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| 1970 |
Founding of PREMA (Precision Electronics Mainz) GmbH.
Development and production of digital multimeters. Patented high-resolution A/D converters |
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| 1977 |
Establishment of the semiconductor division, construction start of the PREMA wafer facility, ASIC design and mask shop |
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| 1981 |
ASIC production in bipolar technology on 3 inch (75 mm) wafers for analog, digital and mixed-signal circuits for application in consumer products, sensor technology, industrial electronics, automotive electronics |
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| 1988-1996 |
Construction of a new wafer production line based on the
local SEMIC clean room technology.
E-beam mask shop. |
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| 1991 |
Move to the new company building with 89,000 sqft (8000 m²) |
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| 1996 |
Launch of the 6 inch (150 mm) wafer facility |
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| 1997 |
Further production technologies
for ModuS ASICs,
advanced low temperature processes. |
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| 1999 |
Universal ModuS
U6 Process, the new standard for high performance analog and mixed-signal ASICs |
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| 2004 |
Additional ModuS U6
technology achievements:
130 V npn and pnp high voltage transistors,
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| 2005 |
Construction of BiCMOS, 8 inch wafer
production |
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| 2006 |
Qualification of
0.6µm BiCMOS, 8 inch wafer
production
Employees about 70, most of them
engineers or physicists |
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