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 Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:22 am Post subject: Mixed signal and analogue process enables innovative sensors |
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Mixed signal and analogue process enables innovative sensors
Korean semiconductor company MagnaChip has a chequered history stretching back three decades.
Originally the system ic division of Hynix, which was created when LG Semiconductor and Hyundai Semiconductor merged, MagnaChip was spun off as a standalone company in 2004. While Hynix retained the memory side of the business, MagnaChip focused on analogue and mixed signal technology.
Business issues saw MagnaChip confront a number of problems. Plans to float the company on the New York Stock Exchange faltered and a downturn in its fortunes saw it filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. Following a couple of changes of ownership, the company appears to be back on its feet; the planned IPO took place in 2011 and MagnaChip is now valued at around $600million.
YJ Kim, executive vice president and general manager of the displays solution division, said: "There are three divisions: power solutions; display solutions; and semiconductor manufacturing services. Revenues are split at about 20%, 40% and 40% respectively."
Intelligent sensors
The company has just released a number of new products, including the MXsensor range of intelligent sensors and the MXG1300 e-Compass sensor family. Both ranges are said to take advantage of what MagnaChip calls its 'distinctive' mixed signal and analogue technology, based on running analogue and mixed signal manufacturing for 30 years. "We are now offering a 0.18µm process," said Kim. "It might not be world class when compared to a digital process, but it is for mixed signal devices. Our process is one of the most advanced sub micron processes for analogue devices and one of the smallest geometries used to manufacture sensors."
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