Business cases
Analog and Mixed-Signal
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For a passive RFID tag (EPCglobal Gen-2 Class-1 compliant), ICsense developed the analog part of the ASIC.
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ICsense has developed a state-of-the-art low-power clean-up PLL. The power-jitter trade-off has been optimized to be close to the fundamental limits.
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Ultra-low power CMOS bandgap reference with multiple output voltages (0.6V - 0.8V - 1.2V). Excellent PSRR figures and achieves +/-2% accuracy with trimming and +/-4.1% without trimming.
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No external components are required. The oscillator operates in a voltage range of 1.2V +/- 10% and is qualified over a broad temperature range of -40°C to 125°C
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A 12-bit ADC developed for the automotive market, with the requirement to operate seamlessly at temperature peaks up to 200°C.
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A complex continuous-time multi-bit delta-sigma ADC in 90nm CMOS with a FOM (figure-of-merit) of only 123fJ/conv.
Power Management
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A generic battery management IC that can measure the health and charge of Li-Ion high-voltage battery systems.
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ICsense designed a state-of-the-art LDO (0.15V dropout) regulator in a 65nm CMOS process.
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A fully integrated capacitive DCDC is implemented in a 0.18u CMOS technology.
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A high-efficiency power management ASIC powered by single or stacked ZnO2 or Li-Ion batteries
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A versatile power management ASIC that provides power to transceivers, digital processors and analog blocks
Sensor and MEMS interfacing
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A 3-axis accelerometer readout ASIC for the consumer market (e.g. Wii-consoles, smartphones, GPS, …).
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An advanced ASIC-based sensing solution, going beyond what is available on the market.
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ICsense integrated a low-power magnetic sensor interface ASIC for automotive applications with the sensor element on a single die.
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A 18-channel strain-gauge datalogger with a 10μstrain-accuracy sensor interface.
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Examples of ultralow-power ADCs for sensor/MEMS data acquisition.
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A generic and multi-purpose capacitive sensor interface chip that can read out a wide-range of sensors such as accelerometers, pressure sensors, tilt sensors, or microphones.
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A highly-accurate and fully integrated Hall sensor magnetic ASIC. The signal conditioning chain consists of low-offset, low-noise amplifiers and V/I conversion.
High-Voltage design
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A technique to implement high-voltage capabilities in standard, low-voltage technologies without the cost of extra process steps
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ICsense designed an ASIC that is used in Power-over-Ethernet Powered Devices (PoE-PD), which require high power (40W).
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ICsense designed this mixed-signal ASIC to drive an inductive load (coil) at high voltages up to 65V.
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ICsense’s high-voltage instrumentation circuits are able to detect and amplify uV-level signals on common mode voltages of over 20V.
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ICsense has implemented direct nerve stimulation electrode array drivers.
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ICsense has developed a complete ASIC for brain or nerve stimulation, including power management, high-voltage generation, stimulation and recording.