According to DigiTimes and The Elec and other media reports, Samsung Foundry, the foundry division of Samsung Electronics, has expanded its cooperation with German power semiconductor giant Infineon to produce metal oxide – silicon field effect transistors (MOSFETs) for the latter since last year.
Infineon, an international leader in semiconductor industry innovation, offers advanced semiconductor products and complete system solutions for the wired and wireless communications, automotive and industrial electronics, memory, computer security, and chip card markets.
Infineon power MOSFETs are metal-oxide-silicon field-effect transistors designed for low-voltage applications, combining high switching speeds with excellent efficiency. This innovative technology is a core component of many applications, including consumer electronics, power supplies, DC-DC converters, motor controllers, radio frequency (RF) applications, transportation technology and automotive electronics.
Samsung Foundry has the industry’s leading process node, but still not strong enough in the field of analog semiconductors such as power management ICs. The report that power management ICs and logic chips, unlike the smaller the size of the performance will be reduced, so the main use of 90 nanometers or higher conventional node manufacturing.
According to QY Research, the power management IC discrete market was worth $35.28 billion last year and is expected to reach $61.3 billion by 2029, with an average annual growth rate of 8.2%. MOSFETs will have a 35% market share in 2022. Samsung may produce other Infineon power management ICs such as IGBTs, the sources said.
