Elmos Semiconductor

Elmos Semiconductor SE is a German manufacturer of semiconductor products headquartered in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Elmos supplies automotive application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).

Elmos Semiconductor SE
TypePublic company
IndustryElectrical engineering
Founded1984
Headquarters
Dortmund
,
Germany
Area served
automotive
ProductsSemiconductors, microstructures
SubsidiariesSilicon Microstructures
Websitehttp://www.elmos.de/
Footnotes / references
Garnter ranked #2 Automotive ASIC Supplier

Processes

Elmos has four high voltage CMOS processes available.

  • L12/T12 1.2 um CMOS/SOI process. Voltage capability to 120 V/+/-120 V
  • L08 0.8 um CMOS process. Voltage capability to 120 V
  • L05 0.5 um CMOS process. Voltage capability to 120 V
  • L035/T035 0.35 um CMOS/SOI process. Voltage capability to 120 V/+/-120 V

History
  • 1984 - Founded in Dortmund, Germany
  • 1985 - 32 employees, 0.4 M DM turnover, Installation of 4" Wafer Fab in Dortmund
  • 1994 - DIN ISO 9001 certificate
  • 1998 - 460 employees, 140 M DM turnover. Complete supply from new 6" line
  • 1999 - IPO to new market, Frankfurt
  • 2001 - 630 employees, 107 million Euro turnover Acquisition of Eurasem (Packaging, NL) and SMI (MEMS, USA)
  • 2002 - TS16949
  • 2005 - Opened 8" wafer fab in Duisburg as second production line
  • 2020 - Conversion of legal form into a Societas Europaea[1]

Details
  • Yearly production and supply of more than 100 million ICs
  • Currently >1.5 Billion ELMOS ICs "in the field"
  • More than 1,100 employees at 13 locations, turnover about €160.7 Million. ASSPs, MEMS and Microsystems
  • Target 2010: Yearly production of approx. 200 M ICs with circa 250 M Euro turnover

Silicon Microstructures

Silicon Microstructures, Inc.(SMI) was founded in 1991 as a commercial source of high-performance silicon pressure sensors, including Microelectromechanical systems sensors, and accelerometers. Its first product was a silicon sensor for very low-pressure usage. SMI was acquired in March 2001 from OSI Systems.[2] SMI began production on higher performance, system level sensors and microstructures, wireless, RF and bus addressable microstructures. In August 2002, SMI acquired the IC Sensors' wafer fabrication operations and wafer R&D group and relocated to Milpitas, California. The following year, Silicon Microstructures undertook a significant and complete wafer fabrication upgrade to expand the facility for full 6" wafer handling.

This facility processed primarily 6 inch wafers and has advanced technical capabilities including deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) and plasma enhanced fusion bonding.

References
  1. https://www.handelsregisterbekanntmachungen.de/skripte/hrb.php?rb_id=1817280&land_abk=nw
  2. "OSI Systems sells subsidiary SMI to Elmos Semiconductor" (Press release). March 13, 2001. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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