EDN

Zarlink upgrades BiCMOS process for power ICs

LONDON — Zarlink Semiconductor has developed an improved version of its sub-micron BiCMOS process technology that it is targeting for higher power and higher temperature power management chips. Dubbed ...
EDN

TSMC Intros 0.35-Micron BiCMOS Process For Wireless Applications

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) this week debuted its first 0.35-micron BiCMOS process for wireless and communications applications. TSMC (nyse: TSM), based in Hsinchu, Taiwan, said it ...
Electronics Weekly

Philips claims its 0.25?m version of BiCMOS process is a match for SiGe

Philips Semiconductors has developed a 0.25?m version of its BiCMOS process. Known as QUBiC4, the process can produce transistors with a transition frequency (fT)of more than 40GHz. Maximum frequency ...
Design-Reuse

Jazz Semiconductor Announces 0.13-micron SiGe BiCMOS Process Designed for High Speed Wireless and Optical Communications Applications

Jazz Offers Cost-Effective 0.13-micron SiGe BiCMOS Process Platform with 200GHz Transistors for Highest Performance System-on-Chip (SoC) Applications NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 11, 2007 -- Jazz ...
Electronic Design

SiGe BiCMOS Process Optimized For Cost-Sensitive RF Markets

In an effort to gain a competitive edge in the cost-sensitive wireless communications arena, STMicroelectronics has added silicon-germanium (SiGe) biCMOS to its arsenal of process technologies. The ...
Design-Reuse

Ensphere Leverages TowerJazz's 0.18-micron SiGe BiCMOS Process to Achieve Fully Integrated One Chip Optical Transceiver IC

ESI-1002 enables SFP+ modules with sub-1 watt power consumption Overall SFP+ module shipment per year expected to be $2.5B; total revenue for chipmakers approximately $300M per year NEWPORT BEACH, ...
Digi Times

TSMC launches 0.35-micron BiCMOS process technology

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced on March 1 the availability of 0.35-micron BiCMOS (bipolar-complementary metal oxide semiconductor) process technology to its customers.
Electronic Design

BiCMOS process improves amplifier precision, power efficiency

National Semiconductor has developed a proprietary silicon-on-insulator (SOI) BiCMOS analog process technology specifically for operational amplifier applications in the 0.9 V to 12 V supply voltage ...
Hackaday

Looking At Standard-Cell Design In The Pentium Processor

Whereas the CPUs and similar ASICs of the 1970s had their transistors laid out manually, with the move from LSI to VLSI, it became necessary to optimize the process of laying out the transistors and ...
CIOL

Nanoradio selects Jazz 0.35-micron SiGe BiCMOS process

NEWPORT, USA & STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: Nanoradio AB, a semiconductor supplier targeting the cellular handset and multimedia consumer electronics market, and Jazz Semiconductor, a leading RF and analog ...
JSTOR Daily

Beyond CMOS: heterogeneous integration of III–V devices, RF MEMS and other dissimilar materials/devices with Si CMOS to create intelligent microsystems

Advances in silicon technology continue to revolutionize micro-/nano-electronics. However, Si cannot do everything, and devices/components based on other materials systems are required. What is the ...