SkyWater Technology

USA

SkyWater is a U.S.-based and U.S.-owned, DMEA Accredited Technology Foundry, specializing in the development and manufacturing of a wide variety of differentiated integrated circuits and devices across technology categories including mixed-signal CMOS, rad-hard microelectronics, power management ICs and discrete devices and, read-out ICs (ROICs), superconducting ICs, photonics, carbon nanotubes, interposers, MEMS and other specialized processes. SkyWater serves as both an ASIC and custom foundry, providing advanced development capabilities alongside volume production, enabling customers with unique technology solutions to innovate and scale next-generation products.

Services

Mixed Signal CMOS

90 nm, 130 nm, 180 nm standard and custom process flow

  • Modular and configurable mixed-signal design IP
  • A rich site heritage of manufacturing with over a billion devices made for automotive and consumer applications
  • Advanced 90 nm and 130 nm read out IC (ROIC) standard and custom process flows
  • MPW (multi-project wafer) FastShuttle prototyping services

Rad-Hard Microelectronics

A range of rad-hard by process solutions for commercial and defense applications

  • Rad-Tolerant (> 300 krads)
  • Rad-Hard (> 500 krads)
  • Strategic Rad-Hard (>1 Mrad

Power Management Discretes and ICs

  • Standard HV ASIC CMOS flows
  • 130 nm BCD standard process flows for up to 120 V performance available (2H 2020)
  • Custom high-performance discrete power device manufacturing including MOSFETs, IGBTs, TVS diodes

Interposers & Advanced Packaging Solutions

Passive Interposers

  • 1- or 2-sided solutions
  • Integrated interconnect and passive components for multi-chip module integration
  • Various options for wafer level packaging, fan-out interconnect, Through Silicon Vias (TSVs), and Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) configurations

 

Active Interposers

  • Powerful and configurable solutions combining passive and active components
  • Interposer embedded RISC-V based mixed-signal chip functions
  • Solutions enable a vast array of functions including low-cost supervisory functions, encryption, root of trust verification, anti-tamper etc.

Custom Foundry Solutions

SkyWater is a leading foundry partner for development of custom manufacturing process flows. These services enable innovators to investigate technologies and develop early stage concepts in a quality manufacturing environment which instills design for manufacturability principles at the beginning and streamlines the overall development and commercialization process.

 

Our custom foundry services are available in all technology categories as well as for

 

  • Superconducting process flows
  • Photonics
  • MEMS
  • Carbon Nanotube based technologies