Another milestone! Mass production of the world's first 8-inch GaN plant

On June 5, 2021, InnoSec (Suzhou) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. held a mass production and R&D building groundbreaking ceremony in Suzhou Fenhu High-tech Zone. Founded in 2015, InnoSec is the world's leading silicon-based GaN IDM company. It is committed to the R&D and production of 8-inch GaN power electronic devices. It has mass production of 8-inch silicon-based GaN in Zhuhai and Suzhou. 

The first phase of the InnoSec Suzhou project was laid in June 2018. The main plant was topped in August 2019. The equipment was moved in in September 2020. The mass production has only lasted three years. InnoSec (Suzhou) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. The general manager of the company, Mr. Sun Zaiheng, said at the mass production ceremony, "Today we are extremely proud to announce that the world's largest gallium nitride plant will soon be mass-produced."

Innosecco is the world's first company to achieve mass production of 8-inch silicon-based gallium nitride. As early as the end of 2017, the company successfully built the world's first 8-inch gallium nitride production line and launched a full line of products from low voltage to high voltage. . After the first phase of the Suzhou project is put into production, the production capacity is expected to reach 6,000 pieces/month by the end of 2021. After the project is fully put into production at the end of 2022, the Suzhou plant will achieve an annual production capacity of 780,000 pieces.

The world is currently undergoing rapid development and continuous technological innovation. After 70 years of development, silicon materials have reached the material limit. In contrast, the third-generation semiconductor material gallium nitride has many advantages, such as being able to work at higher temperatures. With higher efficiency, power density, faster development speed, and smaller size, these are the characteristics required for future industrial development.

In the past two years, many breakthroughs have been made in the market application of silicon-based gallium nitride. It has begun to change its application thinking from consumption to industry, and then to automobiles. Silicon-based gallium nitride has been used in applications such as 5G, new energy vehicles, and lasers. Fields such as radar, mobile phones, PD fast charging, wireless charging, and data centers have all played a huge potential.

InnoSec has carried out a comprehensive layout in various fields such as consumer, industrial and automotive, and has made very considerable progress. In the fast charging adapter market, InnoSec has mass-produced more than 60 customers, with shipments of up to 1,000 In the field of laser radar applications, the shipment volume has reached the million level. In the data center field, it has also mass-produced related products with many partners.

Mr. Sun Zaiheng said, Applications based on gallium nitride will be the fastest-growing field of semiconductors in the next ten years, and the demand for gallium nitride devices will also increase exponentially. The era of gallium nitride is coming. Today, with the success of the Suzhou factory In mass production, InnoSec is fully prepared for the arrival of the gallium nitride era."

There was also a groundbreaking ceremony for the R&D building. The R&D building has a construction area of ​​35,000 square meters, a total of ten floors, and a height of 50 meters. It integrates the three functions of office, R&D, and restaurant. From the planning point of view, the shape of the R&D building is like the newborn sun, which implies the vigorous development of the enterprise, and the flying bridge resembling the south of the Yangtze River demonstrates the connection of science and technology to the world.

Ding Wenwu, vice chairman of the China Semiconductor Industry Association and president of the National Fund, said in his speech, "InnoSec's mass production is another milestone in the field of compound semiconductors in my country, and InnoSec has gradually grown into the largest gallium nitride field in my country. Business."

At the same time, he believes that semiconductor compounds including gallium nitride have good prospects for development in the future. At present, compound semiconductors in our country are still in a stage of gradual development. This industry needs various aspects from its inception to gradual development and future development and growth. Support and encouragement.