EDN

Analog IC co-design for latch-up compliance

Design of power/driver ICs in compliance with latchup qualification requirements involves a conceptually different approach in comparison with digital LV (low voltage) ICs. The LV ICs’ electrostatic ...
EDN

Managing variations in IC physical design

At nanometer technologies, variability is rapidly becoming one of the leading causes for chip failures and delayed schedules. However, there is significant confusion about the term “variability” in ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Raising The IQ Of Your MEMS-Based IC Design Flow

Internet of Things (IoT) applications depend on smart objects that interact with the real world. So your IoT project is likely to contain ICs that integrate micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Let’s Do The (IC Design) Time Warp Again

For the most part, we’ve all been doing integrated circuit (IC) and system-on-chip (SoC) layout the same way for decades. Designers put together the design, be it intellectual property (IP), block, or ...
Digi Times

IC Design White Paper - Discussing strengths and weaknesses of Taiwan's IC design sector

The strengths of Taiwan's IC design sector include excellent and dedicated STEM talent, a complete semiconductor industry ecosystem from upstream to downstream, and a well-developed downstream ICT ...
Digi Times

IC Design White Paper (2): Global market share and competitive advantages of Taiwan's IC design sector

In 2022, the overall revenue of the global IC design industry reached US$215.4 billion. Among them, the US IC design sector is the largest in scale, with a 63% market share and revenue of over US$130 ...