Triad Semiconductor Mixed Signal Integration Kick ASIC IESF Automotive Presentation Sept 2013

A New, No-Compromise Hardware Option that Will Meet Your Cost, Schedule & Risk Budgets

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Integration Drivers

• Low cost• Improved Size, Weight & Power• Improved Reliability• Exacting Performance• Long‐term Supply• Protect Your IP• Innovate in Hardware

Full CustomASIC

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Meet William FarlowDesigns 16‐bit ADCs coupled

with embedded micros Helped ARM architect & debug the Cortex‐M0

Long haul RS485 driver(succeeded where three other companies failed)

Made large screen touchscreen

controllers a reality

William is a mixed‐signal IC designer at Triad

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Your Mixed-Signal Integration Partner

Our Team ‐ Centuries of combined ASIC design & delivery experience

From Mixed‐Signal Design Leaders

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Mixed-Signal Integration Partner

• Expert Design Team• Mission Critical Applications• Fully Certified

– Defense, FDA Class II, ISO, Automotive

• World‐Class Supply Chain• Long‐term Supply Partner• Patented Technology

– Hardware– Software

• Breakthrough integration solution

Partners

• Founded 2002• 45 Employees• Headquartered in

Winston‐Salem NC

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Security Systems


Touchscreen Controllers


Needs Across Markets

LowLow MediumMedium HighHighProduction Volume

Defense Medical Industrial ConsumerAutomotive

Demanding Performance

Long‐Term Supply

Value @ Volume

Superior Quality


Integration Options?


Full CustomASIC



What if we could bottle this stuff?

We have…

Custom VCA

Full Custom

Existing VCA

ViaASICs built from Triad’s Via Configurable Array (VCA) Technology


Integration Options at Any Production Volume


Custom VCA

Full Custom

Existing VCA



Obsolescence Issues?

Older products needing low volume form‐fit‐function replacements?

40 year old missile program

Existing VCA

Custom VCA


Emerging Applications & Localization

• Evolving requirements• Market feedback• Diverging local specs

• Respond– Quickly– Cost effectively– Minimize risk

Existing VCA

Custom VCA


Integration Options Versus Your Needs

LowestUnit Cost

Obsolescence Emerging Apps Localization High‐Volume‘Industrial’

Custom VCA

Full Custom

Existing VCA

Fastest

Time to MarketLowest

Development Cost

Seamless migration path from low to high volume

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Market Opportunity – Value Quantified

Seamless migration from ultra‐low to 10M+ production volumes via groundbreaking Fast‐Full‐Custom™ methodology.

CustomVCA

Existing VCA

Low Volume SolutionExisting VCAs plusViaDesigner software

Low Volume (up to 200K/yr)Low Volume

(up to 200K/yr)

Mid Volume SolutionOptimized Custom VCA by Triad

Mid Volume (up to 2M/yr)Mid Volume (up to 2M/yr)

High Volume SolutionFull Custom mixed signal IC by Triad

High Volume (2M+/yr)

High Volume (2M+/yr)

Sales V

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CustomVCA

Full Custom

Existing VCA

Full Custom

Best Better OkayIP ReuseIP Reuse

$10K Not an option* Not an option*Cost to PrototypesCost to Prototypes

<$50K $200K‐$400K $400K ‐ $1M+Total Dev CostsTotal Dev Costs

4 weeks 12 weeks 12 weeks1st Fabrication Time1st Fabrication Time

4 weeks 4 weeks 12 weeksRespin TimeRespin Time

Okay Better BestUnit PriceUnit PriceNote * ‐ Optimized VCAs and Full‐Custom require a production commitment from all vendors before starting

3‐6 months 7‐10 months 12‐18 monthsDevelopment TimeDevelopment Time


VCA‐1 Proof of Concept Silicon introduced

Triad founded by Jim Kemerling

Triad Semiconductor History

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2011 201220102007 2013

VCA1

VCA2

VCA3

VCA4

VCA5

VCA6

VCA7

VCA8VCA9VCA10

VCA11VCA12VCA13VCA14VCA15

Inc 500 fastest growing company 10X growth from ‘08‐’11

Fortune 100s adopt VCAs

Introduced VCA tech to US Market

Partnered with ARM for configurable SoCs

Acquired ViASICPartnered with ViASIC

to develop configurable analog

ViaDesigner software intro with Mentor

150% growth

Semiconductor foundry partners

Growing portfolio of via configurable arrays and mixed‐signal IP


ADC

REG

REG

DAC

Micro

Market Opportunity

Drivers for Integration• Size, Weight & Power• IP Protection• Cost Savings• Manufacturability

BarriersTraditional ASIC development is too expensive and time consuming to amortize across low –mid volumes

Full Custom

Seamless migration from ultra‐low to 10M+ production volumes via groundbreaking Fast‐Full‐Custom™ methodology.

In low to mid volume markets customers implement their designs as discrete circuits on PCBs. Markets are demanding higher levels of analog & mixed signal integration.

ASIC

Large, expensive PCB solution

Existing VCA

Low Volume SolutionExisting VCAs plus ViaDesigner software delivers breakthrough reduction in TCO and TTM for IC development.

CustomVCA

Medium Volume SolutionTriad develops a custom VCA optimized to meet the customer’s performance and cost goals leveraging VCA’sbreakthrough Time to Market and TCO advantages.

Low Volume (up to 200K/yr)Low Volume (up to 200K/yr) Mid Volume (up to 2M/yr)Mid Volume (up to 2M/yr) High Volume (2M+)High Volume (2M+)

Barriers – “IP Theft” IDMs will resale a customer’s custom IC as a std product to the competition.

High Volume SolutionTrue ASIC Partner. Triad doesnot make std products and will protect customer’s IP and hardware advantage.100’s of years of ICdesign experienceVast IP library

Low unit cost , high performance and optimized size & power are needed in the consumer market. Full‐custom ASICs are expensive to deliver and require a partner with extensive expertise and infrastructure.


Analog IP – Decade+ investment in growing an expansive analog & mixed‐signal IP library . Triad IP spans low‐level functions like transistor and includes high‐level IP: micros, filters & high‐speed ADCs.

Triad TechnologyHardware Software

Tiles ‐ are highly reusable blocks of well characterized IP that are grouped together. This tiles span performance requirements across power, speed and noise specifications. Tiles enable the rapid, low‐risk assembly of Optimized Arrays from proven IP.

Fabric – patented via‐configurable fabric delivers breakthrough TCO & TTM when coupled with Triad’s ViaPath (via‐only) place & route software.

Existing Arrays – Growing family of 15 VCAs optimized for a wide range of applications and price points.

Existing VCA

ViaDesigner – complete mixed design & simulation software for the development of VCAs. Powerful & easy‐to‐use design wizards kick‐start user’s designs.

ViaWare – proprietary analog & mixed‐signal synthesis and mapping software. Viaware maps high‐level design wizards into VCA tiles and low‐level IP.

ViaPath – patented, mixed‐signal‐aware place and route software developed by Triad.

DAC

ADC

Enables system‐level engineers to design their own VCAs without the need for full‐custom skills.

Vias placed in the fabric.



Analog IP FactorySystematically creating reusable mixed‐signal IP since 2002

OpAmpsLow NoiseLow NoiseSingle EndedSingle EndedDifferentialDifferentialLow PowerLow PowerWidebandWidebandProg GainProg Gain

IntstrumentationIntstrumentationOTAOTATIATIA

High VoltageHigh VoltageLow NoiseLow Noise

Low‐LevelResistorsResistors

HiVal ResistorsHiVal ResistorsCapacitorsCapacitorsSwitchesSwitches

Matched‐C SwMatched‐C SwMatched‐R SwMatched‐R Sw

NFETNFETPFETPFET

NFET FingersNFET FingersPFET FingersPFET Fingers

MuxesMuxesBandgapBandgapBiasBias

Power on ResetPower on Reset

ComparatorsComparators

ADCsSigma DeltaSigma Delta

SARSARPipelinedPipelined8‐24 bits8‐24 bitsSIF ADCSIF ADC

DC‐150MSPSDC‐150MSPS

DACs6‐16 bits6‐16 bits

Sigma DeltaSigma DeltaSegmentedSegmented

StringStringCurrent SteeringCurrent Steering

ReferenceReference

FiltersContinuousContinuousSwitched CapSwitched Cap

Low, High, NotchLow, High, NotchBandpassBandpassDigitalDigital

Signal PathIntegratorIntegrator

Switched CapSwitched CapSample & HoldSample & HoldBridge ExciteBridge Excite

PowerPWMPWM

H‐BridgeH‐BridgeLDOLDOLinearLinear

SwitchingSwitchingBuck, BoostBuck, BoostLED DriveLED Drive

Motor DriveMotor DriveHigh Voltage

150C+150C+RegulatorsRegulatorsH‐BridgeH‐BridgeOpAmps…OpAmps…

InterfaceConfig I/OConfig I/OLIN, CANLIN, CAN

IIC, SPI, UARTIIC, SPI, UARTLVDSLVDS

DigitalCustom DSPCustom DSP

FiltersFiltersARM CoresARM Cores

80518051RAMRAM

Hi‐Temp NVMHi‐Temp NVM

PLLPLLCrystal DriverCrystal DriverOnboard ClockOnboard Clock

LVDT Sensor I/FLVDT Sensor I/FOnboard TempOnboard TempHi‐Temp IPHi‐Temp IP

AHB/APB BusAHB/APB BusuP PeripherialsuP Peripherials


Via Configurable Array Technology

• Op amps• Resistors• Capacitors• Transistors• Switches• Band Gaps• ADCs, DACs• Regulators• Logic, RAM• ARM CPUs• …

Triad developsfull‐custom high‐performancemixed signal IP

1 2IP is grouped intoa variety of tiles

• Single‐Ended• Differential• Low‐Noise• Wideband• High Voltage• FET Tiles• Rad‐Hard• Memory• PHYs• …

Tiles are assembled to create a VCA targeted at a particular application space

3

4 A patented global routing fabric covers the entire array

5 Triad’s mixed‐signal aware place & route tool puts vias in the fabric to connect resources

6 A single via mask is processed against staged wafersViaASIC

VCA


VCA‐12

VCA Analog Tile Example

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Resource Value

Single‐ended Op‐Amp 1

Output stage 1

0.1pF MIM Caps 32

Remainder MIM Caps 28

Switches (SW01) 20

Resistors 37

NMOS Transistors 7

PMOS Transistors 7

Switches (SW02) 6

Analog Logic (AL01) 24

Analog Logic (AL02) 8

VCA‐12 contains 8 of these single‐ended op‐amp analog tiles

VCA‐12 5V Single‐Ended Op‐Amp Tile


Working with Triad

ADC

REG

REG

CPU

FPGA

Define opportunity Developmentproposal

3‐6 monthdevelopment

Revisions in4‐weeks

Long‐TermSupply ofcustom parts5, 10, 15+ yearsRefine

requirements

Turnkey High‐Level Front‐End Design

Prototype Fabrication

Production Fabrication

Package & Test

Detailed Back‐End Design

CustomVCA

Existing VCA

Full Custom


High‐Level Front‐End Design



Package & Test

Existing VCA

High‐Level Front‐End Design



Package & Test


CustomVCA

Existing VCA

2013

2014


Triad’s Integrated Software Flow

Integrated software enables rapid development of ViaASICs

ViaASIC Design & Simulation

Mixed‐Signal Synthesis

VCA Fitting

Via‐Only Place & Route

Design Wizards

Physical verification

IP Repository

SystemVisionSystem Simulation

2013

2014







Next Steps

• Visit www.TriadSemi.com• Follow on Twitter: @viadesigner

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Phil MuehringVP of [email protected]‐451‐4658

John SeibelViaASIC [email protected]‐603‐9810

Reid WenderVP Marketing & Tech [email protected]‐684‐5106

See a ViaDesigner

Demo

Discuss your integration idea

ViaDesigner.com (Closed Beta) Invitation Only

Access

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Integrated Circuit

Application Specific

Traditional ASICs• Long development• Expensive dev• Risky development• High volume only

A better ASIC. Application specific optimization, integrated circuit benefits – without traditional ASIC headaches.

Via Configurable Arrays• 3‐6 month development cycle• Low cost development• Low risk – 4‐week re‐spin• Any production volume