STMicroelectronics and MACOM RF Gallium-Nitride-on-Silicon prototypes achieve technology and performance milestones
May 13 2022 - 1:00AM
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MACOM(NYSE:MTSI)
- Devices meet cost and performance targets and move effort to
qualification stage
- Shows strong progress for resilient volume manufacturing and
supply
STMicroelectronics (“ST”) (NYSE: STM), a global
semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of
electronics applications, and MACOM Technology Solutions
Holdings Inc. (“MACOM”) (NASDAQ: MTSI), a leading supplier of
semiconductor products for the Telecommunications, Industrial and
Defense and Datacenter industries, have announced the successful
production of radio-frequency Gallium-Nitride-on Silicon (RF
GaN-on-Si) prototypes. With this achievement, ST and MACOM will
continue to work together and enhance our relationship.
RF GaN-on-Silicon offers high potential for 5G and 6G
infrastructure. The long-term incumbent RF power technology,
laterally-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor (LDMOS), dominated
early-generation RF power amplifiers (PAs). GaN can offer superior
RF characteristics and significantly higher output power than LDMOS
for these RF PAs. Further, it can be manufactured on either silicon
or silicon-carbide (SiC) wafers. RF GaN-on-SiC can be more
expensive because of the competition for SiC wafers from high-power
applications and because of its non-mainstream semiconductor
processing. On the other hand, the GaN-on-Si technology under
development by ST and MACOM is expected to offer competitive
performance paired with large economies of scale, enabled by its
integration into standard semiconductor process flows.
Prototype wafers and devices manufactured by ST have achieved
cost and performance targets that would allow them to effectively
compete with the incumbent LDMOS and GaN-on-SiC technologies on the
market. These prototypes are now moving to the next big milestones
– qualification and industrialization. ST is on target to hit these
milestones in 2022. With this progress, ST and MACOM have begun
discussions to further expand their efforts to accelerate delivery
of advanced RF GaN-on-Si products to the market.
“We believe that the technology has now reached performance
levels and process maturity where it can effectively challenge the
established LDMOS and GaN-on-SiC and we can offer attractive cost
and supply-chain advantages for high-volume applications, including
Wireless Infrastructure,” said Edoardo Merli, Power Transistor
Sub-Group General Manager and Executive Vice President of
STMicroelectronics. “Commercializing RF GaN-on-Silicon products are
the next big milestone in our collaboration with MACOM and with
continued progress, we look forward to fully realizing the
potential of this exciting technology.”
“Together, we continue to make good progress in moving the
GaN-on-Si technology towards commercialization and high-volume
production,” said Stephen G. Daly, MACOM President and CEO. “Our
collaboration with ST is an important part of our RF Power strategy
and I am confident that we can win market share in targeted
applications where the GaN-on-Silicon technology meets the
technical requirements.”
About MACOM MACOM designs and manufactures
high-performance semiconductor products for the Telecommunications,
Industrial and Defense and Datacenter industries. MACOM services
over 6,000 customers annually with a broad product portfolio that
incorporates RF, Microwave, Analog and Mixed Signal and Optical
semiconductor technologies. MACOM has achieved certification to the
IATF16949 automotive standard, the ISO9001 international quality
standard and the ISO14001 environmental management standard. MACOM
operates facilities across the United States, Europe, Asia and is
headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts.
About STMicroelectronics At ST, we are 48,000 creators
and makers of semiconductor technologies mastering the
semiconductor supply chain with state-of-the-art manufacturing
facilities. An integrated device manufacturer, we work with more
than 200,000 customers and thousands of partners to design and
build products, solutions, and ecosystems that address their
challenges and opportunities, and the need to support a more
sustainable world. Our technologies enable smarter mobility, more
efficient power and energy management, and the wide-scale
deployment of the Internet of Things and connectivity. ST is
committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2027. Further information
can be found at www.st.com.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This
press release contains forward-looking statements based on ST
and/or MACOM management’s beliefs and assumptions and on
information currently available to each company’s respective
management. These forward-looking statements include, among others,
statements about each company’s ability to advance its
GaN-on-Silicon products to commercialization and high-volume
production and their ability to win market share with such
products. These forward-looking statements reflect ST’s and/or
MACOM’s current views about future events and are subject to risks,
uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may
cause those events or our actual activities or results to differ
materially from those indicated by any forward-looking statement.
Although ST and MACOM believe the expectations reflected in the
forward-looking statements are reasonable, each company cannot and
does not guarantee future events, results, actions, levels of
activity, performance or achievements. Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. A number
of important factors could cause actual results to differ
materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements,
including, but not limited to, those factors described in ST’s
latest Form 20-F or in "Risk Factors" in MACOM's Annual Report on
Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Neither party undertakes
any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events,
or otherwise.
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For Press Information:
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. Stephen Ferranti Vice
President, Strategic Initiatives and Investor Relations Tel: +1
978-656-2977 Email: stephen.ferranti@macom.com
STMicroelectronics Michael Markowitz Director Technical Media
Relations Tel: +1 781 591 0354 Email: michael.markowitz@st.com
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