Amid the recent shortage of automotive semiconductors, which is causing difficulties in vehicle production, an event was held where one could get a quick look at the domestic automotive semiconductor production technology, drawing attention.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Korea Industrial Technology Assessment and Management Institute, the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association, and the Korea Semiconductor Research Association have prepared a joint pavilion for domestic automotive semiconductors at the '2021 Seoul Mobility Show' held at KINTEX in Ilsan from November 25 to December 5.

In the joint pavilion, four companies, VSI, Nextchip, Lanix, and Pixelplus, participated in the system ICs and sensor sectors, and five companies, Amosense, SK Siltron, Yes Power Technics, GM Jeco, and Power Cube Semi, and one institution, the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, participated in the power semiconductor sector.

VSI is a domestic fabless company that designs high-speed communication semiconductors for vehicles and provides solutions for high-speed transmission of large amounts of data generated in real time from autonomous driving and electric vehicles. This exhibition showcased Serializer & Deserializer semiconductor chips with a maximum transmission speed of 16Gbps.

Nextchip, a fabless company specializing in image processing semiconductors, introduced image signal processors, ADAS SoCs, and ECU-related processors at this exhibition.

Lanix is a specialized automotive communications and security, IoT security solution company that produces domestic Hi-pass battlefield SoCs, modem chips, and wireless chips. This exhibition showcased security chips, ETC-specific MCUs, etc.

Pixel Plus is a specialist in image sensors, chipsets, and camera modules for video communications, and at this exhibition, it exhibited VGA image sensors and vehicle image sensors.

Amosense is a company specializing in wireless charging, IoT, and 5G based on new materials. At this exhibition, it showcased power modules, ceramic AMB substrates, substrates to maximize the cooling performance of power semiconductor chips, and solution materials that can dynamically control thermal issues during the operation of power modules.

SK Siltron, Korea's number one silicon wafer company, introduced 150mm & 200mm SiC wafers and 150mm SiC epitaxial wafers at this exhibition.

Yespowertechnics, a SiC semiconductor specialist, showcased SiC Diode Bare Die, SiC Diode Package, and SiC MOSFET at this exhibition.

GMJECO is a company that produces clips, which are electrodes that connect wafer dies and lead frames in the power semiconductor packaging process. At this exhibition, it introduced SiC MOSFETs and Case power modules.

Power Cube Semiconductor, a power semiconductor specialist, introduced Si Super junction MOSFETs and SiC Power Diodes at this exhibition.

The Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute has been conducting research on power semiconductors and power ICs for the past 20 years. In particular, it is currently focusing on research in the fields of materials, components, and integrated circuits for power semiconductors, which are the core components of electric vehicles. This exhibition introduced total solutions for high-voltage SiC power semiconductors.