13 March 2017

TowerJazz expands support for Chinese customers with SiGe BiCMOS technologies for wireless and wireline communication systems

TowerJazz expands support for Chinese customers with SiGe BiCMOS technologies for wireless and wireline communication systems

Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its US subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA and TowerJazz Texas Inc in San Antonio, TX, and at TowerJazz Japan Ltd) says that, at SEMICON China 2017 in Shanghai (14–16 March), its presentation by Dr Edward Preisler in Session 3 (‘Compound Semiconductors in Communications’) at 11:10-11:35 on 16 March will address the role of silicon germanium (SiGe) technology in providing solutions for advanced wireless and wireline communication systems such as 4G and 5G handsets, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, automotive radar systems, high-speed data networks and data-center communications.

TowerJazz will discuss the challenge of wireless front-end module integration and small package requirements solved with its 0.18µm SiGe power amplifier technology that builds all the elements of a wireless front-end module on a single chip. This technology combines a power amplifier with a low-noise-amplifier, a switch, digital circuitry and power control, all on a single die.

The presentation will also include demonstrations of TowerJazz’s SiGe technology for very high-data-rate wireless links at 60GHz (WiFi 802.11ad), results for 5G wireless communications, as well as circuit blocks for next-generation 100GbE and 400GbE wireline data networks.

“TowerJazz has a long history and legacy in SiGe BiCMOS technology development and a proven record of manufacturing excellence,” says Lei Quin, TowerJazz China country manager. “We continue to provide great support in China as it consumes a huge percentage of the world’s ICs and internal China fabs can only cover a small percentage of the country’s need,” he adds. “We have been consistently growing our customer base in China and are committed to meeting the rising manufacturing needs in this region.”

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