Dongbu HiTek begins volume production of PMIC for Silicon Works

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Dongbu HiTek has commenced volume production of a Power Management IC (PMIC) for Silicon Works Co. Ltd, a leading fabless company based in South Korea.

The system-on-chip device, which integrates a buck converter, voltage booster and other power control circuits, has been designed to minimize power consumption in LCD TV displays for the consumer market.

"Silicon Works is fully leveraging our specialized BCDMOS process at both the 0.35- and 0.18-micron nodes to implement power conversion and management functions for the LCD TV display market," said Jae Song, Dongbu HiTek EVP of marketing. "We look forward to expanding our collaboration to serve the other applications like the LCD monitor segment where PMIC devices are well suited to maximize power efficiency."

According to Gartner Inc., the worldwide market for PMIC is forecast to grow from about $31.1 billion in 2013 to more than $40.6 billion in 2017. Dongbu HiTek believes that its specialized BCDMOS processes are strongly positioned to implement PMIC that can participate in the 7 percent CAGR of this market.