POCATELLO, Idaho, 4 Feb. 2008.AMI Semiconductor, a designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art mixed-signal and digital products for the aerospace, automotive, medical, industrial, and high-voltage communication markets, has entered into a new two-year collaboration program with IMEC -- Europe's independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics -- to develop AMI Semiconductor's future Smart Power technologies.
Under the terms of the agreement, AMIS will develop critical and novel Smart Power processes and devices in IMEC's advanced 200mm facilities, and use IMEC's know-how and experience in deep submicron process technology.
A team of on-site AMIS engineers will jointly work with IMEC engineers in the IMEC premises in Leuven, Belgium, in close collaboration with the AMIS Smart Power team in Oudenaarde, Belgium.
CMORE makes use of IMEC's state-of-the-art 200mm processing facility with a 130/90nm CMOS platform technology. As part of CMORE program IMEC is developing, among other projects, SiGe-based integrated MEMS processes and devices, thin-film technology for integrated passive components and submicron silicon on insulator-based photonic devices.
