SILICON DESIGNS
1445 Northwest Mall St.
Issaquah, WA 98027 USA
Tel:(425)391-8329
Fax:(425)391-0446
Silicon Designs develops, produces and licenses silicon micromachined accelerometers and associated
system designs for the airbag market. The company also designs its own ASICs for interfacing with accelerometers.
Silicon Designs' in-house facilities include fabrication facilities for its nickel plated accelerometers.
Process steps performed include thin film deposition and etching.
MANAGEMENT
John C. Cole, President
Kathy Kwasny, Sales/Marketing Manager
Doug
F. Braun, Engineering Manager
Andrew Cunningham, Microsensor Fabrication Manager
Maroath Suon, Quality Assurance
Lynn
M. Grinolds, Controller
FAST FACTS
Employees Est: 19
Founded:
Classification: IC, Design House,
MEMS, IDM, Foundry
Revenue Est: $2 Million
Region: United States, West Coast
MAIN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PRODUCTS / TECHNOLOGY
Micromachines: Accelerometers (Capacitive,
Single Axis, Triaxial, Sensititivy from 1 g to 20,000 g)
Waveform Generation: Sigma Delta Capacitance to Frequency Converter
CUSTOMERS
Over 100
END MARKETS
Agriculture, Automotive, Manufacturing, Space (NASA Vibration Monitoring), Transportation
MANUFACTURING
Clean Room: 400 Square Feet for Micromachine Operations
Micromachine
In-House Processes: Thin film Deposition, Diffusion, Etching, Micro-machining, Sacrificial Etching, Plasma Cleaning, Dicing,
Auto Die Attach, Auto Wire Bonding, Lid Sealing, auto testing, marking and MIL-STD-883 screening.
