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This is the book version of a special issue of the "International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems", reviewing recent work in the field of compound semiconductor integrated circuits. There are 14 invited papers covering a wide range of applications, frequencies and materials. These papers deal with digital, analog, microwave and millimeter-wave technologies, devices and integrated circuits for wireline fiber-optic lightwave transmissions, and wireless radio-frequency microwave and millimeter-wave communications. In each case, the market is young and experiencing rapid growth for both commercial and millitary applications. Many new semiconductor technologies compete for these new markets, leading to an alphabet soup of semiconductor materials described in these papers. The book also includes three papers focused on radiation effects and reliability in III-V semiconductor electronics, which are useful for reference and future directions. Moreover, reliability is covered in several papers separately for certain process technologies.
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SELECTED TOPICS IN ELECTRONICS AND SYSTEMS Editor-in-Chief: M. S. Shur
Published Vol. 10: Emerging Optoelectronic Technologies and Applications ed. Y.-H. Lo Vol. 11: High Speed Semiconductor Lasers ed. S. A. Gurevich Vol. 12: Current Research on Optical Materials, Devices and Systems in Taiwan eds. S. Chi and T. P. Lee Vol. 13: High Speed Circuits for Lightwave Communications ed. K.-C. Wang Vol. 14: Quantum-Based Electronics and Devices eds. M. Dutta and M. A. Stroscio Vol. 15: Silicon and Beyond eds. M. S. Shur and T. A. Fjeldly Vol. 16: Advances in Semiconductor Lasers and Applications to Optoelectronics eds. M. Dutta and M. A. Stroscio Vol. 17: Frontiers in Electronics: From Materials to Systems eds. Y. S. Park, S. Luryi, M. S. Shur, J. M. Xu and A. Zaslavsky Vol. 18: Sensitive Skin eds. V. Lumelsky, M. S. Shur and S. Wagner Vol. 19: Advances in Surface Acoustic Wave Technology, Systems and Applications (Two volumes), volume 1 eds. C. C. W. Ruppel and T. A. Fjeldly Vol. 20: Advances in Surface Acoustic Wave Technology, Systems and Applications (Two volumes), volume 2 eds. C. C. W. Ruppel and T. A. Fjeldly Vol. 21: High Speed Integrated Circuit Technology, Towards 100 GHz Logic ed. M. Rodwell Vol. 22: Topics in High Field Transport in Semiconductors eds. K. F. Brennan and P. P. Ruden Vol. 23: Oxide Reliability: A Summary of Silicon Oxide Wearout, Breakdown, and Reliability ed. D. J. Dumin Vol. 24: CMOS RF Modeling, Characterization and Applications eds. M. J. Deen and T. A. Fjeldly Vol. 25: Quantum Dots eds. E. Borovitskaya and M. S. Shur Vol. 26: Frontiers in Electronics: Future Chips eds. Y. S. Park, M. S. Shur and W. Tang Vol. 27: Intersubband Infrared Photodetectors ed. V. Ryzhii Vol. 28: Advanced Semiconductor Heterostructures: Novel Devices, Potential Device Applications and Basic Properties eds. M. Dutta and M. A. Stroscio
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