Expanding opportunities of Ultra Low Power and harsh applications with Fully Depleted (FD) SOI (invited)

Ultra low power (ULP) applications are expected to be the next huge market of Si LSI. Fully depleted (FD)-SOI is the suitable device for ULP applications. In this article, the expected power level of new ULP applications is reviewed and the device characteristic of FD-SOI focusing on ULP design is summarized. It is highlighted again the necessity of collaboration between design and device is the key in order to expand the new ULP applications with FD-SOI. And our activity on harsh applications is also shown.