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Radar Signal Processing ASIC
Radar Signal Processing ASIC Mil/Aero Obsolete ASIC Redesign Problem The Mil/Aero Company had developed an IC for precision movement and alignment of radars. The original design was fabricated in an older technology that was no longer available. iSine had performed the original design ten years prior and the development tools that were used for the...
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Medical Device
Medical Device Wireless Back Stimulator Problem The company had a first version of the wireless back stimulator chip, but it was sensitive to environmental conditions (voltage and temperature variations) and yielded poorly. There was an incomplete specification for the first device and the design database was not available. The assembly for the device required a...
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Pet Product ASIC
Pet Product ASIC Fabless Wireless ASIC Problem This pet product company needed a second source for five ASIC chips. A third-party circuit designer to create the circuitry for their product, but they did not have the expertise or tools to do the back-end of the design Solution iSine did the specification reviews, LVS & DRC for...
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Aerospace Lifecycle Management ASICs
Aerospace Lifecycle Management ASICs Aerospace Supplier ARINC-429 Transmit and Receive ASICs Problem The customer was using devices from a previous supplier to populate their ARINC modules. That previous supplier ceased producing the chips (End Of Life). The requirements were understood for the devices, but details of the implementation were unknown. The devices needed to be...
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Bipolar ASIC Redesign
Bipolar ASIC Redesign Problem Teradyne had less than a 7 month supply of a critical bipolar ASIC chip used in a production tester. Although they had paid for a new design by a large domestic semiconductor firm, the part did not work properly in their system. Teradyne did not have a schematic or spice models...
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Fabless ASIC for EVLA Radiotelescope
Fabless ASIC for EVLA Radiotelescope An auto-correlator chip was needed for deriving a signal out of large amplitude noise. The consortium for the Enhanced Very Large Array (EVLA) telescope had a limited budget. Problem An auto-correlator chip was needed for deriving a signal out of large amplitude noise. The consortium for the Enhanced Very Large...
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Analog-to-Digital Converter
Analog-to-Digital Converter This digital communications company worked for 2 years on the design for this 80 MSPS analog-to-digital converter (ADC), but it did not meet specs. Problem This digital communications company worked for 2 years on the design for this 80 MSPS analog-to-digital converter (ADC), but it did not meet specs. The device was poorly laid out with...
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ASIC Design Services
ASIC Design Services A MEMS startup was behind schedule on design and layout for an analog-digital signal converter Problem A MEMS startup was behind schedule on design and layout for an analog-digital signal converter (ADC). Solution An iSine engineer worked on site full time and weekends using Cadence Virtuoso Module Generator software. Layout, DRC and...
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ASIC Design Services
ASIC Design Services Problem A small Mil/Aero company did not have bandwidth or experience for backend design of a high-current proportional integral differential (PID) control chip. Solution Using the customer’s preferred Mentor Tanner software, iSine’s engineers did the complete layout, LVS and DRC. iSine’s experience with analog chips helped to catch errors in the customer’s...
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MEMs Joystick
MEMs Joystick Problem The customer was looking to deliver a joystick for use on hand-held devices, including smartphones, game handheld controllers and other similar applications. The requirement was for ultra-low power, small size and integrated with the drive electronics on the same substrate. Solution iSine designed a MEMs-based pointing device as additional masks and steps...
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