Technology node used for PIC uCs

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noble_soul

Joined Feb 10, 2016
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Can someone please tell me (or help me find out) the technology node (1.2, 0.9, 0.7, 0.5, 0.4 or 0.25 micron) used for fabricating the following PIC microcontrollers: PIC16F1829, PIC16F687 and PIC18F14K22. I could not find that information on the microchip website and not much info on it on the web. Thank you in advance
 

JohnInTX

Joined Jun 26, 2012
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The 2012 Corporate Quality Handbook says this about processes:
PROCESS TECHNOLOGY
Microchip’s wafer fabrication processes have been
developed with reliability and manufacturability as their
primary goals. All products manufactured at Microchip
make use of a common N-well CMOS process through
which modules are modified to create the specific functions
required by the product (EEPROM, MCU, logic,
Enhanced Flash, analog and EPROM). The baseline
N-well CMOS process is released on mature manufacturing
lines that support 1.2, 0.9, 0.7, 0.5, 0.4 and 0.25
micron technologies. All devices utilize a proprietary
passivation suitable for a wide variety of package
types. Microchip manufactures 8-inch wafers.
That said, I don't know of any resource that crosses part numbers with the process technology. Any given part number may go through a 'die shrink' or redesign and the only way to tell (that I know of) is the silicon revision code. I don't know why you'd need to know this but you could ask uCHIP directly. Include the P/N, date code and silicon revision (reported by a programmer) with your request.

Good luck
 

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noble_soul

Joined Feb 10, 2016
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The 2012 Corporate Quality Handbook says this about processes:

That said, I don't know of any resource that crosses part numbers with the process technology. Any given part number may go through a 'die shrink' or redesign and the only way to tell (that I know of) is the silicon revision code. I don't know why you'd need to know this but you could ask uCHIP directly. Include the P/N, date code and silicon revision (reported by a programmer) with your request.

Good luck
I came across that Corporate Quality Handbook as well, but unfortunately (and understandably) it does not give specifics. I will try asking uChip directly, thanks for the advice.
 

RichardO

Joined May 4, 2013
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Interesting question. In the past, Microchip used low density processes because they got better (or at least good enough) quality at lower cost. Nowadays, I doubt that this is the case.
 
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