Saying that advanced ICs are complex is an understatement. The seemingly endless progression to smaller geometries, the ever-increasing integration between analog and digital blocks, and the ...

Semiconductors are the essential component fueling the growth of industries such as automotive, renewable energy, communications, information technology, defense, and consumer electronics. The rise of ...

Traditionally, semiconductor manufacturers used Zener- and link-trimming to calibrate parameters such as output voltage on analog ICs. They performed the trimming at the wafer level, using additional ...

Device power supply (DPS) ICs have flexible force voltage and force current capacities to provide dynamic test capabilities to automated test equipment (ATE). The DPS IC is a voltage source when the ...

The standard approach in industry for post-manufacturing testing of mixed-signal circuits is to measure the performances that are included in the data sheet. Despite being accurate and straightforward ...

Disaggregating SoCs allows chipmakers to cram more features and functions into a package than can fit on a reticle-sized chip. But as Vidya Neerkundar, technical marketing engineer at Siemens EDA ...

Such circuits can now have more than 100 million parts, and much of the design work and testing is done by computer. Specifications for most basic logic functions reside in code repositories, and ...

Sigurd Microelectronics, which specializes in wafer probing and final testing of ICs, expects to enjoy growing revenue generated from orders for automotive chips including networking ICs and MCUs in ...