Mentor Graphics: Today’s Internet of Things (IoT) designs commonly include sensors/MEMS, analog and digital on the same IC. Designing all three together on a single IC has its own unique challenges such as handling three different modes...
Mentor Graphics: This MEMS Design Flow delivers 3D MEMS design and fabrication support in one unified environment, and makes it easy to integrate MEMS devices with analog/mixed-signal processing circuitry on the same IC. Foundry-proven, it...
Mentor Graphics: Abstract: A big difference between MEMS layout and IC layout is the use of unique, irregular shapes. Unlike conventional CMOS IC design, MEMS design utilizes a much broader variety of geometries, due to its wide application in...
Mentor Graphics: Abstract: Most layout and verification tools are focused and optimized on IC design and are not suitable for irregular shapes needed for MEMS designs. MEMS designers need layout and verification tools that can handle challenges...
Mentor Graphics: Abstract: For smaller projects or companies with modest design budgets, ASIC design is becoming a viable option due to low cost design tools and easy access to flexible, mature IC processes. This is especially compelling for...
Mentor Graphics: Abstract: If you need to create your own models for an exotic device such as a TFT, solar cell, Thyristor, LDMOS, Image Sensor, or MEMS device, then Verilog-A gives you an efficient language for describing device behavior. Learn...
Mentor Graphics: Abstract: The sudden demand for Internet of Things (IoT) creates unique requirements for a full flow, mixed-signal design environment that is affordable and easy to use, but powerful enough to create the widely diverse range of...
Mentor Graphics: How will a MEMS device perform in the real world that is full of stresses like motion, vibration, and temperature variations? An important aspect of making sure that a MEMS device works as expected out in the world is performing...
Mentor Graphics: It’s hard enough to design mixed-signal processing onto the same chip as a MEMS device, but MEMSIC has managed to integrate these technologies on the same silicon and sells millions of accelerometers in a variety of...
Mentor Graphics: Abstract: Process Design Kits (PDKs) are essentially an interface between EDA tools and the semiconductor manufacturing process which contribute to reduced design time, improved design quality, greater design consistency and...
Mentor Graphics: The unrelenting drive to add more sensor-based features at a lower cost in smartphones has opened up opportunities for companies large and small to create innovative IoT edge products. A new breed of designers has arrived that is...
