Dear IP User,
Happy New Year 2007!
Welcome back to the Chipidea's newsletter: our e-mail update to provide the Analog/Mixed-Signal IP Community with our
latest news.
In this issue we will cover:
When designing your next Portable Media Player System-On-Chip or System-In-Pacakge,
consider the broad range of Silicon IP we have to offer (Chipidea Silicon IP is highlighted in blue in the diagram below).
Typical Portable Media Player Diagram
UltraWide Band (UWB) communications systems call for very high speed data converters.
Chipidea's High frequency 6-bit, 1GHz ADC, 90 nm (CI3412hm)
is SILICON PROVEN since 2005. The ADC uses a two-step sub-ranging architecture with a compact area, and has excellent
performance and very low power - Recognized by IEEE at ISSCC'06.
Main Features: 6-bit; 1GHz; 90nm; 1P6M, CMOS; Power Supply: 1.2 V +/- 10%; Core Area: 0.13mm2; Power
Dissipation: 55mW
Applications: Blu-ray disk (optical/Magnetic storage) and UWB applications.
Also check Chipidea IQADC (CI3420tm
CI3421tm)
and IQDAC (CI8530tm
CI8531tm)
for the reception and transmission channels and further optimized solutions.
Example of a UWB system in a Wireless-USB system
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Key Benefits: Chipidea's cutting edge expertise in data converters (Two step sub-ranging ADC
and current steering DAC technology), (2) excellent performance in a very compact design with low power
requirements, (3) no external components (internal reference generation), (4) highly flexible power modes
makes this IP very suitable for battery powered mobile applications.
Main Applications: UWB communications (Wireless USB, BT over UWB, or other Wireless personal
networks);
End products (W-USB dongle, PDAs, PMPs, phones, notebooks, cameras, etc).
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Discover Chipidea's wide range of solutions with proven Video AFE Technology.
Key Benefits: (1) Mature platform, proven in several processes, (2) Compact designs, (3) Low power modes,
input signal detection, (4) Availability in many feature sizes: 180nm down to 65nm, (5) Feature-rich AFE eases IP
integration into SoC, (6) Powerful synchronism processing, including flexible Vertical and Horizontal Sync separation,
(7) low risk porting across processes, (8) using Chipidea's high performance pipeline ADC technology and extensive video
system know-how.
Main Applications: Flat Panel displays/TVs, Digital Television Set, Portable Media Player, Set-top Box
and any analog video reception system with analog Video input. Supports standard Video, HDTV and PC-Graphics and all
Video formats (Component, S-Video, Composite Video; NTSC, PAL, etc)
Chipidea complete offering for Mixed-Signal IP in Cellular applications, include the Analog Front-Ends (AFE) to interface
with the RF chip-set, Audio Codecs and Power Management. This is a mature technology at Chipidea, with many proven designs
already in production.
The AFE self-contained cores
- can be supplied as a companion die in 0.18um process, for SiP integration, or, as embedded cores in 90nm or 65nm
for SoC integration;
- are highly programmable to support different RF chip-sets and to allow multimode radios (eg. EGPRS and WCDMA);
- The Rx Path is based on a reconfigurable Sigma-Delta modulator that provides optimized current consumption
both for EGPRS mode (100kHz bandwidth) and WCDMA mode (2 MHz bandwidth), allowing to save chip area by re-using
the same IP core;
- can be tailored to our customers specific requirements and can support a wide range of systems, including
GSM/EGPRS, CDMA, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA/UMTS.
See Layout (CI7625tg)
Fully Integrated AFE for 2.5G and 3G applications
Main features
- 0.18um SP CMOS, portable down to 65 nm
- Two fully parallel I/Q Rx paths for diversity
- Supports CDMA/WCDMA/EGPRS standards
- Programmable gain to optimize dynamic range
- 12bit Sigma-Delta ADCs
- I/Q Tx path with on-chip filters
- Compact 10-bit DACs for Radio control
- 10-bit ADCs with multiplexed inputs for system monitoring
Applications: 3G Cellular phones and cards
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See also (CI7640tm).
Chipidea Achieves Industry's First USB High Speed PHY Certification in TSMC 65nm Technology. Exceptionally
compact size IP offers the industry lowest integration cost and the industry lowest power consumption - less than 80mW.
Also provides new features, like charger detection and programmability of key high speed parameters like amplitude,
rise/fall times and slope.
(CI12343tn).
ChipIdea has released the new 1.1a Revision of the USB High-Speed Controller, including new exciting features,
and reduced gatecount. The master bus interface was extended to support AMBA AHB incremental fixed bursts
(INCR4/INCR8/INCR16), while the slave bust interface has a new option, AMBA APB 3.0, in addition to the existing AMBA AHB
implementation. These new options enable an optimization of the system bus performance. In addition, the new 1.1a
Revision allows reduction on the gate-count by up to 25% in comparison with the previous 1.0a Revision.
The USB High-Speed Controller is available as four different products: Device, Host, OTG, and Multi-Port Host.
See: CI13411,
CI13511,
CI13611,
CI13711.
Chipidea's general purpose Power Management (PM) IP portfolio, enables SOC designers to overcome one of the major
challenges of integrating a system on chip, namely the generation, monitoring and management of multiple voltage
domains as well as the generation of voltage references and clock references within a SOC.
Key advantages: high level of programmability and scalability, wide range of applications, low power
consumption, extremely compact, wide availability on several foundries and processes and customization into complete PM
units.
General purpose PM IP includes the following IP:
- Universal Linear Regulators with external capacitor: Programmable Output Voltage Range: 0.8V-3.4V
in steps of 100mV; LDO modular for output load currents from 25mA up to 300mA
(CI2423)
- Capless Linear Regulators Programmable Output Voltage Range: 0.8V-3.3V in steps of 100mV
(CI2337tg)
- Linear Regulators for RTC applications - Very low current consumption <8uA including bandgap
circuit ; Extremely compact: 0.05mm2 (CI2420tg)
(CI2420ug)
- Universal Power On Reset Circuits (POR) - Programmable Thresholds: 0.8V 3.2V in steps of 50mV;
Extremely compact: 0.06mm2 (CI2718)
- Crystal Oscillators 32kHz Oscillator and 4-40MHz Oscialltors. Current consumption: 1uA (32kHz);
2mA(40MHz); Extremely compact: 0.050.08mm2 (CI1816cl),
(CI1816tl),
(CI1821tm)
- Reference Voltage Generators - Low current consumption: <10uA
(CI11416tg)
USB 2.0 High Speed OTG PHY in TSMC 80nm GC CMOS Technology
(CI12323tk)
New generation PHY with reduced area and power consumption, including key analog parameter programmability that allow to
compensate board and package effects.
Audio Codec in TSMC 80nm GC CMOS Technology - PRELIMINARY Optimized cost-performance audio codec IP
enables high-fidelity audio quality with multiple analog interface capabilities, such as microphone, line-in/out,
headphone and loudspeaker, compact area (2.9mm2) and low power operation (12mW @ playback).
Applications: MP3 Players/Recorders, PDAs, Mobile Phones and Smartphones. For more information, please
contact sales@mips.com.
TouchScreen Controller in 65nm LP CMOS Technology - PRELIMINARY
Supports 4/5/7 and 8 wire touch screens and includes Touch/Pressure measurements and auxiliary inputs for general purpose
measurements. Very compact area and flexible power modes for low power dissipation.
Applications: Touch-Screen for PDAs, Cell phones, Tablet PCs, Smart handheld devices, MP3 players. For more information,
please contact sales@mips.com.
(2006-12-05) "Chipidea Achieves Industry's First USB High
Speed PHY Certification in TSMC 65nm Technology"
(2006-11-29) "Chipidea Offers the Industry's Most Advanced
Portfolio of AFE and Data Converter IP in IBM, Chartered and Samsung processes"
(2006-10-02) "Chipidea Introduces Wide Portfolio of
Programmable Sigma-Delta Data Converter Cores to Support Multiple Applications"
Find more details about our low risk silicon IP solutions at our website www.chipidea.com
or contact us through email at sales@mips.com.
Best Regards,
The Chipidea Team - Your Silicon IP partner |
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