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Jazz Semiconductor, a niche wafer foundry, is to start
offering a 130nm process using aluminum rather than copper for interconnects to
enable key analog and RF functions to be integrated as low power logic with high-performance
analog and RF circuitry.
"RF System on Chip integration for low-cost
wireless is a critical component of the growing portable and connected
electronics markets. Jazz Semiconductor's 0.13 micron process platform provides
an efficient option, enabling RF System on Chip integration," said Joanne
Itow, managing director, Semico Research. "The follow-on 0.13 micron SiGe
version will further enable circuit designers to achieve higher levels of
integration at higher speeds."
The Jazz process uses a triple well for RF isolation,
5.6fF/um2 MIM capacitors, varactors, low and high value precision resistors,
and thick metal inductors for improved RF and analog performance.
The CA13 platform reuses key modules from Jazz's
0.35um and 0.18um platforms, provides six layers of metal, and can include
high-performance modules such as SiGe NPNs, Vertical PNPs, High-Voltage FETs
and non-volatile memory, according to the company.
The roll-out of the CA13 platform precedes the release
of the Jazz SBC13 Silicon Germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS technology that is based upon
the RFCMOS process. The SBC13 technology includes a low-cost, 4 mask, SiGe
bipolar NPN to combine all of the features of CA13 with the performance
advantages of SiGe at low additional complexity.
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