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GF Micro

Established for over 30 years, GFMicro are a supplier of world-class R&D, and end-to-end silicon design and supply services, with focus on high-reliability, industrial, space, and military-aerospace market sectors. We offer a turnkey service for all customers looking to produce a new silicon solution for their specific application, whether that require an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), mission critical firmware or software, or a complete system module including all these elements integrated onto a custom-designed Printed Circuit Board (PCB).

GFMicro has a proven track record in the design of ASICs for a broad range of end markets and have our silicon devices embedded within aero-engine, radiation detection, satellite, and secure navigation applications throughout the world. We service our customers from design centres in the South West of England and in Poland. Our services are ISO9001:2015 approved and are also JOSCAR accredited.

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Services

Chip Design and Development

We work with leading foundries in technology nodes to offer a full range of digital and analogue ASIC design services

Feasibility Study

Architecture and process review
Assess requirements and risks
Full report

Specification creation and development

Spec development based on key requirements
Target parameters
Target operating conditions

Analogue and Digital Design

Block specification – in-house IP, custom IP, 3^rd party IP
Schematic entry
Verification and Review

Layout

Place and Route
Verification and extraction
Full review

Physical verification and GDSII Generation

Additional services included

RTL Coding (VHDL, Verilog),
IP Integration,
Verification and validation (pre and post-layout).
Synthesis
Static Timing
Design for testability (DFT)

Device Implementation

Packaging

Optimised package for application / cost
RDL design and implementation
Prototype packaging

Device Bring Up

Design for test
Test specification generation
Device stimulation and monitoring software
Debug

Turnkey solutions

Preferred partners

Global Foundries Design Partner

ARM design partner

Project Management

From Feasibility to production

Regular updates / reviews Device assembly and test

Product validation

Scaleable manufacturing

Supply Chain management

Manage materials from tape out all the way to final test

Inventory control and management

Speciality funding

Application for funding

Helping customers to secure funding

IP blocks

Delivery of silicon proven IP blocks
Reduced time to market
Reduced Risk

Maintenance contracts

After sales service to ensure quality and reliability

Software Development

Boot loader
Sample device drivers
Software Development Kit (SDK)

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IP Cores

12 bit SAR ADC

The GF Micro ADC is a low power, 12-bit, successive approximation (SAR) Analogue-to-Digital Convertor (ADC) in the form of an IP block. The ADC mainly comprises a Capacitive Digital to Analog Converter (CDAC), a dynamic comparator, and an asynchronous SAR control logic.

Being compact and low power, it is designed specifically for battery powered systems. The sampling rate is 500 KSPS and both differential nonlinearity (DNL) and integral nonlinearity (INL) are < 2 LSB.

The IP block is designed in TSMC 40nm CMOS technology but can be retargeted to other processes and temperature ranges, allowing it to be used in design applications as diverse as biomedical imaging, industrial process control and high speed communication systems.

Digital temperature sensor

Perfectly suited for industrial applications, the GF Micro digital temperature sensor is available as a Licensed IP block.

It uses a low power 1.8V supply and has an operating range of -40°C to 125°C with an accuracy of ±1°C. Calibration points are conveniently placed at 25°C and 125°C – temperatures typically used for production test and wafer probe. The sensor produces a digital value accessible from a register location. Industry-standard digital interfaces are supported for easy product integration.

The IP has been developed using the Global Foundries 28SLP process and has a 273μm x 292μm footprint. It can also be re-targeted to other process nodes, making it a very flexible piece of IP for any design where space is at a premium.

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Contact Info

Address

Woodchester Mill, Selsey Road, Stroud, UK GL5 5NN

Telephone

0044 1453872922

Contact Person

[email protected]

Website

http://www.gfmicro.com

GF Micro

Services

Chip Design and Development

Device Implementation

Turnkey solutions

Speciality funding

IP Cores

12 bit SAR ADC

Digital temperature sensor