1. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED Foundry-Portable, Mixed-Signal ASIC Design Center A pplication of C ommercially M anufactured E lectronics

2. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED Problem Statement: Traditional military sources of high-performance, mixed-signal ASIC technology are going away. In the future, defense programs will need to use commercial sources for this technology, or do without. Military business is not attractive to commercial ASIC foundries because they must divert scarce, specialized design resources from higher volume/profit, opportunities. Commercial ASIC foundries tailor their processes and design rules toward applications that are typically used in less strenuous environments over shorter lifetimes. Commercial ASIC foundries do not always characterize processes and provide models for the mil temp range.

3. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED Program Goal: Establish the tools, knowledge and foundry agreements needed to provide U.S. defense programs with an affordable, portable & reliable access path to commercial mixed-signal ASIC foundries. Subgoal: Demonstrate this capability with a pathfinder IC design that is implemented in one or more commercial foundries & has been successfully ported between foundries

4. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED Boeing ACME-Related Productivity Enhancements Cadence - Virtuoso Custom Router Automated Analog Routing NeoLinear - NeoCell Automated Analog Placement & Routing Prolific - ProGenesis Automated Digital Library Migration Barcelona Design Optimized Cell Designs Boeing - Cell Miner Cell Librarian Boeing Soft Cells Automated Sub-Cell Design & Layout Optimization NeoCAD/Ultra-Syn/NeoRF Automated RF Design Optimization, Routing, and Layout - Boeing is Commercialization Demonstrator Potential Commercialization Path

5. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED Impact on Design Flow ACME Deliver Cadence Flow Shown

6. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED NeoCad Program

7. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED Digital Cell Library Migration - Prolific Migrates up to 400 cells in 8 - 12 hr ProGenesis GDSII SPICE Netlist Prolific Global Place & Route ProGenerate Device Generators ProGenerate Device Generators ProGen Detailed Place & Route, Compaction, Post-Process ProGen Detailed Place & Route, Compaction, Post-Process ProMigrate GDSII Digital Cell Library

8. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED SPICE Netlist & Placement SPICE Netlist & Placement VCR Cadence Virtuoso Custom Router (VCR) GDSII FoundryTechnologyFilesFoundryTechnologyFiles Automatic Cell-Level Routing Interactive Placement Automatic Cell-Level Routing Interactive Placement Can match signal characteristics Coax and Differential Routing Can control crosstalk Critical Net Pre-routing Can match signal characteristics Coax and Differential Routing Can control crosstalk Critical Net Pre-routing

9. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED SPICE Netlist NeoCircuit NeoLinear Tools NeoCell GDSII FoundryTechnologyFilesFoundryTechnologyFiles Device Sizing Optimization In Development Device Sizing Optimization In Development Auto Analog Place & Route RFP Issued Auto Analog Place & Route RFP Issued Sized Netlist Any Topology User’s Test Bench NeoLinear and Cadence have a new agreement allowing Cadence to Distribute and Support NeoCell Can match signal characteristics Coax and Differential Routing Can control crosstalk Preserves Placement Symmetry Can match signal characteristics Coax and Differential Routing Can control crosstalk Preserves Placement Symmetry

10. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED Barcelona Design Optimizer Optimizer is designed specifically for each topology offered Tool runs at Barcelona Design Facility - no maintenance required Quick simulation All parameters available without test bench design Optimizer is designed specifically for each topology offered Tool runs at Barcelona Design Facility - no maintenance required Quick simulation All parameters available without test bench design Web Pages Process Selection Topology Selection Requirements Simulation Results Foundry Technology Files Foundry Technology Files Topology Library Web-Based Interface Sized Netlist and GDSII Sized Netlist and GDSII

11. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED Barcelona Design Costs Typical manual design cost: $8400 Typical manual design cost: $8400 A design run is defined as a “Design Click” Op Amp trades may involve multiple Design Clicks An annual $20k subscription allows unlimited Design Clicks

12. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED Boeing Cell Librarian and Design Synthesis Tools CellMiner Librarian BiasNet Soft Cell CapNet Soft Cell in progress HV XSTR Soft Cell planned WSU current mirror soft cell Pursuing commercialization CapNet Soft Cell in progress HV XSTR Soft Cell planned WSU current mirror soft cell Pursuing commercialization Organizes library & promotes re-use Unit Resistor Sizing & Placement Optimization

13. Commercial-Foundry Flexible Mixed Signal ASIC Design Center ACME SSED BiasNet & CapNet Soft Cell Test Structures - Validates Sensitivity- Weighted Optimization Pathfinder Concept Barcelona Design & Low-Offset Amp Characterization Cells Bump Bond Corner Test Structures - Six Corners Georgia Tech. Reliability Test Structures ACME A Reliability Test Structures Optional Scribe Line to Enhance Test Options F-22 PSM Channel HV Transistor Array - Demonstrates Migration Avenue from HV to LV Processes 250 mil x 250 mil AMI C5N 0.5 um, 2 poly, 3 metal