The chip microsystem packaging and testing center of the Xinhuo Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Platform.
The IoT data acquisition chip developed by Tianjin Kunpeng Information Technology Co., Ltd. is undergoing performance testing. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
A sesame-sized chip can enable the electronic ear thermometer to display body temperature data in a few seconds, enable the drone to accurately detect the position and heading of manned aircraft within tens of kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers, and actively avoid collisions with them......
At present, the application scenarios of chips are rich and diverse, ranging from small express parcels to large national heavy equipment. The integrated circuit industry, represented by chips, is known as the "food of industry" and is the cornerstone of the development of a new generation of information industry such as the Internet of Things, big data, and cloud computing.
As the main gathering area of the city's integrated circuit industry, Binhai New Area has accelerated core technology research in recent years and actively cultivated the integrated circuit industry. Up to now, the number of integrated circuit enterprises in Binhai New Area accounts for more than 70% of the city, and the industrial scale has reached more than 300 billion yuan.
The size of a needle's eye only
Let the container "speak"
With the continuous enrichment of application scenarios, the demand for chips is increasing. The integrated circuit industry represented by chips has a high technical threshold and complex manufacturing process, and the mainland once faced the problem of "lack of cores". In order to accelerate the breaking of technical bottlenecks, chip companies in Binhai New Area have combined their own advantages to break through in different segments.
A few days ago, the reporter walked into Tianjin Kunpeng Information Technology Co., Ltd., and the large and small chip products in the exhibition hall came into view. The smallest of these chips is only 0.7 square millimeters, the size of a needle's eye. Li Runze, general manager of the company, picked up a passive sensing chip and introduced it to reporters, which can make the container "speak", so that people can grasp its location and "body" condition at any time.
"As an important carrier of Internet of Things interconnection perception, the passive perception chip can be understood as the electronic ID card of the item, which can make each item have its own unique mark, which greatly reduces the difficulty of asset management. Li Runze said that not only industrial scenarios, but also the chips produced by the company are also used in smart speakers, sweeping robots, intelligent plug rows and other life fields, the cost of these chips is as low as 7 cents each, and they can work without external power supply.
From the production line to the market, each chip undergoes rigorous testing to evaluate its effectiveness in function and performance in different operating environments. The products produced by Huafon Measurement and Control Technology (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Tianjin Huafeng), located in Chuanbo Road, Binhai New Area, are the core equipment for controlling the quality of chips.
"We are one of the Chinese suppliers of the international integrated circuit equipment supply chain system, and our products are sold to the United States, Japan, South Korea, Europe, Southeast Asia and other overseas developed integrated circuit regions. The relevant person in charge of Tianjin Huafeng told reporters that with the gradual growth of business, Tianjin Huafeng invested 660 million yuan in Tianjin to build an industrialization base for advanced testing equipment for integrated circuits, and the first phase of the base has completed the construction of 24,000 square meters of building engineering, and reached a cooperation intention with Tianjin University and Tianjin Institute of Electronic Information of Tsinghua University, and will promote more industry-university-research cooperation projects in the future.
The acceleration of enterprise technology research has brought more good news. Recently, the group standard of "Automotive Chip Technology - Technical Requirements and Test Methods for RF Front-end Chips" led by Weijie Chuangxin (Tianjin) Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., an enterprise in Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone, has completed the project review. This standard fills the gap in the inspection standards of the RF subdivision field in mainland China and will provide guidance for many domestic industry enterprises. Not long ago, a chip for automotive camera power management of Haowei North Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd., an enterprise in the Economic Development Zone, was mass-produced, which is the first automotive power management integrated circuit product in China that supports automotive functional safety ASIL-B level (a higher safety level of automotive electronic systems). Up to now, the company has received orders for more than one million chips from more than 10 car companies and first-tier auto parts suppliers.
At present, our city's integrated circuit enterprises in the design, manufacturing, testing and other industrial chain links, together with universities and research institutes to speed up the solution of the "neck" technical problems, promote the formation of enterprises as the main body, industry-university-research efficient collaboration innovation system, so that more application fields shine "China Chip".
Heat-resistant, frost-resistant, and anti-manufacturing
Automotive-grade chips "break through"
The integrated circuit industry chain is long, the cost investment is large, and the dependence on the technology platform is high, which needs the support of the public service platform. In order to accelerate the cultivation of the chip industry, Binhai New Area has successively laid out and built a number of public service institutions such as Tianjin Integrated Circuit Design Center, Tianjin Binhai New Area Integrated Circuit Design Service Center, Tianjin National Core Fire Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Platform (hereinafter referred to as the Core Fire Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Platform), and built Tianjin Institute of Advanced Technology, Binhai New Area Information Technology Innovation Center, and Tianjin Institute of Electronic Information of Tsinghua University to accelerate the incubation of science and technology enterprises.
Recently, Guo Chunyu, the head of the reliability laboratory of Xinhuo Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Platform, has been busy promoting the certification of the reliability testing laboratory of automotive-grade semiconductors. This laboratory is equipped with professional testing equipment for chip products and power devices, and provides a full set of testing technical services for automotive-grade chip companies that meet the certification standards of the International Automotive Electronics Council.
According to Guo Chunyu, the use environment of automotive electronic devices is extremely complex, and once it fails, it may cause serious consequences, and it is not easy to develop a vehicle-grade chip that truly meets the needs. Unlike chips used in consumer products such as mobile phones and computers, automotive-grade chips generally withstand temperatures ranging from minus 40 degrees Celsius to 150 degrees Celsius, while consumer-grade chips often only need to adapt to a working environment of 0 degrees Celsius to 70 degrees Celsius. Therefore, how to ensure the consistency and reliability of automotive chips is the top priority for enterprises to consider, and all of this is inseparable from the "big mark" of automotive-grade chip certification.
It is reported that the Xinhuo Shuangchuang platform has successively built a chip microsystem packaging and testing platform, a vehicle-grade semiconductor reliability testing laboratory, etc. Up to now, the platform has provided processing, testing and development services for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integrated circuit small, medium and micro enterprises for more than 400 times, introduced and incubated 19 integrated circuit enterprises, completed about 30,000 integrated circuit talent training, and effectively promoted more chip achievements from the laboratory to the production line.
In recent years, relying on the construction of platforms such as Xinchuang Haihe Laboratory, Xinhuo Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Platform, National Advanced Computing Industry Innovation Center, and Xinchuang Industry-Education Consortium, Tianjin Binhai High-tech Zone has accelerated the development of the integrated circuit industry, launched a number of major research topics and cutting-edge exploration projects in the field of information technology innovation, and continuously introduced the transformation and implementation of high-quality projects.
In the Economic Development Zone, the main carrier of the city's automobile industry, the electronic information and automobile industry have a strong foundation, and the technical resources and market demand of these "buildings near the water" have brought rare opportunities for the development of the automotive specification chip industry. Last year, the China Automotive Chip Standard Testing and Certification Alliance was established in the Economic Development Zone. Relying on the functions of the alliance and the existing vehicle specification chip industry chain resources, the Economic and Technological Development Zone focuses on increasing the layout in the fields of testing, chip + module, and vehicle local service support, and has gathered dozens of integrated circuit enterprises, initially presenting an industrial pattern of "front-end leadership of the design industry, gradual improvement of manufacturing packaging and testing, and sustainable development of materials and equipment", forming a full-chain development model.
Concentration of technical talents
Subdivision of the field "multi-point flowering"
In recent years, Binhai New Area has focused on the construction of key projects and continued to expand the integrated circuit industry. Last year, the Olsman Technology Semiconductor Cleaning Equipment R&D Base project settled in Binhai New Area, and the founding team of the project came from the Key Laboratory of Equipment and Control of North China University of Technology. The person in charge of the project said: "We focus on the R&D and technological innovation of high-purity and high-concentration ozone generators. According to reports, the company plans to expand the lease of 4,000 square meters of production space in the third quarter for the mass production of ozone generators and ozone water cleaning equipment, and is expected to achieve an output value of 50 million yuan this year.
The integrated circuit industry is a multidisciplinary industry, with diverse application scenarios, different application scenarios have different requirements for chips, and these personalized requirements are reflected in its design, manufacturing, packaging, testing, etc., and also put forward a demand for diversified technical talents.
Tianjin University, Nankai University, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin University of Technology and other colleges and universities have electronic information-related majors, training tens of thousands of graduates of related majors every year, containing rich scientific and technological innovation resources, providing technical talent support for the integrated circuit industry.
In order to accelerate the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, Binhai New Area has established a special class for the high-quality development of the integrated circuit industry chain, a leading group and a special working group for investment promotion in the industrial chain, and compiled and issued the "Implementation Plan for Binhai New Area to Promote the High-quality Development of the Integrated Circuit Industry Chain" to coordinate the promotion of the development of the integrated circuit industry in the whole area.
The relevant person in charge of the Bureau of Industry and Information Technology of Binhai New Area said that after years of development, the subdivision of the integrated circuit industry chain in Binhai New Area has shown a pattern of "multi-point flowering", such as in the field of central processing unit, gathering well-known enterprises such as Feiteng and Haiguang, forming a pattern of two mainstream technology routes running side by side In the field of materials, the 6-inch and 8-inch zone melted silicon polishing wafers produced by Zhonghuan Leading Materials have reached the leading level in China. Through the integration of scientific research institutions, universities, enterprises and other forces, Binhai New Area is guided by the innovation of integrated circuit science and technology, and coordinates the promotion of the upgrading of traditional industries, the growth of emerging industries, and the cultivation of future industries, so as to accelerate the formation of more new quality productivity.