SEOUL, South Korea and
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MagnaChip
Semiconductor Corporation ("MagnaChip" or the "Company") (NYSE:
MX), a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal
semiconductor products, announced today it now offers foundry
customers its second generation 0.13 micron 18V
high voltage process technology. The technology, which is
dedicated for designing source drivers for LCD and OLED
televisions, offers fewer steps, allows suitable high voltage
device design rules to shrink chip size and adds a new device
for DAC block design compared to the first generation
process.
The source driver IC is the main driver IC in a television that
controls signals and converts data from the timing controller into
proper analog signals, and then transfers them to LCD or OLED
panels. To support high definition for LCD and OLED
panels, low power consumption and super slim designs for
those panels, source driver ICs increasingly
requires additional channels and rapid transmission
speeds. To address these new market demands, MagnaChip's Foundry
Services Group has developed its second generation 18V high voltage
process technology to improve and enhance source driver
ICs in speed and integration.
This second generation process has improved 1.8V
device current performance for high speed. Furthermore, it added
LHL (Logic High-Voltage Logic), Vgs=18V, Vds=1.8V, device
suitable for DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) block designs to the
prior device list (1.8V, 9V and 18V). It enables
highly integrated designs by applying the same design rules
for both top and internal metals. MagnaChip has also
advanced high voltage device design rules to achieve
approximately a seven-percent reduction in chip size. Additionally,
MagnaChip is simplifying all its platform technologies to enhance
its process competitiveness. The second generation process
eliminated two process steps to achieve competitive number of
process steps in the industry. Moreover, it offers various option
modules including MIMs, resistors, BJTs and capacitors, and
designers will be able to conveniently choose from these
options that suit their design needs and specifications.
MagnaChip also offers diverse high voltage from 9V to 45V
processes required to produce LDDIs (Large Display Driver ICs) and
MDDIs (Mobile Display Driver ICs). With expertise from more
than 17 years of experience in mass production of driver
ICs for laptops, tablets, monitors, TVs, smart phones and other
various applications, MagnaChip continues to develop
high performance and cost effective processes to
strengthen its high voltage process portfolio.
"The second generation 0.13 micron 18V high voltage process
technology is dedicated for high performance source driver IC
for LCD and OLED TVs," said MagnaChip CEO YJ Kim. "We will
continue to improve the performance of our high voltage
technology to lead the high voltage sector and help our
customers stay competitive in the market."
About MagnaChip Semiconductor
MagnaChip is a designer
and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platform
solutions for communications, IoT, consumer, industrial and
automotive applications. The Company's Standard Products Group and
Foundry Services Group provide a broad range of standard products
and manufacturing services to customers worldwide. MagnaChip, with
over 30 years of operating history, owns a portfolio of more than
3,000 registered patents and pending applications, and has
extensive engineering, design and manufacturing process expertise.
For more information, please visit www.magnachip.com.
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