SiGe BiCMOS technology drives next-gen green, efficient analog ICs

SiGe BiCMOS technology drives next-gen green, efficient analog ICs

Jazz Semiconductor (Newport Beach, CA) has announced a 0.18-µm SiGe BiCMOS platform (SBC18) that will enable customers to deliver green, energy-efficient analog ICs by offering power and efficiency savings over standard CMOS. The SBC18 will target low-power, integrated wireless and networking products that require high-performance bipolar transistors with high-quality passives together with high-density logic.

Jazz’s SiGe NPN provides up to 30% power savings over standard CMOS for analog circuits using CML.

The modular SBC18 SiGe BiCMOS platform incorporates high-speed, standard, and high breakdown SiGe bipolar transistors, or SiGe NPNs, for low noise, high switching speeds, and better linearity than can be achieved with a typical 0.18-µm CMOS offering, for applications where those features are required. SiGe NPN provides up to 30% power savings over standard CMOS for high-speed precision analog circuits using current-mode logic (CML). In addition, SBC18 offers up to 200-GHz SiGe devices extending this power advantage to higher-frequency applications such as automotive radar.

Also offered is a Vertical PNP (VPNP) module for the SBC18 SiGe BiCMOS process which can be paired with a SiGe NPN to enable the design of analog circuits that require high voltage, complementary drive, or amplification beyond the capability of standard CMOS. Jazz’s VPNP showcases a low-capacitance, high-current drive, and high breakdown voltage that enable up to 30% efficiency improvements yielding power and die area savings for output stage and power applications. For more information, contact Lauri Julian at lauri.julian@jazzsemi.com or call 949-715-3049.

Christina Nickolas