Both companies have previously worked together on the development of a wide array of IPs on TSMC’s BCD platforms, primarily for power management IC (PMIC), along with several other applications. Now they are building on this relationship to bring their solutions to the automotive market.
Automotive applications require highly reliable MCUs that combine low-voltage and superior security solutions and, consequently, have long been looking for a trusted BCD solution.
According to eMemory, it is now able to offer the required reliability and availability, with its BCD process coverage extending from 0.35μm to 90nm.
This pure 5V OTP IP on 130nm BCD Plus process for automotive applications reduces the number of masks which, in turn, reduces production costs. Additionally, this IP also meets the demand for high-temperature retention and operation in the BCD process.
eMemory’s NeoBit IP is available on TSMC’s 130nm 5V BCD Plus process and supports up to 150 °C high-temp operations and 150 °C data retention. The SPEC of this project also fulfills AEC-Q100 grade 0.
“Moving 5V BCD into automotive feels like a natural progression for us. We’re building on our experience with PMIC, and we certainly understand this technology’s intricacies. We also know the importance of collaboration. If you want to push the boundaries including Design-for-Test, you need to assemble a great engineering team, and we have that with Renesas.” said Michael Ho, President of eMemory Technology.
“As a provider of automotive semiconductor products, we must ensure that all our parts meet the stringent performance and reliability requirements of the automotive industry,” said Vivek Bhan, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Manager of the Automotive Solution Business Unit at Renesas. “By collaborating with eMemory, who provides trusted floating gate memory technology, we deliver an automotive-grade OTP memory solution for our PMICs, based on a proof-of-concept design that offers robust performance, enhanced reliability, and unmatched testing capabilities.”
eMemory’s OTP and MTP solutions, as well as their combined NVM IPs, can now be adopted for various automotive applications on TSMC’s 130nm pure 5V BCD Plus processes.
