QUBiC4G: a f/sub T//f/sub max/ = 70/100 GHz 0.25 /spl mu/m low power SiGe-BiCMOS production technology with high quality passives for 12.5 Gb/s optical networking and emerging wireless applications up to 20 GHz

QUBiC4G is a robust very low-power SiGe RF-BiCMOS technology for emerging wireless and optical networking with NPN f/sub T//f/sub max/ up to 70/100 GHz and BV/sub ceo/ = 2.7 V, excellent substrate isolation, 0.25 /spl mu/m CMOS, full suite of high quality passives, 5 metal layers and an advanced design flow. We present a 12.5 Gb/s optical networking crosspoint switch and a low-noise 20 GHz LC-VCO.