RF Micro Devices Inc. / EMCORE Corp. / Granaria Holdings B.V. / Rhône-Poulenc S.A. / Motorola Inc. / Siemens Microelectronics Inc. / Roskill Information Services Ltd. / LED’s / Rhodia Inc. / M/A Com Inc. / MilliWave Inc. / Celeritek Inc. / Furukawa / Loral Space & Communications Ltd. / TRW Inc. / Recapture Metals Inc. / Nichia Chemical Industries Inc. / TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. / Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. / ANADIGICS Inc. / Eagle-Picher Industries Inc. / Loral / Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit / American Xtal Technology Inc. / Siemens AG / National Renewable Energy Laboratory / Lucent Technologies Inc. / Wafer Technology Ltd. / Hitachi Cable Ltd. / Bell Laboratories / Dowa Mining Co. / Litton Airtron / Outlook Wireless / Raytheon Co. / Allied Business Intelligence Inc. / Nokia Telecommunications Oy / Raytheon/TI Systems / ABN AMRO Investments / /
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Europe / North America / /
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Hungary / Netherlands / France / Japan / Australia / Slovakia / United Kingdom / China / Germany / Kazakhstan / Russia / United States / South Korea / /
Currency
USD / FRF / /
Event
Reorganization / M&A / Business Partnership / Company Expansion / Natural Disaster / Funding / /
Facility
National Renewable Energy Laboratory / RF Micro Devices’ plant / Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute / At Cornell University / Cornell University / GaAs HBT facility / Albuquerque facility / /
IndustryTerm
Internet access / cellular telephone technology / cellular systems / lower manufacturing costs / manufacturing space / laser printing / natural gas / local area networks / wireless communications / metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor / Defense applications / foundry services / metal / satellite requirements / cellular communications signals / potential applications / wireless applications / optoelectronic devices / materials growth technology / metal-organic-vapor-phase-epitaxy wafers / bank / environmental monitoring devices / telecommunications / radio product / diagnostic tools / wireless communications devices / optical communications applications / chemicals / optical networks / high-efficiency / wireless base stations / cellular and personal communications services / metal-organic chemical vapor deposition equipment / gradient freeze technology / conventional devices / gallium metal / technology strategy / satellite communications / cellular applications / wireless networks / highquality laser printing / electricity / communications satellites / communications systems / electronics / Wireless Design / photovoltaic device / local multipoint distribution systems / telecommunications devices / wireless communication market / /
NaturalFeature
Willamette National Forest / /
Organization
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency / U.S. Forest Service / office of Naval Research / Bureau of the Census / Polytechnic Institute / Cornell University / U.S. Department of Defense / U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin / Netherlands bank / Fraunhofer-Institut / Department of Defense / /
Position
statistical assistant / producer / CEO / /
Product
GaAs IC / GaAs / FlexiHopper radio product / GaAsbased / FlexiHopper / /
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Hyogo Prefecture / New Mexico / Utah / Ibaraki Prefecture / Texas / New Jersey / Oregon / North Carolina / Massachusetts / /
PublishedMedium
Photonics Spectra / D Magazine / /
Region
Western Europe / /
Technology
gradient freeze technology / html / PCS / integrated circuits / chemical vapor deposition / semiconductors / v. 32 / cellular telephones / semiconductor / bipolar transistor / bright blue LED technology / blue laser / wireless communications / ultrasound / plug and play / materials growth technology / laser / lasers / local area networks / cellular telephone technology / satellite communications / /
GALLIUM By Deborah A. Kramer Domestic survey data and tables were prepared by Carolyn F. Crews, statistical assistant. Gallium demand in the United States was satisfied by imports, primarily high-purity material from Fra