Title :
Smart power approaches VLSI complexity
Author :
Contiero, Claudio ; Galbiati, Paola ; Palmieri, Michele ; Ricotti, Giulio ; Stella, Roberto
Author_Institution :
SGS-Thomson Microelectron., Milan, Italy
Abstract :
This paper reviews the latest trends in the mixed power process field driven by the need to integrate increasing numbers of functions on the same chip. The more recent BCD (bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) examples are a demonstration of how smart power technology evolves following, with some delay, the road maps of VLSI CMOS and BiCMOS. The issues behind the trend to converge to a common technology platform, maintaining the peculiar aspects of power functions integration, are discussed, as well as new possible realizations in the field of super smart power ICs
Keywords :
BIMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit testing; power integrated circuits; BCDMOS power ICs; VLSI BiCMOS; VLSI CMOS; VLSI complexity; bipolar-CMOS-DMOS smart power; common technology platform; function integration; mixed power process field; power function integration; smart power; smart power technology; super smart power ICs; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS technology; Digital signal processing; Lithography; Microelectronics; Nonvolatile memory; Power generation economics; Signal design; Space technology; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs, 1998. ISPSD 98. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4752-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISPSD.1998.702539
