austriamicrosystems´ business unit Full Service Foundry today announced that it has joined the Industry Council on ESD Target Levels. The council is an independent body of ESD (Electro Static Discharge) experts with the mission to review the ESD robustness requirements of modern IC products for safe handling and mounting in an ESD protected area.
Initiated in 2006, the goal of the Industry Council was to recommend ESD target requirements on IC products for safe handling and mounting in ESD protected areas while addressing the constraints from silicon technology scaling and IC design. The council represents IC suppliers, contract manufacturers, ESD tester manufacturers, ESD consultants and ESD IP companies.
“Proper ESD protection on both chip and system level is one of the utmost demands of our customers. Offering competitive ESD solutions enables austriamicrosystems to serve our customers needs and demands in designing complex analog mixed-signal products,” said Thomas Riener, General Manager Full Service Foundry at austriamicrosystems. “Our participation in Industry Council on ESD Target Levels further enhances our ability to provide competitive ESD solutions to our customers and broadens our leadership in analog foundry services for specialty technologies.”
Commenting on the new membership, Philip Cacharelis, Director of Engineering Full Service Foundry, said, "austriamicrosystems’ corporate ESD development group is pleased to join the well-represented Industry Council on ESD Targets as an active member. We fully endorse the Council's mission of determining suitable and empirically-based ESD target levels, promoting its recommendations as business goals and distributing its findings industry-wide."
About austriamicrosystems
austriamicrosystems’ business unit Full Service Foundry has successfully positioned itself in the analog/mixed-signal foundry market offering well-established RF CMOS, High-Voltage CMOS, BiCMOS and SiGe-BiCMOS processes. With superior support during the design phase, high-end tools and experienced engineers, austriamicrosystems succeeds to be an attractive analog foundry partner especially for fabless design houses.
austriamicrosystems is a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, combining more than 25 years of analog design capabilities and system know-how with its own state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facilities. austriamicrosystems leverages its expertise in low power and high accuracy to provide industry-leading customized and standard analog products. Operating worldwide with more than 1,000 employees, austriamicrosystems focuses on the areas of power management, sensors & sensor interfaces, portable audio and car access in its markets Communications, Industry & Medical and Automotive, complemented by its Full Service Foundry activities. austriamicrosystems is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange in Zurich (ticker symbol: AMS). |
