Global Communication Semiconductors, Inc.

Foundry Partner GCS - Wing Yau

GCS Provides PDKs for Keysight ADS — Wing Yau, Senior Vice President, Global Communication Semiconductors (GCS) responsible for Foundry Services and Applications Engineering, describes what GCS provides for mutual customers of Keysight EEsof EDA and GCS.

Global Communication Semiconductors, founded in 1997, as a California Corporation, Global Communication Semiconductors, LLC ("GCS") is an ISO-certified premier pure-play compound (III-V) semiconductor (GaAs, InP and GaN ) wafer foundry service provider that manufactures technology leading, high performance, high quality, semiconductor devices. Portfolio offerings include Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) and millimeter wave integrated circuits for the wireless markets, power devices for power electronics, and Photodetectors and Lasers for optical communications markets.

Full front-to-back ADS PDK support matrix:

GCS Process Design Kits

Process Name Process Description Latest ADS Version Supported Front/Back PDK EM Substrate MMIC Toolbar DRC LVS - Device Recognition LVS - Physical Nets Electro-Thermal
D1 InGaP HBT – D1  ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N
D5 InGaP HBT – D5  ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N
SD2 InGaP HBT – SD2 ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y Y Y Y
SPD InGaP HBT – SPD ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y Y Y Y
DHBT1 InP DHBT1 (150GHz Ft)  ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N
DHBT2 InP DHBT2 (250GHz Ft)  ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N
DHBT3 InP DHBT3 (300GHz Ft)  ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y Y Y Y
DHBT5 InP DHBT5 ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y Y Y N
FP GaAs pHEMT - 0.5µm (D-mode power) ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N
FQ GaAs pHEMT - 0.25µm (D-mode power) ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N
FQDN GaAs pHEMT - 0.25μm (D-mode low noise) ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N
FQEN GaAs pHEMT - 0.25µm (E-mode low noise) ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y Y Y N
FQED GaAs pHEMT - 0.25µm (E/D-mode power) ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N
GF GaN HEMT - 0.4µm ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N Y
GQ GaN HEMT - 0.25µm ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N Y
GT GaN HEMT - 0.15µm ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N Y
DM THz Schottky diode - Non-AirBridge  ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y Y Y N
DF THz Schottky diode - AirBridge  ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y Y Y N
VC RFPIN diode ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N
V5 Varactor diode ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N
V10 Varactor diode ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N
PM Integrated Passive Device A - Non-AirBridge ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N
PF Integrated Passive Device B - AirBridge ADS 2026 F/B Y Y Y N N N

The PDKs are distributed by GCS and are available for immediate use with the Keysight ADS software.