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Plaque citation summarizing the achievement and its significance:
Plaque citation summarizing the achievement and its significance:
In 1985, the super-integrated silicon-gate process combining Bipolar, CMOS and DMOS in a single chip for complex power-demanding applications was pioneered by STMicroelectronics. The first integrated circuit using this process was capable of driving up to 60V-5A at 300 kHz. This process technology has been used in tens of billions of devices for the automotive, computer, and consumer sectors, and will pave the way to mobility electrification, sensing and actuation in robotics.
In 1985, the super-integrated silicon-gate process combining Bipolar, CMOS and DMOS in a single chip for complex power-demanding applications was pioneered by STMicroelectronics. The first integrated circuit using this process was capable of driving up to 60V-5A at 300 kHz. This process technology has been used quantitatively in automotive, computer, and consumer applications and will enable human affordable mobility electrification, sensing and actuation in robotics.


Hope it addresses your feedbacks
Hope it addresses your feedbacks

Revision as of 18:20, 1 August 2020

Evaluation from Dr. Jay Baliga -- E.tejera (talk) 13:42, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

1) Is the suggested wording of the Plaque Citation accurate? Yes, the wording properly describes the milestone.

2) Is the evidence presented in the proposal of sufficient substance and accuracy to support the Citation? The proposers have provided very detailed and extensive description of the milestone technology. Many companies were exploring smart power etchnology during the 1982-1985 time frame. It was generally understood that this required integration of Power devices with CMOS control circuits and Bipolar analog circuits for other functions. The work at ST Microelectronics on the BCD technology was the one of most successful efforts in the world and led to numerous application specific chips as products. They had a major impact on many domians such as automotive electronics as discussed in the milestone application.

3) Does the proposed milestone represent a significant technical achievement? The proposed milestone is a significant technical achievement worthy of recongnition. The technology has had a major impact on power management and enabled industrial, consumer and transportation sector advances that have benefited milions of consumers.

Evaluation from Dr. Gehan Amaratunga -- E.tejera (talk) 13:21, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

I enthusiastically recommend the proposal for having the development of BCD (Bipolar, CMOS and DMOS) technology being recorded as a milestone development in electrical engineering by the IEEE. It revolutionised IC technology to allow integration of signal processing information/decision electronics with physical system actuation electronics. It is the origin of what has developed into high voltage and power integrated circuits and now ubiquitous in nearly all energy control and management systems.

Dr. Gehan Amaratunga

Evaluation from Dr. Johnny Sin -- E.tejera (talk) 23:10, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

1) Is the suggested wording of the Plaque Citation accurate?

2) Is the evidence presented in the proposal of sufficient substance and accuracy to support the Citation?

3) Does the proposed milestone represent a significant technical achievement?


1) Yes, the wording of the citation is appropriate.

2) Yes, ST Microelectronics was the company doing all the pioneering work on the BCD technology. They have put in the most extensive amount of effort to the development of the technology for decades compared to all other companies. BCD technology is now being used popularly in the industrial, and it is a generic term that also reflects the image of ST Microelectronics.

3) Yes, BCD technologies have had numerous applications in the areas of power management, power control, and energy conversion. It is critically affecting daily lives of millions of people in terms of energy saving and environmentally friendly. Therefore, the technical achievement is significant.


Cheers

Johnny Sin

question on citation wording -- Amy Bix (talk) 19:51, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Is the last phrase in the citation, "selling more than 30B devices to date" problematic, given that this plaque will be in place for many years? Also, in formal writing, the abbreviation 30B should be spelled out.

Merits a Milestone but citation could be better -- John Vardalas (talk) 18:45, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

The proposal and the external reviewers all support the importance of BCD technology. The achievement merits a Milestone. I will support it, but it seems to me that his citation could be improved. The citation does not make it clear enough, at least to the general public, that BCD is an important technical achievement with significant benefits to humanity.

Unless one is technically conversant in the subject, the opening sentence "In 1985, the super-integrated silicon-gate process combining Bipolar, CMOS and DMOS in a single chip for complex power-demanding applications was introduced by STMicroelectronics", does not on its own suggest a significant achievement. Perhaps the introduction of words like "breakthrough", or "pioneering" could reinforce this message to the reader of the plaque. Furthermore, the last sentence should better explain the new possibilities that BCD technology introduced into the automotive, computer, and consumer sectors.

Reply to Amy Bix and John Vardalas -- Danilopau (talk) 15:17, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Dear Amy, John

Thanks so much for your comments which are highly appreciated

I took into account your thoughts and proposed following text

Title of the proposed milestone: Silicon-Gate Process Combining Bipolar, CMOS and DMOS in a Single Chip, 1985

Plaque citation summarizing the achievement and its significance: In 1985, the super-integrated silicon-gate process combining Bipolar, CMOS and DMOS in a single chip for complex power-demanding applications was pioneered by STMicroelectronics. The first integrated circuit using this process was capable of driving up to 60V-5A at 300 kHz. This process technology has been used quantitatively in automotive, computer, and consumer applications and will enable human affordable mobility electrification, sensing and actuation in robotics.

Hope it addresses your feedbacks

Thanks so much and Kind regards Danilo Pau