Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Design

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN

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We will design an integrated circuit that will meet the specific requirements of your application

OVERVIEW

Application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are often indispensable. An example is the multiplexer or read-out integrated circuit (ROIC) that is integrated with an array of detectors to form an imaging focal plane array (FPA). In this case, the ASIC captures and reads out the detector signals, and the circuitry must be designed to match the specific detector properties. In other applications it is simply cost effective to combine a number of functions into a single ASIC reducing the number of integrated circuits that are required and the unit production cost. 

We have over twenty years of experience designing ASICs for analog, digital and mixed signal applications. We are particularly skilled in low noise, high performance analog design. We often combine analog and digital on the same chip while maintaining the high performance of the analog circuitry. We also design ASICs that are primarily digital in nature such as those used for signal processing.  

When we design an ASIC for you, you own the design and can do with it whatever you want. You do not need to come to us to buy chips at an inflated price. If you wish, you can work directly with the foundry to have as many wafers fabricated as you need. However, we have worked extensively with the major foundries in both the United States and Europe, and we will be pleased to support you in any way we can interfacing with the foundry you select. The ASIC must be designed to be consistent with the foundry's design rules, and selection of the foundry normally occurs fairly early in the design process. A change from one foundry to another usually necessitates changes in the chip design and layout. We, of course, will continue to provide customer support for as long as you need it and will be pleased to modify the chip design and layout to be consistent with new design rules if you should at some point in the future decide to change foundries. When you have us design your chip, you will be able to use it for as long as you need, and you will maintain control over cost.

A few cells of an early multiplexer design

DESIGN PROCESS

In order to minimize risk and ensure that the ASIC properly performs all of its functions with the intended level of performance, we strictly adhere to the following design process.

WAFER FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Currently, most of our ASICs are fabricated with one of the following technologies.

The ASIC can be designed to be consistent with any foundry's design rules. 

APPLICATIONS

Our ASICs are used for a wide variety of applications.  Among them are:

Infrared and Electro-optic Technology

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