Abstract

The Gallium Arsenide Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits Technology (MMIC) is now mandatory for competitiveness in space business, ALCATEL ESPACE has to face the challenge of providing Flight Model MMIC based equipments by end of 1993. This paper will present how a practical MMIC Qualification program is presently being implemented. The used method consists to procure from a mature enough foundry large size wafers in order to merge foundry qualification and dice flight model procurement into the same operation.