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Detailed Explanation of Asynchronous Reset and Synchronous Release in Digital IC/FPGA Cross-Clock Domain Issues (5)

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Detailed Explanation of Asynchronous Reset and Synchronous Release in Digital IC/FPGA Cross-Clock Domain Issues (5)

This series of articles will delve into the CDC issues, introducing CDC handling, CTS, and CDC timing constraints. If you’re interested, feel free to follow.The previous article 【Series】Detailed Explanation of Digital IC/FPGA Cross-Clock Domain Issues (4) Deep Understanding of Metastability (Part 2) introduced the probability of metastability and the estimation method for MTBF. This section … Read more

Low Power Design Implementation Case Study | How to Avoid Misusing Always On Buffer in UPF Flow?

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Low Power Design Implementation Case Study | How to Avoid Misusing Always On Buffer in UPF Flow?

To better serve everyone, I would like to report on my main business here. For design outsourcing, friends with backend outsourcing needs are welcome to contact me (WeChat ID: ic-backend2018), of course, if you have resources, you can also introduce them to me, and there will definitely be generous cash rewards (15% commission). PS: The … Read more

Review of Power Switch Cell, Power Mesh, and Chain Issues in Low Power Design Implementation

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Review of Power Switch Cell, Power Mesh, and Chain Issues in Low Power Design Implementation

To better serve everyone, I would like to report on the main business currently handled by me. For design outsourcing, friends with backend outsourcing needs are welcome to contact me (WeChat ID: ic-backend2018), and of course, if you have resources, you can also introduce them to me, and there will definitely be generous cash rewards … Read more

Introduction to Prospects of Analog, RF, Devices, FPGA, Digital Direction, and EDA

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Introduction to Prospects of Analog, RF, Devices, FPGA, Digital Direction, and EDA

Click the blue text to follow us 01 Analog and RF 01 What is Analog Analog Signals: In timing and amplifiers, all signals in the continuous natural domain are analog signals; while digital signals are artificially defined and only appear in computers. Analog Functions: ① amplify ② filter ③ transfer Classification of Analog: Power supply, … Read more

Methods to Fix Noise Violations in Digital IC Backend Design – 2 How to Report and Automate Tool Fixes

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Methods to Fix Noise Violations in Digital IC Backend Design - 2 How to Report and Automate Tool Fixes

Good news The community has created a dedicated QQ group, where we have uploaded years of accumulated IC backend notes. Recently, we uploaded a 20,000-word, 125-page ICC2 tutorial, as well as the latest and most comprehensive User Guide for backend tools. If you are interested, you can join (there are also occasional red envelopes distributed, … Read more

Everything You Need to Know About Analog ICs

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Everything You Need to Know About Analog ICs

Source | © Chip Master Original Team Author丨 © Carol Li Integrated circuits (ICs) can be divided into two main categories: digital ICs and analog ICs. Digital ICs are circuits used to generate, amplify, and process various digital signals; analog ICs are circuits used to generate, amplify, and process various analog signals. So, what are … Read more

2023 Digital IC Interview Experiences

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2023 Digital IC Interview Experiences

Preparation for Autumn Recruitment 1 Personal Background: The autumn recruitment has come to an end, and this year the digital IC industry is extremely competitive. Let me share my experience: both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees are from an unknown 985 university, which means I have some formal training. During my master’s program, I had … Read more

Practice of Low-Power Design for Digital IC Front-End Based on UPF

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Practice of Low-Power Design for Digital IC Front-End Based on UPF

There are often questions like this online,What should I learn after entering the IC industry to have better career prospects? What can I still learn now to further my studies in IC design? What skills will give me an advantage in interviews at major companies?In fact, learning low-power design is a great choice! Everyone has … Read more

Introduction to Low-Power Design in Digital ICs (Part 7)

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Introduction to Low-Power Design in Digital ICs (Part 7)

The rules of WeChat have been adjusted. I hope everyone can click ‘View’ and ‘Like’ more after reading the article, and if you like it, please share it. This way, the push notifications from Chip Driver can continue to appear in your subscription list. We can continue to share high-quality content in the integrated circuit … Read more

Introduction to Low Power Design in Digital ICs: Power Analysis

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Introduction to Low Power Design in Digital ICs: Power Analysis

Source: Content from http://www.cnblogs.com/IClearner/, Author: IC_learner, thank you. Previously, we learned about the purpose of low power design and the composition of power consumption. Today, I will share some insights on power analysis. Since this learning is aimed at front-end design of digital ICs, the power analysis here is based on the power compiler tool … Read more