Editing Gallium arsenide (section)

===Transistor uses===
Gallium arsenide (GaAs) transistors are used in the RF power amplifiers for cell phones and wireless communicating.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 December 2010 |title=It's a GaAS: Critical Component for Cell Phone Circuits Grows in 2010 |url=https://seekingalpha.com/article/242049-its-a-gaas-critical-component-for-cell-phone-circuits-grows-in-2010 |website=Seeking Alpha}}</ref> GaAs wafers are used in [[laser diodes]], [[photodetectors]], and [[RF power amplifier|radio frequency (RF) amplifiers]] for mobile phones and base stations.<ref>{{cite web |last=Green |first=Julissa |title=A Comprehensive Guide to Gallium Arsenide Wafers |url=https://www.sputtertargets.net/blog/a-comprehensive-guide-to-gallium-arsenide-wafers.html |access-date=Oct 16, 2024 |website=Stanford Advanced Materials}}</ref> GaAs transistors are also integral to [[Monolithic microwave integrated circuit|monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs)]], utilized in satellite communication and radar systems, as well as in [[Low-noise amplifier|low-noise amplifiers (LNAs)]] that enhance weak signals.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ishutkin |first1=S.V. |last2=Kagadey |first2=V.A. |year=2015 |title=Design-processing features of microwave GaAs monolithic integrated circuits of a low-noise amplifier with a copper metallized frontside |journal=Russian Microelectronics |volume=44 |pages=380–388 |doi=10.1134/S1063739715060049}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Manes |first=G.F. |title=Encyclopedia of RF and Microwave Engineering |publisher=Wiley |year=2005 |isbn=9780471270539 |chapter=Gallium Arsenide Technology and Applications |doi=10.1002/0471654507.eme143}}</ref>