Elmos Semiconductor SE is a German manufacturer of

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products headquartered in Dortmund,

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. Elmos supplies automotive

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s (ASICs).

Processes

Elmos has four high voltage CMOS processes available. *L12/T12 1.2 um CMOS/SOI process. Voltage capability to 120 V/+/-120 V *L08 0.8 um CMOS process. Voltage capability to 120 V *L05 0.5 um CMOS process. Voltage capability to 120 V *L035/T035 0.35 um CMOS/SOI process. Voltage capability to 120 V/+/-120 V

History

*1984 - Founded in Dortmund, Germany *1985 - 32 employees, 0.4 M DM turnover, Installation of 4" Wafer Fab in Dortmund *1994 - DIN ISO 9001 certificate *1998 - 460 employees, 140 M DM turnover. Complete supply from new 6" line *1999 - IPO to new market, Frankfurt *2001 - 630 employees, 107 million Euro turnover Acquisition of Eurasem (Packaging, NL) and SMI (MEMS, USA) *2002 - TS16949 *2005 - Opened 8" wafer fab in Duisburg as second production line *2020 - Conversion of legal form into a

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*2022 - media reports about possible Chinese takeover which the German government eventually vetoed

Details

*Yearly production and supply of more than 100 million ICs *Currently >1.5 Billion ELMOS ICs "in the field" *More than 1,100 employees at 13 locations, turnover about 160.7 Million. ASSPs, MEMS and Microsystems *Target 2010: Yearly production of approx. 200 M ICs with circa 250 M Euro turnover

Silicon Microstructures

Silicon Microstructures, Inc.(SMI) was founded in 1991 as a commercial source of high-performance silicon pressure sensors, including Microelectromechanical systems sensors, and

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. Its first product was a silicon sensor for very low-pressure usage. SMI was acquired in March 2001 from OSI Systems. SMI began production on higher performance, system level sensors and microstructures, wireless, RF and bus addressable microstructures. In August 2002, SMI acquired the IC Sensors' wafer fabrication operations and wafer R&D group and relocated to

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. The following year, Silicon Microstructures undertook a significant and complete wafer fabrication upgrade to expand the facility for full 6" wafer handling. This facility processed primarily 6 inch wafers and has advanced technical capabilities including deep reactive ion etching ( DRIE) and plasma enhanced fusion bonding.

References

External links

Elmos Semiconductor websiteSilicon Microstructures website
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