Talk:Monolithic microwave integrated circuit

Monolithic?
What does the term monolithic refer to in this application?
 * A monolithic integrated circuit is one made from a single slab of silicon, in contrast to a hybrid integrated circuit, which is assembled from a number of components. Most modern ICs are monolithic so the adjective is usually dropped - except in the case of MMICs. --catslash (talk) 18:17, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

MMIC illustration image caption is wrong.
The caption says the circuit is a upconverter mixer. This is highly questionable given the actual text on the chip itself. The RF and LO signals both are fed to gate sides (from the left, also labeled "in") in the driver amplifiers feeding the baluns and the actual mixer on the right hand side. Assuming the conventional naming for IF and RF, this indicates it is a downconverter mixer.

Need history or more dates
Article could have a history section. eg when were GaAs MMICs introduced, and when Si MMIC, and when GaN MMIC ? - Rod57 (talk) 10:39, 22 June 2021 (UTC)