Advanced Electrical Rule Checking in IC Reliability Verification
Electrical rule checking (ERC) is an important part of design verification for any integrated circuit (IC) or chip design. ERC verifies the robustness of a…
Analog/Mixed Signal
Automated Post-processing of DRC Errors Improves Debugging Productivity
Automated post-processing DRC debugging flows enable designers to more quickly and accurately analyze and fix (or waive) a wide range of complex error conditions. By…
Automated ESD Protection Verification for 2.5D and 3D ICs
Ensuring your integrated circuit (IC) design has the ability to withstand electrostatic discharge (ESD) events without incurring damage or failure is an extremely important activity….
Reliability Verification in the Cloud Delivers Significant Runtime Benefits
Understanding the cost/benefit relationship of cloud computing helps companies determine the optimal configuration that provides the greatest returns. In this paper, see the results of…
RF Signal Chain Discourse: Properties and Performance Metrics
Substantial understanding of fundamental characteristics for RF technologies that underpin any RF signal chain allows RF engineers to easily translate them into key requirements and…
Optimizing Power Systems for the Signal Chain—Part 1: How Much Power Supply Noise Is Tolerable?
The increasing volume of data collected, communicated, and stored in everything from 5G to industrial applications has expanded the performance limits of analog signal processing…
Ultralow Noise, High Current, Compact DC-to-DC Converter Solution for Signal and Data Processing Circuits
Data processing ICs—such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), systems on a chip (SoCs), and microprocessors—continually increase their reach into telecommunications, networking, industrial, automotive, avionics,…