MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd., has begun production of an 0.18 micrometer EEPROM process technology for RFID, medical and other applications. This process technology has been qualified and characterized successfully using 1 Mb macro blocks. The technology will assure a minimum of 300,000 cycles, as well as a minimum of 10 years of data retention at under 150 degrees centigrade. Furthermore, the EEPROM cell size of 0.95 square micrometers results in a chip size that will be of benefit for their customers.

The new processing technology is compatible with a logic process and is supported by PDK and MagnaChip's complete design library. Various macro-memory blocks can be supplied by a third-party IP provider. A range of low-power process options are available — particularly for very low leakage applications such as medical and automotive.

Sang Park, chairman and CEO of MagnaChip, said, "We have refined our 0.18 micrometer EEPROM process to offer an exceedingly small cell size and a true low-cost solution. Furthermore, we now plan to merge high-voltage processes with 0.18 EEPROMs to offer additional customer applications. We are also working to strengthen reliability by increasing cycling."

MagnaChip Semiconductor is a designer, developer and manufacturer of mixed-signal and digital multimedia semiconductors. They also specialize in CMOS image sensors and flat panel display drivers that are high-performance, mixed-signal semiconductors. The company provides wafer foundry services using CMOS high-voltage, embedded memory, analog and power process technologies for the manufacture of ICs for customer-owned designs.

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