RESOURCES

Software

• 0.35-µm, 0.18-µm, 0.13-µm, 90-nm and 65-nm CMOS

• System-level/behavioral modeling and simulation: C++, MATLAB, SIMULINK and SWITCAP2
• Cadence frameworks: Analog Artist
• IC schematic entry: Cadence Virtuoso Schematic Composer
• IC simulators: Spectre, SpectreS, SpectreRF, NC-Verilog, NC-VHDL, Ultrasim, NC-Sim, NanoSim, HSPICE/AvanWaves, Modelsim, PSPICE
• Logic Designs: Encounter Test, Encounter Library Characterizer, Encounter RTL Compiler
• IC layout: Virtuoso Layout Editor, SOC Encounter
• IC physical verifications (DRC, LVS, RCX): Mentor-Graphic Calibre, ASSURA, QRC Extraction, Synopsys Hercules, Star-RCXT
• PCB design tools: Protel
• Measurement signal acquisition tools: LabVIEW
• Distributed computing: Sun Grid Engine
• General-purpose: Microsoft Windows and Office, Unix and Linux

Hardware

• HP ProLiant DL385 4-Core Server
• 54 Pentium 4 & Dual Core PCs

• Agilent E4424B Signal Generator
• Agilent E4436B ESG-DP Signal Generator (250kHz – 3GHz)
• Agilent Infiniium 54830D Oscilloscope, 1GHz, 4GSa/s
• Agilent 16702B Logic Analyzer
• Agilent E3631A 80 W Triple Output Power Supply, 6V, 5A & ±25V, 1A
• Agilent 3458A High-precision Digital Multimeter, 7.5 Digit
• Rohde-Schwarz FSU-8 Spectrum Analyzer 20Hz - 8GHz
• Agilent 33250A 80 MHz Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator
• Agilent 53132A 225 MHz Universal Counter - 12 digit/s, 150ps (Add 3.0 GHz Channel 3)
• Anritsu MS4624D Vector Network Analyzer (Option 4G)
• Agilent E8403A Data Generator
• LItePoint IQnxn
• Olympus BX41M-LED Industrial Microscope

Overview of Testers Cabinet

 
Experimental Setup for EVM measurement (64QAM OFDM)



Measurement Setup of a High-Speed Time-Interleaved Pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converter (Overview) and (Performance Evaluation)