Interoperable PDK suits 0.35μm analogue speciality processes

The iPDK v4.10 significantly improves the time-to-market for highly competitive products in the analogue intensive mixed signal arena. This comprehensive design environment with its highly accurate simulation models and parametrised device layouts (PyCells) based on the programming language Python provides a proven route to silicon.

ams’s iPDK v4.10 supports the high performance 0.35μm process technologies C35 (CMOS), S35 (SiGe-BiCMOS), and H35 (High-Voltage CMOS). The ams iPDK comes complete with silicon-qualified digital, analogue and RF library elements, complete sets of low voltage devices (3.3 and 5.0V) and high voltage devices (10, 20, 50 and 120V devices) with various gate oxide thicknesses.

Area-optimised high-density digital libraries, both for 3.3 and 5V as well as a wide selection of digital & analogue IO libraries are available for the entire 0.35μm process family. Fully characterised simulation models for a largeset of simulators, extraction and verification run sets for both, Calibre and Assura and automatic layout device generators (PyCells) are included. Hence product developers are enabled with a plug-and-play tool set which facilitates 'first time right' designs with EDA vendor tools of their choice.

“Foundry customers developing complex analogue, mixed-signal products benefit in two aspects: First of all the iPDK is based on the industry benchmark ams hitkit and provides a complete design environment and proven design flow. Second, the iPDK enables interoperability among multiple EDA vendor tools.” said Markus Wuchse, General Manager of ams’ Full Service Foundry division.“Expanding our foundry service and technology portfolio by offering much more flexibility in selecting their EDA tools enables our customers to immediately start design activities and to focus on theircore competence – chip design.”

The iPDK is based on ams’ industry-leading and benchmark design environment (hitkit) and isavailable for its specialty processes C35, H35 and S35. The iPDK has been tested & qualified with Keysight EEs of EDA Advanced Design System (ADS) 2016.01 and Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer 2014.12.