 Epitaxial Growth 178
7.2 MOVPE 180
7.3 Epitaxial Precursor Materials 182
7.4 Commercial MOVPE Reactors 184
7.5 MBE 191
7.6 MBE Growth of Other Semiconductors 197
7.7 UHV-CVD of SiGe 197
7.8 In situ Monitoring 198
7.9 Alternative Fabrication Processes 202
7.10 Ion Implantation 203
7.11 Device Processing 205
Chapter 8. Company Profiles 212
8.1 Agilent Technologies Inc 213
8.2 AIXTRON AG 215
8.3 Alpha Industries Inc 217
8.4 ANADIGICS Inc 220
8.5 Apex Co Ltd 223
8.6 Applied Epi Inc 223
8.7 Atmel Corp 225
8.8 ATRAMET (Atomergic Chemetals Corp) 228
8.9 AWSC (Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Co) 228
8.10 AXT (American Xtal Technology) 229
8.11 Caswell Technology 231
8.12 Celeritek Inc 233
8.13 CMK Ltd 235
8.14 Conexant Systems Inc 235
8.15 Dowa Mining Co Ltd 238
8.16 EMCORE Corp 240
8.17 Endwave Corp 245
8.18 Epichem Ltd 246
8.19 Epitronics Corp 247
8.20 Filtronic Solid State 250
8.21 Freiberger Compound Materials GmbH 252
8.22 Fujitsu Quantum Devices Ltd 253
8.23 Furukawa Electric Ltd 256
8.24 GCS 257
8.25 GIGA A/S 258
8.26 Hexawave Inc 259
8.27 Hitachi Cable Ltd 260
8.28 Hitachi Ltd 262
8.29 Hittite Microwave Corp 264
8.30 Honeywell Technology Center 265
8.31 Infineon Technologies AG 267
8.32 Intelligent Epitaxy Technology 270
8.33 IQE PIc 270
8.34 Japan Energy Corp 273
8.35 Kopin Corp 274
8.36 Litton Airtron 276
8.37 M/A-COM Inc 277
8.38 M/A-COM III–V Materials Group 279
8.39 Matsushita Electronics Corp 280
8.4O MBE Technology Pte Ltd 283
8.41 Micro Wave Sys 284
8.42 MicroWave Technology Inc 284
8.43 Mitsubishi Electric Corp 286
8.44 Motorola Inc 289
8.45 Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd 292
8.46 NEC Corp 294
8.47 Oki Semiconductor 296
8.48 OMMIC 299
8.49 Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology 300
8.50 Picogiga 302
8.51 Procomp Informatics Ltd 303
8.52 Raytheon RF Components 304
8.53 RF Micro Devices Inc (RFMD) 305
8.54 Riber SA 309
8.55 Sanders 311
8.56 Sanyo Electric Co Ltd 312
8.57 Sharp Corp 314
8.58 Showa Denko 316
8.59 SiGe Microsystems Inc 317
8.60 Sony Corp 318
8.61 Stanford Microdevices (SMDI) 320
8.62 Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd 321
8.63 Surface Technology Systems Ltd 324
8.64 Tegal Corp 325
8.65 Teledyne Electronic Technologies 327
8.66 TLC Precision Wafer Technology 328
8.67 Toshiba Microelectronics Center 329
8.68 Trikon Technologies Inc 331
8.69 TriQuint Semiconductor Inc 334
8.70 TRW Inc 336
8.71 Unaxis 339
8.72 United Monolithic Semiconductors GmbH (UMS) 340
8.73 VG Semicon 342
8.74 Vitesse Semiconductor Corp 343
8.75 Wafer Technology Ltd 348
8.76 Watkins-Johnson Communications Inc 350
8.77 WIN Semiconductors Corp 351
Chapter 9. Directory of Leading Suppliers 352
Chapter 10. Appendices 412
10.1 Acronyms 412
10.2 Mergers and Acquisitions 419
10.3 Agreements 421
10.4 Exchange Rates 427