UMC Fabricates Record-Setting Voltage-Controlled Oscillator Using CMOS Technology

Chip designed by the University of Florida achieves 105-GHz Operating Frequency

UMC, a world leading semiconductor foundry, today announced it has fabricated a Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) with a record-setting fundamental operating frequency of 105-GHz using its 0.13um RFCMOS process technology. The chip was developed by the Silicon Microwave Integrated Circuits and Systems Research Group (SIMICS), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, Gainesville.