MagnaChip Semiconductor Offering 0.18µm HV CMOS BCD Process
South Korean-based designer and manufacturer of analogue and
mixed-signal semiconductor products, MagnaChip
is now offering a new premium 0.18µm Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) high voltage
process.
This new process features operability at 60V and will support additional voltage ranges between 12V and 60V. Suitable applications include DC-DC converters, Power-over-Ethernet, LED drivers, audio amps and PMICs for the mobile and consumer markets.
Fully compatible with standard CMOS processes, the new BCD process uses high density logic devices (1.8V) and performance analogue devices (5V) with low flicker noise. MagnaChip is also developing 80V LDMOS devices featuring expanded operating ranges with completion expected by August, 2012.
Utilising MagnaChip's proprietary deep-trench isolation technology and high voltage LDMOS device optimization, the 0.18µm BCD process will enable high reliability and chip size reduction while improving isolation and low Rsp (specific on resistance) for foundry customers. To enhance design flexibility and cost competitiveness, this process will also support non-volatile memory (NVM), high K metal-insulator-metal capacitor, copper wire bonding, thick top metal, and redistribution layer process options.
"We are very pleased to offer our new 0.18µm BCD high voltage process solution that enhances product performance over a wide range of voltages," said Namkyu Park, Vice President of MagnaChip's Foundry Marketing. "To meet the ever increasing technical requirements of foundry customers, our goal is to continue to enhance our process technology and expand our BCD portfolio."
