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SOI Fundamentals
Chris Edwards explores the 'tricks' semiconductor device manufacturers are using to cope with shrinking feature sizes
[New Electronics]
SOI Technology
[ISU Electrical and Computer Engineering Archives]
Process Technology
SOI Scalability
[by Harry Gries, ASIC Methodology and EDA Technology Consultant]
Hot carrier injection from nanometer-thick silicon-on-insulator films measured by optical second-harmonic generation
[Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 96, Issue 24]
Fully Depleted SOI
ST: FD-SOI for Competitive SOCs at 28nm and Beyond
[Advanced Substrate News]
Power, Performance, Cost. FDSOI lets you pick any three. Want proof? How about an ARM Cortex-M0 processor core example?
[EDA360 Insider]
Design/IP
Video interview of David Desharnais (Cadence) by Jeff Wolf (SOI Industry Consortium)
[Chipestimate.tv]
Analog/HV/RF
Peregrine's New SP5T RF Switch Offers High Isolation for Infrastructure Apps
[Consumer Electronics Net]
RF Micro Devices(R) Introduces First Silicon Switches for 3G Smartphones and Other High Performance Applications
[RF Micro Devices]
Photonics
Ultra-high Speed, All-optical Wavelength Converters Using Single SOA and SOI Photonic Integrated Circuits
We report a new family of ultra-fast all-optical wavelength converters. The device architecture employs a single SOA and filtering elements integrated in silicon-on-insulator substrates. These schemes enable high-integration density and low power consumption.
[Department of Information Technology (INTEC), Ghent University]
Device engineering for silicon photonics
[NPG Asia Materials]
Power
A new integrated SOI power device based on self-isolation technology
[State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China]
NXP has launched the UBA2024 and UBA2024A integrated half-bridge power ICs, based on the company’s EZ-HV SOI technology
They enable the easy design of low-cost, very compact, high-reliability, long-life florescent lamp (CFL) applications.
[NXP]
Sensors/MEMS
How an SOI MEMS are built : MEMS first™ process
[SiTime]
A 12GHz bulk-micromachined RF-MEMS phase shifter by SOI layer-separation design
[IEICE Electronics Express]
3D integration
Wireless Interconnects for Inter-tier Communication on 3D ICs
By Ankit More and Baris Taskin
[Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA]
Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID selects EV Group Temporary Bonding and Debonding Equipment for Devoloping Processes for High-Volume Manufacturing of 3D ICS
EVG Systems Selected for Platform Flexibility, Functionality and Industry-Proven Reliability
[EV Group (EVG)]
Last post on February 03, 2012:
STMicroelectronics predicts its new SOI-based STOD13AS power chip could be used in nearly every new smartphone or small electronic device that has an AMOLED display
#18 - Fall/Winter 2011/12
SOI on the Roadmaps
- FD-SOI: ST & 28nm SOCs; ARM & design porting
- Apps – NXP automotive sensors, AMD 32nm Bulldozer
- SOI Conference (IBM, Intel, Leti, GloFo, ST, ARM, Peregrine & more)
- SOI Consortium – FD-SOI whitepaper overview & excerpts
Press releases
Dec. 12, 2011 Results from leading semiconductor companies demonstrate the advantages of planar FD-SOI technology over bulk-silicon CMOS
Nov. 12, 2011 SOI Industry Consortium publishes technical paper on porting semiconductor designs from bulk silicon to FD-SOI
May. 6, 2010 BroadPak joins SOI Industry Consortium
SOI Industry Consortium confirms new board members
Mar. 23, 2010 Major semiconductor companies join forces to launch design chain solution for silicon-on-insulator technology
Mar. 16, 2010 MEMC joins the SOI Industry Consortium
Nov. 13, 2009 Mentor Graphics to join the SOI Industry Consortium
Oct. 21, 2009 The SOI Industry Consortium announces results of a SOI and bulk FinFETs comparison study
Oct. 8, 2009 SOI Industry Consortium announces SOI Design Clinic at ARM TechCon3
Jul. 22, 2009 SOI makes electronics simply greener
Press Launch Presentation (pdf)
Jun. 17, 2009 SOI Industry Consortium reinforces its academic and research support; three more prestigious universities join
Mar. 17, 2009 The SOI Industry Consortium announces key focus areas for 2009
Feb. 23, 2009 IMEC joins the SOI Industry Consortium
Dec. 11, 2008 Leading design house joins the SOI Industry Consortium
Nov. 6, 2008 The SOI Industry Consortium announces first general members' forum
Sep. 16, 2008 The SOI Industry Consortium launches SOI Implementation Guide
Jul. 31, 2008 The SOI Industry Consortium welcomes a key IP services provider
Jul. 16, 2008 NVIDIA joins the SOI Industry Consortium
Jun. 3, 2008 Global industry survey results reflect strong interest in SOI for low power at mainstream technology nodes
Mar. 10, 2008 The SOI Industry Consortium welcomes Magma as a new member
Feb. 18, 2008 Applied Materials joins the SOI Industry Consortium
Jan. 15, 2008 SOI Industry Consortium announces first board of directors’ election results
Oct. 8, 2007 19 electronics industry leaders join forces to accelerate SOI (silicon-on-insulator) innovation into broad markets
Oct. 7, 2007 Quote sheet: Consortium member spokespersons comment on their companies' participation as founding members
Hot news
ARTICLE Intel Delays Finfets
[Electronics Weekly]
ARTICLE ST: FD-SOI for Competitive SOCs at 28nm and Beyond
[Advanced Substrate News]
ARTICLE White paper: Considerations for Bulk CMOS to FD-SOI Design Porting
[SOI Industry Consortium]
ARTICLE Workshop: Fully Depleted SOI - April 28, 2011 - Hsinchu, Taiwan
[SOI Industry Consortium]
PUBLICATION Planar FD-SOI CMOS: The Competitive Advantage Mobile Silicon Technology
[SOI Industry Consortium]
PRESENTATION Evaluation of Fully-Depleted SOI for next generation Mobile Consumer Chips
[Horacio Mendez, Executive Director, SOI Industry Consortium]
