Berkeley Design Automation, a provider of nanometer circuit verification platforms, has declared that Silicon Creations, a supplier of nanometer silicon IP and integrated circuit design services, has chosen Berkeley’s Analog FastSPICE (AFS) verification platform.
Noise Analysis for Complex Analog Blocks
Silicon Creations utilizes this platform for analyzing device noise, characterizing block-level, and verifying the full-circuit of its custom mixed-signal and analog designs.
The AFS is the only combined verification platform used by industries for custom digital circuits, mixed-signal, RF, and nanometer analog. It incorporates features such as precise noise analysis of silicon devices, element capacity greater than 10M, single-core performance which is 5 to 10 times quicker when compared to other traditional SPICE simulators, and factory-certified nanometer SPICE precision results. This individual executable platform utilizes advanced numerical analysis and algorithms to quickly solve full-circuit matrix and device equations exactly. The AFS platform has licenses for AFS co-simulation, AFS RF analysis, AFS transient noise analysis, AFS circuit simulation, and AFS Nano SPICE simulation.
President of Silicon Creations, Randy Caplan stated that the company optimizes its mixed-signal and custom analog circuits for every single application and have strict verification standards to ensure that the company exceeds the needed specifications. The noise analyses of the full-spectrum device shows superior correlation with measured silicon, he added.
According to Randy, the AFS platform enables to complete post-layout locking simulations of a full-circuit with an intricate fractional PLL measuring 28 nm within a time below 8 hours with a speed of more than 10x than any other simulators. Same results were obtained while verifying clock-and-data recovery circuits (CDRs), he added.