The Art of Integration – Performance & Layout Optimization Techniques for Advanced Analog/Mixed-Signal SoC Designs

The integration of full custom analog circuitry into a silicon chip, to provide cost-effective products, requires a full understanding of the process architecture and uses completely different methods compared with those used for digital designs. This webinar briefly covers the digital design arena before entering into in-depth discussion of analog layout techniques. It explores the integration of X-FAB-supported primitive devices into complex integrated chips in detail, including diffusions, wells and associated layers that can be merged. The session also covers derivation of "well" combinations from the design layers, and gives guidelines for high-voltage interconnects across these well regions to avoid parasitic leakage paths.