SECTORFOCUS6Made by Tescan – a real compliment for everyelectron microscopeTESCAN is an originally <strong>Czech</strong> private company manufacturing scientificinstruments and laboratory equipment – namely electron microscopes.TESCAN was established by a group of experienced R&D engineers ofthe former state-owned company of TESLA Brno in summer 1991.The company has very efficiently used the huge potential that wascreated by TESLA Brno, which used to be the leading supplier of electron-opticaldevices and electronic measuring instruments in EasternEurope, and so TESCAN follows upon these activities taking advantageof the many years’ experience of the best specialists. The close cooperationwith universities and scientific institutes is another strengthof the enterprise.The first products of the company were supplementary accessories forscanning electron microscopes: image processors, special chambers, detectingsystems, etc. Subsequently Tescan extended its activity in the fieldof image processing into light optical microscopy and special applications.Tescan successfully finished several custom projects of the developmentand prototype manufacturing of electronic circuits and software in thefield of medical instruments and space research. It was awarded as an“Innovative Company of the Year” in the <strong>Czech</strong> Republic in 1994. Tescansucceeded in several research projects granted by the European Communityand the <strong>Czech</strong> government (Copernicus, Technos, etc.).Tescan now combines the experience of many years of the leadingscientists and research technicians from the traditional Brno electronmicroscopy centre with the innovative and creative attitude of young,highly-educated people. This enables the company to provide top leveltechnical solutions in electron microscopy and, through its satisfied customers,to maintain its position among the leading organizations in thefield of electron microscopy.Key players on the microelectronics marketMotorola Freescale - worldwide Centre of Excellence formotor control systems in the <strong>Czech</strong> RepublicMotorola as a world renown top company in microelectronics enteredthe <strong>Czech</strong> market in the early 1990s. Motorola Freescale, its microelectronicsdesign unit, deals in its <strong>Czech</strong> subsidiary with the development ofboth software and hardware system engineering, specializing in automotive,industrial and household applications. Motorola started its activitiesin the CR in autumn 1992. From the beginning, it focused on gainingthe best brains from the <strong>Czech</strong> technical universities, especially those inBrno, Ostrava, Prague and even Bratislava (Slovakia).In late 1992 a decision was taken to hire 20 engineers, former employeesof Tesla Roznov, which was the original integrated circuits design centrein Roznov pod Radhostem. Tesla Roznov used to be the biggest fabricationsite of bipolar technologies in former <strong>Czech</strong>oslovakia.Currently, there is a successful System Application Laboratory in the CRwhose main task is to develop and manufacture prototypes of electronicssolutions followed by technical support to its customers. The main technicalareas are automotive, telecommunication and household industryapplications. Skoda, the biggest <strong>Czech</strong> car manufacturer, uses FreescaleICs designed in the <strong>Czech</strong> Republic since the beginning of their activitieshere.The principle activity of Motorola Freescale in the CRis system engineeringThe Motor Control department deals with the final applications of the R&Dcentre’s results, such as control units for all types of electrical motors, suchas asynchrony, BLDC, synchrony, linear etc. In the development stages,designers use the whole scale of Motorola products – starting from HC08,to HCS12 to big performance devices of 56F8xx and MPC5xx.The Analog Products department prepares hardware and software solutionsusing the components of APD – Analog Products Division of Freescale,used in cable and wireless communication systems, motor controletc. <strong>Czech</strong> experts assure support to the APD division.Embedded Software is provided by <strong>Czech</strong> experts especially for platformsof HC08 (8-bit MCU), HC12 and HCS12 (16-bit MCU), MPC5xx (32-bitMCU), DSP5680x and DSP5683x (16-bit DSP), which work in real time.These applications require special software solutions.The <strong>Czech</strong> subsidiary works also on LIN (Local Interconnected Network)applications, used mainly in the automotive industry.ON Semiconductor <strong>Czech</strong>: wafer fabrication in Centraland Eastern EuropeON Semiconductor <strong>Czech</strong> has three types of activities here: wafer fab, crystalgrowing of silicon ingot and production of 4" silicon wafers, and an IC designcentre. The activities are based on continuing the local semiconductor productiontradition in the regionthat goes back to the 1960s.ON Semiconductor <strong>Czech</strong>heavily cooperates with thelocal technical universities ofOstrava and Brno.Wafer fabON Semiconductor <strong>Czech</strong>,a former division of Motorola,produces in the CRvarious types of integratedcircuits on silicon wafers,such as control circuits forswitching power supplies,+/- voltage stabilizers,adjustable voltage controllers,simple and multipleoperating amplifiers andmotor control circuits. Siliconwafers with IC dice arefurther processed in theON Semiconductor <strong>Czech</strong>Republic Assembly Line.
7SECTORFOCUSCrystal growing of silicon ingot and production of silicon wafersThis process of silicon wafer production is unique in the CEE region, excludingformer East Germany. In the Silicon Manufacturing Unit, ON Semiconductor<strong>Czech</strong> produces silicon polished prime, monitor/test and epitaxial wafersmade of Czochralski-grown single crystals in 100, 125 and 150 mm diametersand doped by boron (B), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb). Theavailable resistivity covers the whole range used in the semiconductor industry,including heavily doped phosphorus and arsenic materials.ON Semiconductor <strong>Czech</strong> silicon products are mainly used to produce discretecomponents (Zener and Schottky diodes, rectifiers, small-signal transistors,etc.) and integrated circuits manufactured by bipolar and/or CMOStechnology.IC Design CentreSCG <strong>Czech</strong> Design Center, one of nine design centres of American corporationON Semiconductor, develops analogue and mixed mode integratedcircuits (IC) for consumer, communication, computer, industrial, automotiveand other marketsegments. It has introducedmore than 50products in bipolar,CMOS and Bi-CMOStechnologies loadingwafer fab lines worldwide.SCG <strong>Czech</strong>Design Center is acentre of the highestquality that was createdin the region bya world-renown leaderin the high-tech microelectronicsindustry.ST Microelectronics - Prague IP Design FactoryST Microelectronics is ST’s fastest growing design and application centre. Withmore than 200 employees, it is the largest individual design group in Central andEastern Europe excluding Russia. It provides application support for European customers,and designs high-performance linear circuits and automotive products.Lumir FlajshansElectronics and microelectronics specialist<strong>Czech</strong>InvestS3, Silicon &SoftwareSystemsThis is a Prague-basedchip design company.The facility, owned inpart by Philips, designschips for mobile phones.
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