Number 6 december 1998

Editorial Notes   VERTICAL INTELLIGENT POWER - VIPower: THE TECHNOLOGY - VIPer: FOR POWER SUPPLY - VIPer: ENERGY SAVING THROUGH INNOVATION - VIPer: A SOLUTION FOR ALL VIDEO SYSTEMS - VIPerxxx PRODUCT RANGE   POWER MOSFETs - POWER MOSFETS IN A COMPACT SURFACE MOUNTING SOT-223 PACKAGE - Max247™: THE FOOTPRINT of the TO-247 AND THE POWER HANDLING of the TO-264 - Max220™ NEW POWER PACKAGE PACKS LARGER DICE IN STANDARD HOUSING - MESH OVERLAY™ TECHNOLOGY BOOSTS HY MOSFET PERFORMANCE - LOW VOLTAGE STripFET™ NE SERIES POWER MOSFETS WITH REDUCED ON-RESISTANCE   POWER TRANSISTORS - NEW BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSFORMERS - NEW BULXXXED SERIES: BIPOLAR TRANSITORS FOR ELECTRONICS LAMP BALLAST

Dear Reader, STMicroelectronics is ranked among the world leaders in the power electronics market, both in terms of revenue and technological innovation. The Company's portfolio includes a wide range of power bipolar transistors and power MOSFETs covering all applications from 50V to 1500V and from 2A to 200A in every Market segment. ST holds the world Number One position in power bipolar transistors for the electronic lighting and automotive electronic ignition markets. Unrivalled packaging options (standard or fully isolated) for both power bipolar and power MOSFET transistors are other factors that make ST the supplier of choice in a market which is as dynamic as it is competitive. In this special edition of Product News, ST presents several power MOSFET devices based on the Company's recently introduced, revolutionary and fully industrialized PowerMeshTM technology. Replacing the traditional cell geometry by a strip layout for the transistors on the chip, PowerMESH yields higher packing densities, dramatic reductions in gate charge and capacitance and the industry's lowest RDS(on)* Area figure. World Number One also in the area of low and high voltage, high current intelligent power ICs, ST's Vertical Intelligent Power (VIPower) is based on the Company's proprietary VIPower M0, M1 and M3 processes. These are vertical smart power technologies that allow a rugged power stage to be combined with on-chip analog and digital circuitry. A comprehensive family of high voltage (up to 700V) VIPower enhanced regulators for off-line applications, low side and high side smart switches make up today's ST's full product offering and a selection of these products is presented in this issue of Product News.t.