Elmos Semiconductor SE is a German manufacturer of semiconductor products headquartered in Dortmund, Germany. Elmos supplies automotive application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).
Company type | Public company |
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Industry | Electrical engineering |
Founded | 1984 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | automotive |
Products | Semiconductors, microstructures |
Subsidiaries | Silicon Microstructures |
Website | http://www.elmos.de/ |
Footnotes / references Garnter ranked #2 Automotive ASIC Supplier |
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.[4] 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.[clarification needed]