Mentor Graphics Partners with Jazz Semiconductor to Offer State-of-the-Art AMS Technology Design Kits
Mentor is proud to team up with Jazz to offer analog/mixed-signal (AMS) design kits which contain a comprehensive and proven set of device-level building blocks that enable semiconductor companies and electronic systems manufacturers to jump-start their design cycles using Jazz's foundry process and Mentor's analog/mixed-signal (AMS) IC Flow together. This combination cuts time-to-market and ensures manufacturing success for analog, RF and mixed-signal ICs and systems on chip (SoCs).
Mentor-Jazz TDKs not only offer the necessary design building blocks, but they also capture the essence of a tightly-integrated set of Mentor tools to provide a complete, end-to-end solution for design capture (schematic or netlist), functional verification, physical layout (floor planning, placement and routing), physical verification (DRC and LVS), parasitic extraction and post-layout verification (parasitic back-annotation to the schematic, and simulation).
TDK Benefits
- Ensures manufacturing success
- Reduces the setup time for complete schematic and layout design environments
- Correct-by-construction device generators reduce costly rework cycles due to DRC/LVS errors
- Eliminates expensive mistakes due to inaccurate simulation models
- Available at no cost to customers
TDK Documentation
- Release_notes - Unique requirements for the specific design kit and revision history. This file documents which specific Eldo models and DRC/LVS files were used to validate the Installation_Guide - Brief description of design kit contents and installation procedures
- Library_Specification.pdf - List of components included in the design kit describing the menu name and associated model names and properties
- Users_Guide.pdf - User's guide and tutorial
TDK Components
- Design Architect-IC symbols with predefined properties for Eldo simulation and SDL and LVS
- Userware to customize the library palettes listing the available components
- Userware, Process Definition file (PDF), layout and device generators as required for each component
- Open source code on all components of the design kit, which gives customers the flexibility to further extend or customize the kit
- Cell library includes analog or digital logic cells as applicable. Please contact JAZZ for release details
Foundry Resources
Design Kits
Rule Files
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TDK Offering
SBC35
SBC35 (SiGe60) is a mature, low-power, cost-effective 0.35 µm SiGe solution for both networking and wireless applications. Designers have the flexibility of using any combination of three bipolar (NPN) transistors, each providing a different optimization for power and speed. With a peak Ft of 62 GHz, it is a clear choice for innovative, high-performance applications. SiGe60 comes standard with three bipolar (NPN) transistors types, 3.3 volt CMOS, deep-trench isolation, lateral PNP transistors, MIM and MIS capacitors, high-performance varactors, poly and N-well resistors and high-Q inductors. SiGe60 options include a triple-well, three or four layers of metal, and a thick top-metal.
BCD25
0.25-micron Bipolar CMOS DMOS (BCD25) processes targeted for the emerging power management and high voltage markets. The Jazz 0.25-micron offering provides a migration path from its industry proven 0.5-micron, 40V BCD process. Jazz BCD25 enables reduction in power consumption, allows significant shrink in the size of power drivers (up to 50% compared with BCD05) and provides a low-cost solution for power applications. Jazz BCD25 processes offer advanced CMOS, a combination of bipolar NPN and PNP devices, as well as high voltage LDMOS FETs that take advantage of 0.25µ rules to reduce on-resistance and size of power cells used in complex power management chips including driver ICs, battery and portable power management, power control for PC products, and Class-D audio amplifiers for both fixed and low-power mobile applications.
CA18HP
The same advanced .18m radio frequency CMOS process as CA18HR with 1.8 and 5.0 volt options plus additional set of HV FET offering.
SBC18
SBC18 provides a next-generation solution for ultra low power, integrated wireless products that require high-performance bipolar transistors with high-quality passives and 0.25 µm CMOS effective density suitable for moderate levels of mixed-signal and logic integration. Use of a self-aligned 0.18-micron SiGe bipolar transistor enables new RF circuit benchmarks for gain, noise figure and linearity to be attained at a cost that is competitive with previous-generation solutions. With a peak Ft of 75GHz, it is a clear choice for innovative, high-performance low-power applications. This process comes standard with two bipolar (NPN) transistor types, 3.3 volt CMOS, lateral and vertical PNP transistors, MIM capacitors, varactors, poly and nwell resistors, and high-Q inductors. Options include deep trench isolation, high-performance varactors, a triple-well, three to five layers of metal, and a thick top-metal.
CA18HR
CA18HR is an advanced 0.18 µm radio frequency CMOS process; it leverages a mixed signal CMOS technology and robust RF modeling capability. This enables integration of RF circuit blocks with multi-million gate CMOS logic functions to create system-on-a-chip solutions. This process comes with 1.8 and 3.3 volt CMOS, lateral and vertical PNP, MIM capacitors, varactors, poly and nwell resistors, high-Q inductors, six layers of metal, using a thick top metal. To access available Jazz design kits, please contact your local Jazz representatives or visit http://www.jazzsemi.com/.
Tool Requirements & Support
Tool Requirements
- IC Flow 2006.2 or later (To check the version, enter the da_ic -ver command.)
- Eldo version 5.5_1.1 or greater (To check the version, enter the $anacad/bin/eldo - rel command.)
Support
Jazz & Mentor will jointly provide direct support for the Mentor IC flow design kits. Click here for Jazz contact information for customer support. Mentor Graphics customer support is also available to answer any tool related issues. Click here for contact information for Mentor Graphics customer support.
If you are not a current customer, please contact your local Mentor Graphics sales representative about any tool and Technology Design Kit questions or needs.
What if I need a design kit that doesn't exist? Please contact Jazz directly and inform Jazz of your needs. Mentor Graphics will collaborate with Jazz to provide a timely solution.