Examples of Micrel's foundry commitment to service include the use of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) support and customized test patterns. SPICE parameters are available to aid your design and simulation efforts. Micrel CAD support helps you with often overlooked details, such as proper placement of alignment marks and scribe lines. Micrel can also order your masks from the mask vendor and ensure they are made correctly. Unlike most foundries, Micrel will match your layout rules or design requirements with a customized wafer test pattern. This results in many practical advantages, including:

You have a choice in selecting the classification and quality standards to which your devices are manufactured. You may select upgrades to Industrial Class-B, Military Class-S or Class-B (MIL-STD-883), or custom production requirements designed to your particular specification definitions.

A well-documented and controlled computer-generated process traveler gives Micrel the capability to run a wide variety of technologies. For analog products, Micrel can add DMOS or bipolar devices to CMOS technologies, CMOS devices to bipolar technologies, thin-fi lm resistors, Zener-zap devices, special capacitors, and many other enhancements. Micrel technologies and specification controls produce devices over a broad range of performance capabilities.