HIT-Kit News, vol. 24

Dear HIT-Kit User !

Welcome to the 24th edition of HIT-Kit NEWS our e-mail newsletter issued by the austriamicrosystems Full Service Foundry Dept. containing news, facts and information to help you to get the best out of our design kits. In this edition you will find news about:

• Cadence HIT-Kit v3.60
• ADS HIT-Kit v3.60
• Did you know...
• Updated Design Documents
• Updated Circuit Simulation Parameters
• Short Cuts
• austriamicrosystems in the News

austriamicrosystems supports entire chip design flow for foundry customers on linux operating systems. The Cadence Mixed-Signal HIT-Kit v3.60 for the technologies

• 0.35µm C35B3 (CMOS, 3-metal)
• 0.35µm C35B4 (CMOS, 4-metal)
• 0.35µm S35D3 (SiGe, 3-metal)
• 0.35µm S35D4 (SiGe, 4-metal)
• 0.8µm CXQ (CMOS)
• 0.8µm CXZ (CMOS High Voltage)
• 0.8µm BYQ (BiCMOS)

is now ready to be dispatched!

The new version has been qualified for Cadence IC 5.0.33 and includes the high performance 0.35µm process technologies C35 (CMOS) and S35 (SiGe-BiCMOS) and the 0.8µm process technologies CXQ (CMOS), CXZ (CMOS-HV) and BYQ (BiCMOS), updated verification rule files for Assura, Calibre and Diva and new devices. To meet our customers demands also in terms of flexibility, the HIT-Kit supports, beside Linux, also Sun Solaris and HP-UX operating systems.

For more detailed information please refer to the related HIT-Kit Release Notes.

To install the HIT-Kit CD-ROM and to use all the HIT-Kit features a license file (FlexLM) is required. The license file can be easily generated on our web server at http://asic.austriamicrosystems.com.

If you would like to receive a copy of the HIT-Kit v3.60 CD-ROM please complete the Online Request Form.

Interested in using a state-of-the-art RF Design Environment? The new version of the Agilent ADS Design Kit is now available for foundry customers! This new version v3.60 has been qualified for Agilent ADS v2003C and includes the 0.35µm technologies C35 (CMOS) and S35 (SiGe-BiCMOS) as well as the 0.8µm technology BYQ (BiCMOS). As already known from the previous releases, we fully support the extended Cadence/Agilent RF design environment.

The new version of the ADS design kit can be downloaded from our web server at:

http://asic.austriamicrosystems.com/download

The license file (FlexLM) required for the installation of the ADS Design Kit may be generated on our web server.

Read more details in the related User's Guide.

Did you know that there is a technology check included in our HIT-Kit? During the startup of the Cadence HIT-Kit v3.60 a new pop-up window appears, asking you to specify the exact technology option used in your current project. Specifying the exact technology option enables a process option specific DRC and LVS check within Assura.  

Example: technology S35D4M2

Process / Option	Description
S35D4M2	SiGe technology
S35D4M2	0.35µm feature size
S35D4M2	4 poly layers
S35D4M2	4 metal layers
S35D4M2	Poly caps & MIM cap module

The exact process options available for the various technologies are described in detail in the related design documents (available on our web server). Process option specific DRC and LVS runsets are currently available for the 0.35µm technologies C35 and S35. 

The following Design Documents have been revised or newly released. Please download the updated documents from our Download Area:

Updated Datasheets: The power values available in the 0.35µm datasheets have been recalculated. The updated datasheets for the digital standard cells included in the 0.35µm libraries CORELIB, CORELIB_3B, IOLIB and IOLIB_V5 are available in section Libraries and Datasheets.

EOL-Products: Purchase orders for EOL (end of life) products fabricated in our 4 inch fab have to be issued until end of June 2004! After you have received a quotation for production please send your official purchase order to austriamcrosysterms Customer Service Dept. In addition please note that the technologies 0.8µm CMOS (CYB/CYE) and 0.8µm SiGe (BYR/BYS) are no longer available for production.

Interested to work for austriamicrosystems? We are constantly on the look out for highly skilled and highly motivated team members who would like to enjoy the excitement of working for a successful company. Visit our Jobs & Career-site.

June 23, 2004: austriamicrosystems completes quality and environmental audits with outstanding results, continues early commitment to Pb-free packaging by 2005. austriamicrosystems AG is proud to announce the successful first audit of its Quality Management System according to the most recent international Quality Management Standard ISO/TS 16949:2002 and the recertification of its Environmental Management System according to ISO 14001:1996 and EC No 761/2001 (EMAS). >> Press Release

June 18, 2004: austriamicrosystems Demonstrates Technological Leadership: World's Smallest 10-bit Magnetic Rotary Encoder IC and Innovative Standard Linear Products Unveiled. austriamicrosystems AG, a leading global developer and manufacturer of high performance analog and analog intensive mixed signal microchips (ICs) for the industrial, medical, communications and automotive markets, once more demonstrates its design competence and technological leadership in analog and mixed signal semiconductors. >> Press Release

June 18, 2004: austriamicrosystems unveils AS1500 family of digital potentiometers: deal for volume controls in TV sets and audio systems. austriamicrosystems, has unveiled the AS1500 family of digital potentiometers. The AS1500 family has been designed for use in applications where a resistor value must be changed automatically by a microprocessor. >> Press Release

June 9, 2004: austriamicrosystems Launches a New CMOS Opto Process for Cost Sensitive Applications: austriamicrosystems' business unit Full-Service Foundry announced today the further expansion of its 0.35µm foundry technology portfolio with an advanced CMOS Opto process. The austriamicrosystems 0.35µm image sensor technology offers high optical sensitivity and very low dark currents. >> Press Release

June 8, 2004: austriamicrosystems Unveils World's Smallest 10-bit Magnetic Rotary Encoder Integrated Circuit: System-on-Chip ideal for industrial and automotive applications including motion control for brushless motors, robotics, steering wheel position sensing and headlight control. >> Press Release

June 7, 2004: austriamicrosystems supports entire chip design flow for foundry customers on linux operating system: austriamicrosystems Business Unit Full Service Foundry announced today, at the 41st DAC (Design Automation Conference) in San Diego, the availability of its new analog/mixed signal high performance design kit ("HIT-Kit") for its 0.35µm and 0.8µm technologies also on Red Hat Linux 7.3 operating system. >> Press Release

June 7, 2004: Strategic agreement between Bharti Teletech and austriamicrosystems aims to tap India's rapidly growing wireline services market: austriamicrosystems, one of the leading analog and mixed signal semiconductor manufacturers, and Bharti Teletech, India's largest manufacturer of fixed line phones under the brand name Beetel, today announced an agreement to use austriamicrosystems' multi-standard CMOS single-chip telephone IC to design its comprehensive range of wireline phones. austriamicrosystems is the only single-chip CMOS phone IC provider in the world - a position that is reinforced by this landmark agreement. >> Press Release

May 19, 2004: austriamicrosystems Power & Lighting Management Unit for Cellular Phones and PDAs reduces BOM by up to 30%: austriamicrosystems, a leading provider of power management units for mobile devices has launched its first power and lighting management standard product, the AS3681. The AS3681 is a highly integrated, real-time programmable device. Ideal for mobile applications such as cellular phones, PDAs and digital cameras, it addresses all lighting functions in addition to display and sensor bias supply applications. >> Press Release

May 6, 2004: New AS1100 LED driver demonstrates austriamicrosystems' outstanding capabilities in low power electronics: Serial interface 8-digit driver features lowest shut down and operating current; ideal for bar-graph displays, industrial controllers, panel meters and LED matrix displays. austriamicrosystems has launched the AS1100, an LED driver for seven segment numeric displays of up to eight digits. >> Press Release

April 29, 2004: austriamicrosystems launches Single-Phase Average Energy Metering IC: austriamicrosystems has launched the AS8168, a new single-phase average energy metering integrated circuit, which complements the company's rapidly expanding energy meter IC product family. With fast, low-cost on-chip digital calibration and highly integrated metering functions, the AS8168 allows meter manufacturers to design cost-effective and highly reliable metering solutions. >> Press Release