Radical Innovation and Lateral Thinking: the role of silicon technologies BRUNO MURARI MILANO 19/11/09

Semiconductor Market Cycles – Long Term Trend C.T.V. Main Frame Communication Convergence Office PC Home PC VCR Defense Source : WSTS, ST

Moore’s Law and more NO ROADMAP–CLUSTERS OF INVENTIONS(*) EVOLUTION/ROADMAP (*) NO ROADMAP–CLUSTERS OF INVENTIONS(*) Room for Nobel Prize (*) – Modified by Bruno Murari 3

System-in-a-Box: a digital brain with analog muscles and interfaces

Chip Size Trends – 2007 ITRS Functions/ Chip Model 5

BCD (Bipolar + CMOS + DMOS) Intelligent Power BCD (Bipolar + CMOS + DMOS) Solid know-how and proprietary technology background High Voltage BCD Voltage Capability up to 800V (off-line applications) Fully dielectric isolation (SOI) up to 200V SOI solution for Low Voltage (LV) high efficiency application Main stream BCD Voltage capability up to 100V Wide Application Variety in many fields High Voltage CMOS: High Voltage (up to 40V) & Logic CMOS integration Display Driver & Sensor Interface Applications

A long lasting success BCD BILLING BY YEAR M$ M$ 7 7

Need to bring “More Moore” & “More than Moore” at work! Mechanical Digital Analog Optical SIP More than Moore More Moore Fluidics Bio SW Organics Programming Model DFM 8 8

Silicon is not only a semiconductor 9

Digital technologies, and much more GSM radio RF-ID tag passive integration rotation image Xray pressure sensors inkjet head LED lamp bio-sampler fluidics lighting

Ink Jet Cartridge

Lab-on-Chip 1212

MEMS MEMS: Micro Electro Mechanical System three dimensional device embedded in silicon multifunction system consisting of sensors, actuators, electronics.

Probe storage High Doped Silicon Cantilever Heater Scientific American – January 2003 14

Microactuator Concept 15

Accelerometers

Accelerometers in cars Vehicle control Front light inclination Assisted GPS navigation Roll over detection Collision detection (air bag) Antitheft Collision reconstruction (black box)