Title :
Smart power technologies evolution
Author :
Murari, Bruno ; Contiero, Claudio ; Gariboldi, Roberto ; Sueri, Stefano ; Russo, Alfio
Author_Institution :
TPA Group, STMicroelectron., Milian, Italy
Abstract :
This paper reviews the evolution in the mixed power process field driven by the need to integrate more and more functions onto the same chip. The more recent BCD (Bipolar, CMOS, DMOS) and VIPower(R) (Vertical Intelligent Power) examples are a demonstration of how Smart Power technologies evolves today following, with some delay, the road maps of VLSI CMOS and BiCMOS as well as Power Discrete advancements (i.e. MDmesh), The issues behind the trend to improve logic performances and power characteristics, for a given die size, are discussed as well as the new possible realizations in the field of super smart power ICs
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; bipolar integrated circuits; power MOSFET; power integrated circuits; BCD technology; BiCMOS; Bipolar, CMOS, DMOS technology; MDmesh; Power Discrete advancements; VIPower(R) technology; VLSI CMOS; Vertical Intelligent Power technology; die size; logic performance; mixed power process field; power characteristics; smart power technologies evolution; super smart power ICs; CMOS technology; Circuits; Control systems; Electromagnetic interference; Power transistors; Protection; Silicon; Space technology; Substrates; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 2000. Conference Record of the 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6401-5
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.2000.880960
