Title :
Technology and design of integrated circuits for up to 50 V applications
Author :
Forsyth, Richard M.
Author_Institution :
Austriamicrosystems AG, Unterpremstaetten, Austria
Abstract :
This paper presents the challenges of developing an integrated circuit process suitable for high performance analog and digital circuits together with circuits operating at up to 50 V. An economic submicron CMOS technology is described which meets these challenges. Attractive application areas for this process include intelligent motor control, capacitative transducers (such as MEMS based devices), and devices operating in industrial environments where the supply voltage busses are in the 12 V to 50 V range. Specific circuit designs for these applications are discussed.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; 12 to 50 V; capacitative transducers; integrated circuits design; intelligent motor control; submicron CMOS technology; Analog integrated circuits; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS analog integrated circuits; CMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Digital circuits; Environmental economics; Integrated circuit technology;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Technology, 2003 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7852-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICIT.2003.1290223
