BCD platform technologies are rapidly changing the power IC landscape, says ...
03.03.10
Crowding out, Ricky Morris, DigiTimes [Wednesday 3 Parade 2010]

The emergence of state-of-the-art BCD (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) technology platform is to have a greater operating range on the analog / mixed signal IC landscape, Petrov Group Discussed . This is particularly true in the energy market where the IC trend towards platforms BCD technology has accelerated since 2005.
"The system itself the benefits of the BCD technology platform are as substantial as the benefits of integrated digital CMOS past in terms of rate of efficiency, reliability, high performance and programmability. Eminent Boris Petrov, President of Petrov Group. "canopy BCD technologies have been implemented in all preparations of application types, and across the entire province and analog integration levels - from single-function ICs for highly integrated solutions on a chip . However, BCD is to see the use of power in power circuits.
Source: Digitimes
Dialog Semiconductor and TSMC Collaborate on Industry-Leading BCD Process for ...
23.02.10
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a chief provider of highly integrated innovative power management semiconductor solutions, today announced that the flock is working closely with foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Entourage (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM ) on a bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) technology specifically tailored to lofty-performance power management ICs for portable devices.
The 0.25-micron spacy-voltage process node enables higher voltage functionality to be integrated efficiently into distinct chip power management ICs, increasing cost efficiencies and expanding the addressable hawk for Dialog solutions.
The ability to integrate higher voltage and more unwasteful components is an important feature of Dialog's next generation PMICs, and enables the formation of smaller form factor devices with reduced power consumption. A emphatic range of proprietary IP blocks, based on TSMC's 0.25um BCD deal with nodes, have already been developed for incorporation into Dialog's next generation PMICs, with the first devices already convenient. The designs deliver the industry's leading power management execution for portable devices.
Source: PR Newswire (press release)