Integrating and enhancing for ASIC design using MOSIS fabrication

Author

Newport, D.F. ; Britton, C.L., Jr. ; Alley, G.T. ; Bryan, W.L. ; Emery, M.S. ; Ericson, M.N. ; Brashear, H.R. ; Bouldin, D.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA

Volume

37

Issue

2

fYear

1990

fDate

4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

370

Lastpage

373

Abstract

It is pointed out that application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) can now be designed using high-quality, inexpensive tools and can be fabricated in small quantities using MOSIS (metal oxide semiconductor implementation service). Numerous computer-aided design tools developed under government sponsorship are available to organizations within the United States for just a media handling fee. These tool integration and enhancement activities have resulted in a proven set of high-quality aids that permit the design of custom and semicustom analog and digital ASICs. Examples of projects implemented using this tool set are given along with the support activities that are being conducted to transfer this technology to other federal agencies and universities

Keywords

nuclear electronics; ASIC design; MOSIS fabrication; application-specific integrated circuits; custom; metal oxide semiconductor implementation service; semicustom analog; Application specific integrated circuits; Design automation; Design engineering; Fabrication; Hardware; Instruments; Laboratories; Microcomputers; US Department of Energy; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.106647

Filename

106647