Qorvo® Awarded DoD Contract to Advance Copper-Pillar-on-GaN Technology
May 20 2020 - 8:00AM
Qorvo® (Nasdaq:QRVO), a leading provider of innovative RF solutions
that connect the world, has been awarded a three-year contract to
further advance the development of copper-pillar-on-GaN flip-chip
technology. This Department of Defense (DoD) program will create a
high-yield domestic foundry to mature the copper flip assembly
process, which enables vertical die stacking in space-constrained
phased array radar systems and other defense electronics.
Conventional module-level integration on printed wiring boards
is performed by wire bonding and uses metal housing and
chip-and-wire modules. This wastes space while adding weight and
cost to the system. Copper pillar flip-chip technology enables
vertical stacking of die to integrate many more components,
resulting in tighter die-to-die and die-to package spacings to
reduce module weight and cost.
While copper flip-chip is used today in high volume for GaAs and
silicon RF applications, copper pillar flip-chip GaN technology is
typically produced only in small quantities using a costly
prototype process. Qorvo’s goal under the contract is to establish
a high-yield, reliable copper flip-chip GaN MMIC technology and
achieve Manufacturing Readiness Level 9 by 2022.The three-year
contract is being administered by the Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Crane Division, on behalf of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
(OSD) Defense-wide Manufacturing Science & Technology
(DMS&T).
Vijay Balakrishna, Qorvo’s senior director of Research,
Infrastructure and Defense products, said, “This contract leverages
Qorvo’s 30-year investment in GaN and GaAs manufacturing and
packaging technology. By maturing today’s copper pillar flip-chip
technology and pushing it to new levels of RF performance, Qorvo
will increase yields, shorten manufacturing time and significantly
reduce costs in both defense and commercial phased array
applications.”
Qorvo offers the industry’s broadest RF GaN-on-SiC portfolio to
help customers realize superior efficiency and operational
bandwidth. The company’s RF GaN-on-SiC products deliver high power
density, reduced size, excellent gain, high reliability and process
maturity. Qorvo is a leading supplier of RF products and compound
semiconductor foundry services to defense primes and other global
defense and aerospace customers. Qorvo is the only supplier to
achieve a Manufacturing Readiness Level 10 (MRL 10) rating from the
U.S. Department of Defense.
About QorvoQorvo (Nasdaq: QRVO) makes a better
world possible by providing innovative Radio Frequency (RF)
solutions at the center of connectivity. We combine product and
technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global
manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers' most complex
technical challenges. Qorvo serves diverse high-growth segments of
large global markets, including advanced wireless devices, wired
and wireless networks and defense radar and communications. We also
leverage unique competitive strengths to advance 5G networks, cloud
computing, the Internet of Things, and other emerging applications
that expand the global framework interconnecting people, places and
things. Visit www.qorvo.com to learn how Qorvo connects the
world.
Qorvo is a registered trademark of Qorvo, Inc. in the U.S. and
in other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
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