SETTING UP OF CHARACTERISATION LAB

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1 SETTING UP OF CHARACTERISATION LAB Presentation by

2 Contents 1. Objective 2. About Characterization Lab 3. About VLSI EDA Tools 4. List of equipment Characterization Lab 5. List of EDA Tools 6. Estimated Cost

3 1. Objective To facilitate hardware industry for testing Semiconductor chips by setting up of characterization lab. To help industries to increase their production.

4 Position of Characterization Lab in the entire process of Semiconductor Chain

5 2. About Characterization Lab Characterization, in this context, is a post-foundry activity. Characterization is the testing of chip under different temperature conditions, to check whether the chip behaves exactly the same as it was conceived during the design stage. A Characterization Lab consists of hardware equipments such as logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscope, network analyzer, DVM, spectrum analyzer, etc.

6 About Characterization Lab A Characterization Lab requires large space and special flooring / specific infrastructure for housing the equipments. Every product requires reliability and ESD testing, which simulates accelerated life of the chip in the field. Every chip will be tested under extreme temperature conditions.

7 3. About VLSI Design Tools - EDA EDA tools are used for designing ICs and PCBs EDA tools are used for verify the VSLI design flow. EDA Design flow : (a) High Level Synthesis (b) Logic Synthesis (c) Schematic Capture (d) Layout

8 Characterization Lab Test Facilities Autoclave: is a reliability test performed to assess the ability of a product to withstand severe temperature and humidity conditions HTOL ( High Temperature Operating Life) is performed to determine the reliability of devices under operation at high temperature conditions over an extended period of time TCT ( Temperature Cycling Test) determines the ability of parts to resist extremely low and extremely high temperatures, as well as their ability to withstand cyclical exposures to these temperature extremes. Curve tracing is the process of analyzing the current-voltage characteristics of an electrical path using an equipment known as a curve tracer.

9 Characterization Lab Test Facilities Electrostatic Discharge, or ESD, is a single-event, rapid transfer of electrostatic charge between two objects, usually resulting when two objects at different potentials come into direct contact with each other. EDX Analysis stands for Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis. Decap- Decoupling Capacitor Test

10 4. List of some of the equipment Characterization Lab Network Analyzer Power Supplies DVM Oscilloscopes Spectrum Analyzer Curve Tracer Thermo-stream ESD/LU Autoclave Coating Machine Burn-in Oven (HTOL) C-SAM EDX SEM Humidity Cabinet#1 I/R Reflow Temp Cycle Decap Power Supply / Loader

11 5. List of EDA Tools Analog Circuit Simulator Mixed Signal Circuit Simulator Verilog Simulator Tech bench Automation Tools Waveform Viewer Functional Equivalence Checking RTL synthesis Physical Implementation Tools Parasitic Extraction STA Delay Calculation High Level System Modeling Design Verification Tools

12 6. Estimated Cost Cost Characterization Lab VLSI EDA Tools Outright Procurement VLSI EDA Tools Lease Basis ( 3 yrs) One time - Capex 7.2 Crores 24 Crores 6.15 Crores Recurring p.a 2 Crores 3 Crores NA