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JAZZ SEMICONDUCTOR ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF INDUSTRY
LEADING 0.18-MICRON BIPOLAR CMOS DMOS (BCD) HIGH VOLTAGE PROCESS
Jazz BCD18 Process Enables System-on-Chip Architectures for Complex
Power Management Applications
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 20, 2007
-- Jazz Semiconductor®, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jazz Technologies™,
Inc. (AMEX: JAZ) and an independent wafer foundry focused primarily
on specialty CMOS process technologies, today announced the availability
of its 0.18-micron Bipolar CMOS DMOS (BCD18) high voltage process
targeted at complex power management and smart power applications
up to 40V. The Jazz 0.18-micron process offers advanced CMOS, a
combination of bipolar devices, as well as high voltage CMOS and
DMOS transistors for use in complex power management chips including
driver ICs, battery and portable power management, power control
for PC products, Class-D audio amplifiers, and many other consumer,
communications and computing applications.
The Jazz BCD18 process offering is well-suited for highly integrated
products that require the combination of high density 1.8V digital
CMOS with higher voltage drivers. The modular process offering includes
resistors, stacked MIM capacitors at a density of 4 fF/um2, dual
gate oxides (5/1.8V and 3.3/1.8V), transistors supporting 8V, 12V
and 40V with low Rdson (specific-on-resistance) of, for example,
only 50m?-mm² for a 40V NFET, thick top power metal (3um) for
improved current-carrying capacity, and ESD protection circuits.
The modular BCD18 process can be customized to use a smaller set
of features in products with moderate levels of integration and
still offer die size advantage vs. the use of older BCD technology
because of its inherently low Rdson. In the same BCD18 process,
larger SOCs can be realized by making use of a richer set of these
features.
"As a leading foundry, Jazz Semiconductor has extended its
BCD offerings to 0.18-micron up to 40V capability for complex power
management and smart power applications, offering one of the most
advanced BCD processes on the market," said Joanne Itow, managing
director, Semico Research. "Jazz specialty process technologies,
such as its BCD offerings, enable their customers to produce devices
that are more power-efficient, highly integrated and smaller than
those produced using standard foundry offerings."
"Our 0.18-micron BCD process adds to our portfolio of power
technology that includes 0.5-micron (BCD05) and 0.25-micron (BCD25)
processes. This wide range of technology choices allows our customers
to create cost effective products at any desired level of integration
while taking advantage of a consistent design environment for fast
time to market," said Marco Racanelli, vice president of technology
and engineering, Jazz Semiconductor. "As we add features to
our BCD18 and BCD25 technology, we provide our customers with a
strong advantage in this competitive market."
Jazz Semiconductor offers full design kits and modeling support
for the BCD processes including support for digital standard cells
and analog models for all devices. The design kit also includes
a novel scalable model for the LDMOS devices that allows designers
to vary the voltage rating (and Rdson) of the high voltage LDMOS
devices continuously from 20 to 40V rather than making use of fixed
cells, as typically done in the past. This provides IC designers
an added tool in optimizing the tradeoff between die area and voltage
handling performance to result in the lowest die cost for a wider
variety of applications.
Access to these technologies can be requested through Jazz Semiconductor
at info@jazzsemi.com.
About Jazz Semiconductor
Jazz Semiconductor®, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jazz Technologies™,
Inc. (AMEX: JAZ), is an independent wafer foundry primarily focused
on specialty CMOS process technologies, including High Voltage CMOS,
SiGe BiCMOS and RFCMOS for the manufacture of highly integrated
analog and mixed-signal semiconductor devices. The company's specialty
process technologies are designed for customers who seek to produce
analog and mixed-signal semiconductor devices that are smaller and
more highly integrated, power-efficient, feature-rich and cost-effective
than those produced using standard process technologies. Jazz customers
target the wireless and high-speed wireline communications, consumer
electronics, automotive, and industrial end markets. Jazz executive
offices and its U.S. wafer fabrication facilities are located in
Newport Beach, CA. Jazz Semiconductor also has engineering, manufacturing,
and sales support in Shanghai, China. The company has expanded its
wafer capacity in China through manufacturing alliances with Advanced
Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation and Hua Hong NEC Electronics
Co., Ltd. For more information, please visit www.jazzsemi.com.
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the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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and future trends and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks
and uncertainties, which change over time. Actual results and consequences,
including any expected benefits, could differ materially from those
anticipated in forward-looking statements and you should not place
any undue reliance on such forward looking statements. Factors that
could cause actual performance to differ from these forward-looking
statements include the risks and uncertainties disclosed in Jazz
Technologies' filings with the SEC. Jazz Technologies' filings with
the SEC are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made.
Jazz Technologies assumes no obligation to update forward-looking
statements.
Jazz Company Contact
Melinda Jarrell
949/435-8181
melinda.jarrell@jazzsemi.com
Jazz Media Contact
Lauri Julian
949/715-3049
lauri.julian@jazzsemi.com
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