ICsense is a supplier of Application Specific ICs (ASICs) for automotive, industrial, medical and consumer markets. ICsense’s core expertise is analog, mixed-signal and high-voltage developments. Typical applications include sensor/MEMS interfacing, power/battery management, communication, ultra-low-power designs. ASIC development projects at ICsense consist of 5 stages:
ASIC Definition
- Feasibility study and concept definition
- Selection of technology and package
- Performance, power, area calculations
- Production test and qualification strategy
- Unit cost definition
- Risk analysis (FME(D)A)
Development and validation
- Design of advanced analog, mixed-signal, high-voltage integrated circuits
- Digital design, VHDL/Verilog coding, verification, synthesis, STA, LEC, …
- Design for testability (DFT), ATPG, scan chain
- Full PVT (process voltage temperature) and Monte Carlo simulations
- Layout and digital place & route
- ESD/LU, EMC, MRI, ISO pulses, …
Manufacturing
- Support of 40+ technology nodes (supported nodes)
- Foundry selection (UMC, ON, TSMC, XFAB, SMIC, Tower, AMS, …)
- Process and mask selection
- Supplier management
Assembly
- QFN(P), BGA, SOT, SOP, TSSOP, ceramic, …
- Flip-chip (incl. RDL), WLCSP (Wafer Level Chip Scale Packaging) solutions
- Delivery of bare dies in various forms (blue foil, waffle packs, tested wafers, …)
Test solutions
- Fully equipped measurement lab (100 m2) for ATE test correlation and bench testing
- Thermostreamer Temptronic ECO710M for bench characterization
- Access to ATE platforms such as: Teradyne uFlex, Credence D10, J750 and more
Qualification and industrialisation
- DfM (Design for Manufacturing) and DfT (Design for Test)
- Safe-launch/burn-in
- Typical qualification levels:
- JESD47G (Industrial)
- AEC-Q100 (Automotive)
- MIL-STD-883 (Military)
Supply
- Wafer ordering and production follow-up
- Quality control
- Logistics/insurance
- Cost optimization through test efficiency and yield management
- Customer return and FA (Failure Analysis)
- Support long product life cycles