1. Freescale Semiconductor LLC, Moscow at a Glance
Fast Facts
Web Site
and
Location
Moscow, Zelenograd
General Director
Sergey Somov
Established
1995: as Moscow Research Laboratory of Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector
# of Employees
~100 (women=25%, PhD’s=20%)
Business Units
Analog and Sensors 
Analog Mixed-Signal & Power Design Center (~25 employees)
Automotive and Industrial markets
R&D
Manufacturing Operations 
Technology Solutions Organization (~75 employees) 
- Process Design Kit (PDK) Digital Design Kit (DDK)
- Input-Output Libraries (IO)
- Flows & Methodologies (FAM)
All Freescale markets

2. Moscow Freescale site synergy
GDS to Fab
AMPD
Design
Center
DDK IO
FAM
PDK
Vendor EDA tools
Packaging data
Foundry data

3. Moscow Freescale R&D: Process Design Kit
Since 1999, 25 employees (biggest PDK team in Freescale)
Mission: Enable and support IC design for successful project tape outs by high quality interoperable technology abstraction collaterals across all current and road-mapped process technologies
Enabled IC designs in ~40 semiconductor process technologies
CMOS, SOI, BiCMOS, RF, NVM, High Voltage, High Power, MEMS, GaAs
major focus on:
Leading edge CMOS process: 16nm FinFET
High Vt. BiCMOS (110V) + High PowerFET (110A) co-design enablement
ASIC+MEMS co-design enablement
PDK content:
Spice models
Technology files (incl. P&R specs and LPE)
Transistor level device library
Schematic symbols, Parameterized layouts, other CAD views
Physical verification rule decks
Tool setups and Design acceleration utilities

4. Moscow Freescale R&D: DDK and IO
Since 1997, ~40 employees
Development of standard cell libraries is done exclusively
Mission: Provide on-time and high quality competitive libraries to SoC teams
Technology nodes – from 180nm down to the latest 16nm
Interface examples: DDR, LVDS, USB, SD-card, PCI, MMC-card
Libraries content:
DDK: Logic and sequential elements
I/O: Input/output buffer cells (high-speed transmitters and receivers, ESD circuits)
with CAD views for block/IO ring synthesis in modern digital design frameworks

5. Moscow Freescale R&D: Flows and Methodologies
Since 1995, (1st Motorola/Freescale R&D team in Russia)
Mission: Shortest time-to-market for IP’s by layout synthesis automation
Focus areas:
EDA tools for standard cell layout synthesis/optimization (new process technology, new Process-Voltage- Temperature (PVT) variation)
Design service: migration of ready IP to a new process technology
Technology nodes: from 180nm down to the latest 16nm
Challenging R&D tasks requiring expertise in programming, math, microelectronics and IC design flow
Outcome: 9 patents issued
cell schematic
synthesis
cell layout
target cell schematic
source cell layout
migration &
optimization
target cell layout
source technology
IP layout
target technology
IP layout
migration &
optimization

6. Analog Mixed-Signal & Power Design Center in Moscow
Products we develop: High performance IC’s for automotive applications and for industrial power management
Our products are used in:
Electric vehicles, airbags, antilock braking systems (ABS), body controllers, engine and powertrain control
All major vehicle manufacturers are Freescale AMPD customers
We sell millions IC’s per year
It’s very likely that your or your family car includes products we designed here in Zelenograd
Close cooperation with AMPD centers in Tempe (Arizona), Detroit (Michigan) and Toulouse (France)
AMPD IC design is based on unique Freescale internal High Vt. BiCMOS and High PowerFET process technologies
Alternator regulators
eXtreme Switches for lighting and motor control
CAN and LIN Transceivers
Engine control ASICs

7. Moscow AMPD product examples
Alternator Regulator
Alternator Regulator keeps output voltage stable with changing rotation speed and load
eXtreme Switch to turn Lights ON/OFF
Challenge: same switch needs to work under all conditions in a bulb!
2 brushes deliver current to rotor
Brush Holder
Condition in bulb
Filament Inrush current
60W bulb: Light is OFF
100 A
60W bulb: Light is ON
11 A
LED bulb: Light is ON
100 mA
High Vt. ASIC
control die
65V trench FET
Dual 6 mΩ power die
Thin gold bonding
Thick aluminium bonding

8. Freescale internship program: General information
Applicable for bachelors
All Moscow Freescale departments involved
Duration: 2 years
Obligations for the program graduates: No
Freescale’s intention (not a promise): Convert internship graduates to full time employees depending on performance and business needs
Dedicated mentor assigned to each intern for the whole program
We offer our interns:
Intensive training in IC design flow, analog/digital circuitry and layout
Hands on experience with leading edge technologies and EDA tools
Working experience in global organization with offices from Japan to USA
Unique and competitive Master's thesis
Innovation opportunities
This includes patents, internal and external publications, R&D conferences
Usually the internship program graduate is qualified as junior engineer

9. Freescale internship program: Candidate expertise areas and skill sets
The following educational background is a MUST!
Mathematical analysis, linear algebra, differential equations and algebra of complex numbers
Electrostatics, EM Fields
Circuit theory
Solid state physics, physics of semiconductors, physics of semiconductor devices
Semiconductor manufacturing process and IC design flow
Discrete mathematics
Programming
English with ability to write, read and understand live conversations
Desired skills:
UNIX/Linux platform
Programming experience in UNIX shell, С/ С++, Perl, Tcl, Python or Cadence SKILL®
Electronic Design Automation tools (Cadence is preferred) and correspondent CAD views
Any experience in CAD view generation, IC design and design verification
These skill sets will be grown and/or accelerated during Freescale internship
Freescale provides opportunities for its college hires to grow professionally!
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