A chip the size of a thumbprint, densely packed with billions of transistors, can be instantly destroyed by a careless touch. In the vast landscape of chip design, who is building a solid defense for this fragility? The answer lies in the pen and craftsmanship of layout engineers. When discussing chip design, we are often … Read more
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In the previous article “Summary of SOC Chip Leakage Current Failure Analysis Case Study [Part A: Analog Manager’s Statement],” the Analog Manager pointed out that the reason for the SOC failure was the addition of digital buffers to drive analog level signals during the digital layout. So how will the Layout Manager respond? What opinions … Read more
Embedded design is a vast field. Today, we will discuss several considerations in hardware circuit design, starting with an understanding of the embedded hardware architecture. We know that the CPU is the soul of this system, and all peripheral configurations are associated with it. This highlights a characteristic of embedded design: hardware can be tailored. … Read more
This article contains 2234 words, and reading it will take approximately 7 minutes. The legislative waves surrounding chips are grand, and market growth is evident. After specialized legislation, did Prince Chip and Princess Mask live happily ever after? You certainly know that is not the case. But you may not know that it is not … Read more
Embedded design is a vast field. Today, we will discuss several considerations in hardware circuit design, starting with an understanding of the embedded hardware architecture. We know that the CPU is the soul of this system, and all peripheral configurations are associated with it. This highlights a characteristic of embedded design: hardware can be tailored. … Read more
Bu Zeng – Huawai Micro: This week, we studied the first half of Chapter 6. In integrated circuit design, the basic characteristics of devices and the layout design are crucial. It is not a good idea to rely on the absolute values of devices, so using proportional design is evident. However, proportional design still faces … Read more
In the process of circuit design, application engineers often overlook PCB layout. The common issues encountered are that the circuit schematic is correct, but it does not function properly or only operates at low performance… Have you faced this too? Today, I share an article by TI application engineer Timothy Claycomb on how to properly … Read more
When passing the PCB schematic to the layout design, there are six key considerations. All examples mentioned are developed using the Multisim design environment, but the same concepts apply when using different EDA tools! Initial Schematic Transfer When transferring the schematic to the layout environment via the netlist file, device information, netlist, layout information, and … Read more