IC Design Services by Softage

Integrated circuit design or IC design is an important division of electrical engineering. It encompasses a particular logic and knowledge-based, well thought circuit design techniques. Various companies are providing IC design services today. ICs usually consist of miniaturized electronic modules built into an electrical network on a monolithic semiconductor substrate by photolithography. It is highly technical and complex. Anyone offering IC design services should be able to cope up with that.

Broadly, IC design can be divided into two categories - digital IC design and analog IC design. Digital IC design primarily focuses on logical correctness, maximizing circuit density, and placing circuits appropriately. This enables routing the clock and timing signals powerfully. Digital IC design is mainly used to produce various components such as FPGAs, memories (RAM, ROM, and flash), microprocessors, and digital ASICs. Analog IC design, on the other hand, specializes in power IC design and RF IC design. Analog IC design is used in the design of op-amps, phase locked loops, linear regulators, oscillators, and active filters.

In comparison with Digital IC design, Analog IC design is more concerned with the physics of semiconductor devices and includes emphasis on matching, power dissipation, gain, and resistance. Analog IC design usually uses bigger area and active devices, compared to digital IC designs, as the fidelity of analog signal amplification and filtering becomes crucial in its design. Modern day ICs are quite complicated and require great deal of technical knowledge and expertise. This is also a reason why anyone who is looking for IC design services generally go for the best.