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JAZZ SEMICONDUCTOR ANNOUNCES 0.13-MICRON SiGe BiCMOS
PROCESS DESIGNED FOR HIGH SPEED WIRELESS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
APPLICATIONS
Jazz Offers Cost-Effective 0.13-micron SiGe BiCMOS Process Platform
with 200GHz Transistors for Highest Performance System-on-Chip (SoC)
Applications
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 11, 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 release
of its 130nm SiGe BiCMOS technology (SBC13) designed for high speed
wireless and optical communications applications. This process combines
industry standard 130nm CMOS with 200GHz HBT NPN transistors for
high performance RF and millimeter-wave integrated circuits. The
technology offering includes advanced analog components (inductors,
capacitors, and resistors) with high-density digital circuitry to
provide scaling of both the analog and digital blocks in a Systems-on-Chip
(SoC) approach. This technology enables the design of the highest
performance circuits in advanced high speed optical, wireless, and
millimeter-wave applications.
SBC13 uses a 1.2/3.3V dual gate oxide process to form the base
CMOS, with the addition of SiGe transistors offering a range of
Ft, Fmax, and BVceo for design flexibility, with an Ft up to 200GHz
and a separate higher voltage transistor. The process also supports
up to six layers of aluminum metal, a 5.6 fF/µm² linear
MIM capacitor, a triple well module, Nwell resistor, MOS varactor,
and a low and high value unsilicided poly resistor. The top metal
is 3µm thick aluminum to support high-Q inductors. The technology
is offered through Jazz Semiconductor's integrated design environment
supporting the latest EDA tools and flows for fast and accurate
design cycles of RF, analog and mixed-signal products.
The SBC13 process is available for prototyping through a Multi-Project
Wafer (MPW) Program offering 5x5mm tiles. Jazz also offers a comprehensive
design and modeling environment tailored to address the specific
hurdles encountered in increasingly complex RF and analog designs.
New PSP MOSFET models, statistical models, and a Process Control
Model Tool (PCMT) are now available for Jazz processes. These groundbreaking
new models and tools provide more accurate simulations, reduce design
time and speed time-to-market.
"The Jazz SBC13 process further extends our SiGe technology
roadmap and addresses our customers' needs for a high-performance
SiGe BiCMOS process by complementing our 200GHz 0.18µm process
with a 200GHz process at the 0.13µm node," said Marco
Racanelli, vice president of technology and engineering, Jazz Semiconductor.
"Our SBC13 offering provides our customers an advantage in
both performance and power consumption with the combination of a
200GHz transistor with 1.2V low-power CMOS. This combination is
enabling leading edge product design in high-speed wireline, wireless
and millimeter-wave applications."
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.
Forward-Looking Statements
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and future trends and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks
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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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