Mixed-Signal ASICs:
From design to good integrated circuits

Workshop on Affordable Design and Production of Mixed-Signal ASICs for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

 
11:30 - 12:15 Presentation [G. Keel]: "Why ASIC Designs are different"
 
Abstract: The integration of an electronic system in an ASIC usually saves cost, power and space. This talk explains why ASICs can not copy a discrete circuit with well chosen electronic components. Good ASIC designs must take advantage of the efficient and cheap features and technologies like trimming or switched capacitor circuits to cope with the large absolute tolerances of the the ASIC technologies. The talk also treats the design flow from the idea to the tested and packaged ASIC.
 
Biography: Guido KEEL finished his studies at the ETH Zurich in 1989. He worked several years in the industry designing analog and digital electronics for medical ultrasound and measurement instrumentation, before he started as an analog-IC designer at Fenner ASIC Design Center. Since 1996 he works as Research Fellow at the FHNW. His tasks include project acquisition, planning and management as well as design of mixed signal ASICs and systems. His main interests are in the design and modeling of electronic systems including sensors and actors, low power circuits and signal processing.
 

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