X-FAB Expands Analog Options for 0.6 um BiCMOS Process Family; Improved Bipolar Module, MIM Capacitors and OTP Storage Available.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ERFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2003 X-FAB Group, the Erfurt, Germany-based mixed-signal foundry, has advanced the development of bipolar elements in its 0.6 um BiCMOS process family and is offering, for the first time, One Time Programmable (OTP (1) (One Time Programmable) Refers to programming content or logic into chips such as EPROMs and EEPROMs, which cannot be reversed. See antifuse. (2) (One Time P ) storage functions. These new modules provide a series of advantages for analog applications, while also being fully compatible with the existing 0.6 um BiCMOS process. The new XB05 bipolar module, with a maximum frequency (Fmax) of 25 GHz, provides the optimal conditions for implementing applications with 2.4 GHz signal frequency. The advantage for applications running at frequencies lower than 2.4 GHz is a considerable reduction in power consumption. Newly available, is a MIM MIM Metal Injection Molding MIM Mendelian Inheritance in Man MIM Mobile Instant-Messaging MIM Man in the Middle MIM Multilateral Initiative on Malaria MIM Metal-Insulator-Metal MIM Master of International Management MIM Made in Mexico (Metal-Insulator-Metal) capacitor. This capacitor's linearity is very high due to lower resistance resulting from two metal layers and a high-grade insulator insulator Substance that blocks or retards the flow of electric current or heat. An insulator is a poor conductor because it has a high resistance to such flow. Electrical insulators are commonly used to hold conductors in place, separating them from one another and from layer. For the very first time, small to medium-sized EPROM EPROM in full erasable programmable read-only memory Form of computer memory that does not lose its content when the power supply is cut off and that can be erased and reused. storage for OTP memory can be integrated into the modular 0.6 um BiCMOS process. The typical size of such EPROMs is 256 bytes. All newly available technology modules are fully qualified, and the design kit for these new modules is available immediately. It utilizes Agilent's RF Design Environment (RFDE RFDE Radio Frequency Design Engineer ), which includes Agilent's Advanced Design System (ADS) high frequency simulators. "The new modules not only expand the high-frequency, analog characteristics and programmability of the BiCMOS technology, but they are fully compatible with the earlier XB06 technology," said Jens Kosch, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. at X-FAB Group. "In order to best exploit its functionality, the XB05 modules are a component of the expanded XB06 design kit. The new process options along with Agilent's design tools optimize the technical options we offer to our customers." About X-FAB X-FAB, with headquarters in Erfurt, Germany, is a European, independent mixed-signal foundry. The company has -- with X-FAB UK (Plymouth, UK) and sister company X-FAB Texas Inc. (Lubbock, Texas “Lubbock” redirects here. For other uses, see Lubbock (disambiguation). Lubbock is the 10th-largest city in the state of Texas.[1] Located in the northwestern part of the state—a region known historically as the Llano Estacado ) -- three manufacturing sites, with a combined capacity of more than 8,000 8-inch equivalent wafer starts per week. X-FAB has more than 900 employees worldwide. Further information is available at http://www.xfab.com. All trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this news release are the intellectual property of their respective owner. |
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