Thanks to this unique and scalable solution, customers can simplify and accelerate product development for existing applications and respond quickly to the needs of emerging markets.
Why it matters: The current surge in energy demand across the automotive, industrial, and AI data center markets, coupled with increasingly stringent environmental regulations, is driving the need for greater energy efficiency as these industries demand higher performance and functionality in end applications. Furthermore, low-power devices, such as medical wearables, are becoming more sophisticated and require greater intelligence and efficiency to improve personal care and reduce device costs. This creates a need for advanced, highly integrated power and sensing solutions capable of delivering greater intelligence while simultaneously improving energy efficiency across the entire energy spectrum.
The Treo platform is uniquely positioned to address these growing needs by delivering superior performance and features while supporting the industry’s broadest voltage range in a leading node. Products built on the Treo platform can achieve significant improvements in accuracy, performance, and efficiency, resulting in enhanced functionality, safety, and overall quality of life. For example:
- In automotive applications, high-performance ultrasonic sensors can double the accuracy of parking assist systems, meaning they can detect objects much closer to the vehicle than before. With the ability to detect objects at shorter distances, the parking assist system can better avoid collisions and improve overall safety by helping drivers more effectively avoid obstacles while parking.
- In healthcare, ultra-low-power analog front-end terminals (AFEs) for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices can more accurately measure very small electrical currents, down to the nanoampere (nA) level. This accuracy is crucial for detecting the minute signals generated by glucose sensors, ensuring accurate glucose readings. By integrating multiple functions onto a single compact chip, the platform halves the required space and extends battery life to several weeks. This means the overall CGM device can be smaller and more comfortable for the patient to wear, with fewer replacements and savings in healthcare costs.
In data centers, the Treo platform will enable more compact onsemi smart power stages, contributing to improved power delivery efficiency to GPUs and CPUs. This can lead to reduced cooling requirements and substantial energy savings, resulting in lower operating costs and a smaller, more sustainable environmental footprint.
How it works: The Treo platform features a modular architecture similar to that of a System-on-a-Chip (SoC), with a robust and constantly evolving set of IP building blocks that comprise the compute, power management, sensing, and communications subsystems. Built on the 65nm process node, the Treo platform offers advanced digital processing capabilities and improved performance compared to analog IP. With these capabilities, the platform can deliver local intelligence and compute for flexible configuration, as well as significantly improve performance and accuracy in end applications. Furthermore, the platform supports the industry's widest voltage range of 1-90V and operating temperatures up to 175°C, enabling customers to integrate a range of low- to high-power functionalities. These capabilities enhance onsemi's ability to deliver customized and optimized product portfolios for solutions that allow customers to reach the market faster than ever before.
Initial product families built on the Treo platform are being tested today, including voltage translators, ultra-low-power AFEs, LDOs, ultrasonic sensors, multi-phase controllers, and single-pair Ethernet controllers. By 2025, onsemi will offer an even broader range of product families that will add even more value at the system level, including high-performance sensors, DC-DC converters, automotive LED drivers, electrical safety integrated circuits, connectivity solutions, and much more.
