LFoundry: interoperabel ontwerppakket voor CMOS-ontwerp voor analoog en HF met Keysight Technologies-software Advanced Design System EDA beschikbaar
LANDSHUT & MÜNCHEN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– LFoundry heeft vandaag de beschikbaarheid aangekondigd van zijn interoperabele procesontwerppakket (iPDK) op open-accesbasis voor ontwerp van hoogwaardige circuits met analoge en hoogfrequente signalen, dat draait op de Keysight Technologies-software Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA. Het iPDK is in samenwerking met Keysight gevalideerd, zodat het voldoet aan ADS 2016 en klanten toegang hebben tot de complete set van ADS-gericht hoogfrequent ontwerp in Linux of Windows.
De LF15A-technologie is een modulaire, analoge RF CMOS voor gemixte signalen met zes aluminium verbindingslagen en een dikke metalen buitenlaag, die is gepassiveerd met polyimode en in- en outputspanningen van 1,8V, 3,3V en 5V heeft. Een condensator van metaal, isoleermateriaal en nogmaals metaal is optioneel. Het proces steunt op een technologie met een CMOS van 0.15 µm en zorgt voor grote veelzijdigheid in het ontwerpen van chips voor hoogspanning, hoge frequenties of een specifieke toepassing.
LFoundry Announces Availability of Interoperable Process Design Kit (iPDK) for 0.15 µm High Performance Analog and RF CMOS Process for Keysight Technologies Advanced Design System EDA Software |
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LANDSHUT, Germany & MUNICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)– LFoundry today announced the availability of an OpenAccess (OA) based interoperable process design kit (iPDK) for high performance analog and RF design using Keysight Technologies Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software. The iPDK was validated jointly with Keysight to ensure compliance with ADS 2016 and to provide customers access to the full unabridged set of ADS dedicated RF design flow tools in a Linux or Windows environment. The LF15A technology is a modular 0.15 µm high performance analog, mixed-signal RF CMOS process with up to six levels of aluminum interconnect and a thick metal top, polyimide passivation and I/O voltages of 1.8V, 3.3V and 5.0V. A metal-insulator-metal (MiM) capacitor is optionally available. The process is based on a 0.15 µm CMOS proven technology and offers excellent versatility in the design of high performance analog, HV, RF or ASIC chips. It is further complemented with a library of standard cells and periphery cells. LFoundry offers a cost-efficient rapid prototyping service, known as Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) with the most frequent schedule currently offered in the industry. “By supporting IPL Alliance conformant iPDKs, LFoundry was able to significantly reduce PDK development time while extending EDA tool coverage for our LF15A technology”, said Andreas Haertl Director PDK Design of LFoundry. “We are now able to bring Keysight EDA’s best of breed RF design simulation solutions to our customers using the LF15A technology. We are looking forward to extend the collaboration with Keysight to offer iPDK support for our 110nm technology”. “After adopting OpenAccess for interoperability of ADS with other EDA platforms, it was a natural step for Keysight to support IPL Alliance compatible iPDKs”, said Volker Blaschke, Silicon RFIC product marketing manager, Keysight EDA. “LFoundry customers can now design circuits in the 0.15um process node with the LFoundry LF15A iPDK in ADS 2016 and have access to the full unabridged set of ADS dedicated RF design flow tools running in a Linux or Windows environment. This allows the customer to do schematic and layout design using the EDA tool independent device pcells provided with the LFoundry iPDK and perform in situ chip-level or package/module level design optimization with our Momentum/FEM co-simulation. With the availability of GoldenGate inside the ADS design environment, the customer has the choice of either the ADS native circuit simulator or the industry leading silicon RFIC simulator of GoldenGate. Several RFIC related improvements in ADS 2016 to Momentum and to the schematic design flow to enhance design efficiency, as well as an RF aware dummy metal fill generation, offer the LFoundry iPDK user a sophisticated front to back design flow to achieve tape-out ready silicon accurate designs.” About LFoundry: LFoundry is a leading specialized foundry. Based in Avezzano, Italy and Landshut, Germany, LFoundry is focused on providing access to most advanced analogue manufacturing service with a capacity of >40,000 wafers/month, innovative technology extensions, including volume 90nm and copper manufacturing, a strong emphasis on flexibility and customer partnership. LFoundry is supporting own technology IP for 150nm and 110nm with a large portfolio of process-proven libraries, IP, design tools and reference flows. lfoundry.com View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160419005899/en/ Contacts LFoundry |
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