IP Offerings

Why Have Custom IP?

With 20 years of experience, ASIC North has a long history of creating world-class custom Intellectual Property blocks. We are “fab agnostic” which means we don’t preferentially design with any one semiconductor fabricator. If their foundry design kit (FDK) is available, we can use it to develop the customized circuits you need. This flexibility allows you to choose the best chip manufacturers that meet your project needs. You’ll find that no engagement is too big or too small. We provide custom IP solutions from single circuit blocks (like fixed delay cells) which can be integrated into our customers’ design or we can develop complete packaged solutions (such as a microcontroller enabled sensor device). ASIC North is the only IP design company you will ever need.

Custom IP is an enabler. Perhaps you want to find a way to stand out from the competition. One of the most compelling reasons to use custom designed IP is to differentiate your design from what your competitors provide. Custom IP allows you to optimize your design for peak performance and separate you from the competition. Equally important, custom IP allows you to reduce die area by removing unnecessary circuits. Standard products usually have extra features that complicate designs and increase risk. Extra effort may be required to ensure the circuits are in the proper mode of operation. Quite often, improperly set or unused circuits can unintentionally interfere with the system design and decrease performance.

Need to Port Your Existing IP to a New technology?

Because of ASIC North’s experience working with global semiconductor sources, we can easily migrate existing IP blocks from one process technology into a newer (more cost effective) process technology with a different supplier. ASIC North has a rigorous IP porting methodology that ensures first pass success. When it comes to successfully porting your IP, it is essential you follow a stringent recipe. Over the years ASIC North has established (and perfected) our IP porting methodology.

Find out how you can take advantage of our IP Porting service.

What Common Kinds of Custom IP Does ASIC North Offer?

As you can imagine, a lot of the custom IP ASIC North develops is very customer-specific and would not be available to other customers. To list all of the IP that ASIC North has created over the past 20 years would be exhaustive. Instead, below is a list of common IP circuits that ASIC North regularly develops for customers which can be incorporated into larger deliverable designs.

Bandgap References
Voltage Regulators
Charge Pumps
Amplifiers
SAR ADCs
Pipeline ADCs
Sigma-Delta ADCs
DACs
Temperature Sensors
High-Speed Comparators

High-Side/Low-Side Drivers
Crystal Oscillators
Real-Time Clocks
RC Oscillators
Standard Cell Libraries
Off-Chip Drivers and Receivers (LVDS/HSTL/SSTL)
RF Building Blocks
Power-On Resets
Internet-of-Things (IoT)

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TESTIMONIALS

See What Our Clients Say

At ASIC North, we deliver exceptional customer support and quality across our custom and off-the-shelf IP blocks, making us a trusted partner for innovative semiconductor solutions.

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In all the years I’ve worked with Suppliers and there have been many during my 36 years at IBM…there is not a single Supplier I would rate higher than you and the ASIC North Team. The professionalism demonstrated and the dedication of the ASIC North Team is a clear reflection of what ASIC North brings to the table.

Global Commodity Manager from IBM

“ASIC North performed excellent work for my program in helping to develop requirements for design, fab, test and delivery of a mixed-signal ASIC. They are a professional organization with significant capability. Clearly, they had our success in mind and I was happy to have them as members of my team”

Brad C., Program Manager from a Major Defense Technology Company

Looking for Off-The-Shelf IP?

Although ASIC North primarily focuses on custom IP, we do have a modest collection of off-the-shelf IP that is available. Whether used as is or to serve as a reference design for a new product or technology, ASIC North is pleased to offer a variety of best-in-class, proven-in-silicon analog designs for immediate inclusion in your mixed-signal design.

The table below shows our current IP offerings. Please reach out to our sales team for further information.

IP Core	Description	Fab	Technology
Pipeline ADC	12-bit, 62.5 Msps	TSI	180nm
SAR ADC	10-bit, 500Ksps, 8 channels	TSI	180nm
	12-bit, 1 Msps, 8 channels	GF	130nm
	12-bit, 1 Msps	UMC	153nm
	14-bit, 500Ksps	GF	12soi
	14-bit, 500Ksps	GF	45rfsoi
	8-bit	GF	45rfsoi
DAC	12-bit, 768 Ksps	UMC	153nm
	6-bit	GF	7HV
	12-bit, 768 Ksps	UMC	153nm
RF ID Building Blocks	Demodulator	GF	7HV
	Energy Harvester	UMC	28HLP
	Clock Generator	UMC	28HLP
	Modulator	GF	7HV
e-Fuse	Laser Fuse Block	UMC	28HLP
Oscillator	24.58 MHz ±8%	UMC	153um
Crystal Oscillator	Real Time Clock	UMC	153um
	Real Time Clock	UMC	153um
PLL	2.4 Ghz Frac-N PLL	GF	130nm
Level Shifter	Single to Differential 1.8V to -15V	ON	ONC18
Power On Reset	Ultra low power	UMC	28HLP
	1.8V - trigger at 1.4V	UMC	153nm
	1.8V - trigger at 1.4V	UMC	153nm
	3.6V - trigger at ~0.8V	UMC	153nm
	Dual Power-On Reset	ON	ONC18
Voltage Reference	Voltage reference	GF	7HV
Voltage Regulator	3.6V to 1.8V	UMC	153nm
	3.6V to 1.8V	UMC	153nm
	3.6V to 1.8V	UMC	153nm
	1.8V to (1.5/1.4/1.3/1.2)V	TSI	180nm
Temperature Sensor
	-50C to +125C, 10-bit to 16-bit	GF	45rfsoi

Find out how you can access our IP library.

Don’t See Exactly What You Want?

If there is a circuit that meets some of your requirements, but not all, please reach out to us to see how quickly it can be modified to meet your requirements. Many of the IP blocks that ASIC North delivers are a spin-off from existing IP. Over the years, we’ve demonstrated our ability to leverage existing IP and quickly turn it into custom IP tailored for a customer’s unique needs. It is what we do best!

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Whether you’re in the market for custom IP to better differentiate your products, or to get more mileage out of your existing IP by porting it to another process node, or even in need of off-the-shelf analog IP; ASIC North is the right company to help you achieve your desired performance, schedule and quality objectives.

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