DARE MIXED SIGNAL PLATFORMS · Design services - Library creation & characterization - RTL & netlist to GDS2 - Analog design & full custom layout (limited) - Low power implementation

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DARE MIXED SIGNAL PLATFORMS

IMEC’S RADIATION-HARDENING-BY-DESIGN SOLUTIONS

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▸ Established in 1984

▸ Largest independent R&D

institute in Europe

▸ Total 2013 revenue of 330M€

▸ > 2000 people

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RESEARCH @ IMEC

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Green Radio

Low power wireless

communication

ImagingImage sensors

& vision systems

Organicelectronics

CMORE

MEMS, Sensor

Photonics

EnergyPhotovoltaicsPower devices

LEDs

Sensor systems for industrial applications

BANLife Sciences

Human++

GO OPTICAL

Si PHOTONICS

Core CMOS

Litho DevicesInter

connects

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IMEC IC-LINK: INDUSTRIAL ARM OF IMEC

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Green Radio

Low power wireless

communication

ImagingImage sensors

& vision systems

Organicelectronics

CMORE

MEMS, Sensor

Photonics

EnergyPhotovoltaicsPower devices

LEDs

Sensor systems for industrial applications

BANLife Sciences

Human++

GO OPTICAL

Si PHOTONICS

Core CMOS

Litho DevicesInter

connects

imec

services

imec

IC-link

Previously: Invomec, Imec Services

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IC-LINK: THE INDUSTRIAL ARM OF IMEC

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Green Radio

Low power wireless

communication

ImagingImage sensors

& vision systems

Organicelectronics

CMORE

MEMS, Sensor

Photonics

EnergyPhotovoltaicsPower devices

LEDs

Sensor systems for industrial applications

BANLife Sciences

Human++

GO OPTICAL

Si PHOTONICS

Core CMOS

Litho DevicesInter

connects

imec

services

imec

IC-link

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IC-LINK: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL SERVICES

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Green Radio

Low power wireless

communication

ImagingImage sensors

& vision systems

Organicelectronics

CMORE

MEMS, Sensor

Photonics

EnergyPhotovoltaicsPower devices

LEDs

Sensor systems for industrial applications

BANLife Sciences

Human++

GO OPTICAL

Si PHOTONICS

Core CMOS

Litho DevicesInter

connects

imec

services

imec

IC-link

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IMEC IC-LINK: A SERVICES UNIT

▸ ASIC services:

- MPW and assembly services to universities

and companies (called “Europractice”)

- Access to UMC, On Semi & XFAB for volume

- Access to TSMC technologies for prototyping and volume

VCA partnership with TSMC

- Prototyping and volume : Assembly, Test & Qualif.

▸ Design services

- Library creation & characterization

- RTL & netlist to GDS2

- Analog design & full custom layout (limited)

- Low power implementation methodologies

▸ PBA services, failure analysis, advanced packaging

▸ >500 tapeouts per year7

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RHBD & SPACE ASIC ACTIVITIES

Started in the very early 90ies ▸ RhBD projects with (then) MMS

▸ AGGA, LTMS, PDFE, FRACSYN etc.

▸ Fixed Function ASICs – proof of concept

In 2000 started DARE 180 UMC

Other imec Space activities▸ GaN

▸ Imagers

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SCIENTIFIC FLIGHT HARDWARE

IRIS/VMC (~ 2000):▸ On-chip camera for monitoring

▸ Flown on ClusterII, XMM, ...

LEDA on Rosetta (2004):▸ ROIC for electron spectrometer

PACS instrument on Herschel (2009):▸ 200 Cryogenic ROICs for a far-infrared detector array

PDFE on NASA’s STEREO (2006)▸ SEPT instrument

PICAM for BepiColombo (~ 2014): ▸ ROIC for particle detectors

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Specific Foundry technology PDK

DARE : WE BUILD PLATFORMS

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Specific Foundry technology PDK

Test &

Qualification

KnowledgeLibrary Creation

& Maintenance

KnowledgeADK

(Digital)

Physical

Design

Knowledge

BUILDING UPON CORE COMPETENCIES

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Specific Foundry technology PDK

Test &

Qualification

Knowledge

Library Creation

& Maintenance

Knowledge

Digital

Design

Knowledge

Digital soft IP

(ESA & Other)

ADK

Analog design

Knowledge

(Digital)

Physical

Design

Knowledge

AND OTHER’S COMPETENCIES

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Specific Foundry technology PDK

Test &

Qualification

Knowledge

Library Creation

& Maintenance

Knowledge

Digital

Design

Knowledge

Digital soft IP

(ESA & Other)

ADK

Analog design

Knowledge

(Digital)

Physical

Design

Knowledge

AND OTHER’S COMPETENCIES

© IMEC 2014

Specific Foundry technology PDK

Test &

Qualification

Knowledge

Library Creation

& Maintenance

Knowledge

Digital

Design

Knowledge

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DARE for specific TECHNOLOGY of FOUNDRY

...TO BUILD

RADIATION-HARDENED-BY-DESIGN

PLATFORMS FOR

MIXED SIGNAL DESIGN ...

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Specific Foundry technology PDK

Test &

Qualification

Knowledge

Library Creation

& Maintenance

Knowledge

Digital

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Knowledge

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DARE for specific TECHNOLOGY of FOUNDRY

...ON WHICH COMPONENTS CAN BE BUILT

AND QUALIFIED

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THIS BRINGS...

Flexibility▸ Cells and analog blocks can be added to a platform by

several parties (using ADK or not)

▸ Becoming then part of the platform

▸ Commercial MPW calendar

Maturity for RHBD solutions for everyone▸ RHBD libraries and IP available to all (cf. commercial IP)

▸ Legacy build-up benefiting all

IP Re-use▸ Saving money in MS design, test & qualification

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IT NEEDS...

Sharing▸ Radiation data

▸ Design methods used

Centralization▸ IP status & cost should be clear

▸ Allows for fast ITT response

▸ Packaging solutions can be reused

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PLATFORMS @ DIFFERENT MATURITY

DARE UMC 180 – including CIS▸ Well supported for mixed signal

DARE UMC 90 ▸ Small digital core & IO library

DARE XFAB 180 XH▸ Libraries & IP ready by 2015 Q1

▸ First Silicon test chip design in 2015 Q1

DARE ON I3T80▸ ADK design in 2014 Q4

TSMC 65▸ RAM compiler for CERN

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IMEC IS NOT A COMPONENT

MANUFACTURER

▸ We can serve component manufacturers

▸ We can/do serve competitors

▸ We do not compete with our customers

▸ Investing in component creation is not our business

model

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IMEC DARE ACTIVITIES ARE

PROJECT BASED

▸ All activities were defined in SoW’s from ESA

- Not all questions have known answers

▸ There is no support/maintenance project

▸ Support needs to be paid

- @design, @testing, @data analysis

▸ Imec has no budget to invest

- Of course we have a wishlist...

▸ Any building block additions/enhancements should be

allowed to be fed back into the platform

- And then to find the budget...

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SUMMARY: DARE MS SOC PLATFORMS

Memories

(from DARE compiler)

3rd party Digital IP

ESA Digital IP

Your Digital DesignAnalog Design House

IP

I/O’s from DARE

library

Your Analog

Design(can become future IP)

A platform can have several libraries/IP blocks in it

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