Design Kit
The design kits support a Cadence mixed signal platform:
- Design Framework II (Cadence 6.1)
- Behavioral Modeling (Verilog HDL)
- Logic Synthesis & Optimization (VHDL / HDL Compiler, Design Compiler / Synopsys, Power Compiler / Synopsys)
- Test pattern generation / DFT Compiler (Synopsys)
- Simulation (RF: SpectreRF, Analog: SpectreS, Cadence Incisive / Behavioral, Digital: Mentor Graphics ModelSim)
- Place & Route (Cadence EDI)
- Layout (Cadence Virtuoso Editor)
- Verification (Assura: DRC / LVS / Extract / Parasitic Extraction)
- ADS-support via Golden Gate/RFIC dynamic link to Cadence is available
- Standalone ADS Kit including Momentum substrate layer file
- Sonnet support for all design kits
- Support of Analog Office and TexEDA via partners is available
- ECL library for SGB25V
- Radiation hard CMOS library for SGB25V / SG13S.
Available Analog and Digital Blocks and Designs
To support designs, IHP offers a wide range of blocks and designs for wireless & broadband solutions:
Analog
6 GHz RF Components
6 GHz LNA with 12 dB signal enhancement
RF-VGA with 30 dB signal enhancementVariable phase shifter (0 to 360°)
60 GHz Circuits
Complete 60 GHz transceiver and components in SiGe BiCMOS
60 GHz TX and RX IC with phase shifter
60 GHz beamforming components and integrated frontend
60 GHz channel sounder module
60 GHz planar PCB-integrated antenna
122 GHz Radar & Sensors
122 GHz CW/FMCW Radar IC
D-band on-chip antenna (with Localized Backside Etching)
Integrated 122 GHz receiver with calibration and digital control via SPI
245 GHz
Integrated 245 GHz transmitter and receiver
ADCs, DACs and Logic
18 GS/s 4 bit DAC with 6 GHz bandwidth
10 GS/s 6 bit DAC with offline calibration
Low speed and low power calibration DACs
1 MS/s, 8 – 14 bit resolution
0.2 – 1.5 mW DC power consumption
Frequency divider operating up to 40 GHz
9 GS/s (2.1 - 2.2 GHz) bandpass delta-sigma modulator
Bandpass delta-sigma modulators for class-S amplifiers (450 MHz, 900 MHz, 2 GHz)
Frequency Synthesizers
0.6 – 4.4 GHz, 10 – 14 GHz and 20 – 24 GHz fully integrated frequency synthesizer with low phase noise(Integer-N and DS-Fractional-N)
VCOs and integer-N PLL s for various frequencies from 5 – 120 GHz
Low-noise SiGe LC-VCOs in the range between 10 and 120 GHz
Multi-Gigabit Fiberoptical ICs
20 Gbps transimpedance amplifier with DC cancelation
6 V differential 40 Gbps MZM driver
VCSEL driver up to 40 Gbps
80 Gbps decision feedback equalizer for fiberoptic communications
Impulse Radio UWB Transceiver and Components
UWB single-chip transceiver compliant to standard IEEE 802.15.4a
Impulse UWB RF transceiver with localization capability
UWB RF components between 6.0 and 8.5 GHz
Space Application Circuits
8 – 12 GHz delta sigma fractional-N Synthesizer
Programmable integer-N / fractional-N frequency divider
Digital
Crypto Cores
IP cores for flexible AES, ECC, MD5 and SHA-1crypto processors
Interfaces
Cardbus, GPIO, I2C slave, SPI master, SPI slave, VGA monitor, UART, 16-bit timer
Communication Cores
60 GHz MAC processor
60 GHz OFDM baseband processor
LDPC Co/Decoder
RS Co/Decoder
R-UWB (IEEE802.15.4a) baseband and front-end
Viterbi decoder
FFT
WLAN (IEEE 802.11a) baseband processor and MAC processor
Sensor Nodes
16-bit Crypto-microcontroller, also with 64K internal Flash (TNode)
32-bit Crypto-microcontroller (Trusted Sensor Node)
UWB Node
Consultancy
MAC protocol design & Gigabit WLAN systems
Wireless sensor networks and applications
Fault tolerant design for space and automotive
