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News Release from: Analog Devices
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 12 November 2004
Novel CMOS process runs up to 30V
Analog Devices has a new semiconductor manufacturing process that combines high-voltage silicon with submicron CMOS and complementary bipolar technologies.
Analog Devices has demonstrated its commitment to the industrial and instrumentation electronics industry with a new semiconductor manufacturing process that combines high-voltage silicon with submicron CMOS and complementary bipolar technologies Extensive research and development efforts have culminated in Analog Devices' industrial CMOS (iCMOS) process technology that enables unprecedented levels of performance, design, and cost efficiencies in high-voltage applications, such as factory automation and process controls
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 14 Sep 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Unlike analogue solutions using conventional CMOS manufacturing processes, components manufactured on the iCMOS industrial process can withstand up to 30V supplies while delivering breakthrough performance levels, cutting system design cost, and reducing power consumption by up to 85% and package size by 30%.
"Prior to the iCMOS development, industrial designers considering an analogue CMOS product for its cost or power efficiency benefits were forced to add significant levels of signal conditioning, signal biasing, and external op amps to get the high speed and low power consumption required to interface to high-voltage industrial systems ranging from actuators to sensors", said Denis Doyle, ADI fellow, Process Development, Analog Devices.
"Under those conditions, manufacturing technologies capable of handling 30V were in the range of 3.0 to 5.0 microns, and adding digital functionality caused them to grow to unacceptable sizes".
"iCMOS makes this approach obsolete by enabling the integration of more signal chain functionality into a much smaller footprint without compromising performance".
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