Custom Analog, Digital, & Mixed-Signal Integrated-Chip (IC) Design Services
Sigenics provides a wide spectrum of chip design services based on a combination of basic science, engineering expertise and project management skills.  As an established design house we draw on many years of analog, mixed-signal, and digital design experience. The exposure of our wide array of application specific IC projects provides not only a solid foundation in microelectronics engineering, but also the ability to quickly ramp-up and understand your unique application and provide you with an affordable, successful integrated circuit solution.

A summary of technical expertise throughout the design life-cycle Sigenics provides include:

1). Spec Development      Feasibility Studies      Spec Writing	2). Design      System Level Architecture      FPGA, CPLD, ASIC technology selection      Analog Design      Mixed-Signal Design      RTL (Verilog/VHDL)      Schematic Entry      Simulation      Geometric Physical Layout	3). Testing      Test-bench Design      Test Vector Generation
4). Packaging      Packaging and Assembly      Chip-on-Board      Gold bumping      Custom Metallization	5). Production      Low Volume Prototyping      High Volume Production Fabrication	6). Screening      Post Fabrication Testing/Screening

Exotic and Difficult Designs
Sigenics specializes in difficult and unusual design challenges, targeting sensors, analog, and mixed-signal "System on a Chip" applications. We have access to and experience in many fabs and processes
including exotic variants like Rad-Hard, VH BiCMOS DI, and post-fab metallization and etching.

Foundries
We have extensive experience with many different foundries all over the world.  This network of fabrication providers allows us to create your ASIC in the most cost effective and technically appropriate processes.  
     AMI
     C.P. Clare
     Episil
     Mikron
     MOSIS
     Peregrine
     SMIC
     ST Microelectronics
     Tower
     TSMC
     UMC
     XFab

Sigenics engineers will design or adapt standard-cell libraries to your fab process and performance requirements

Don't see your required foundry listed?  Contact us.  We are exceedingly efficient at ramping up on the legal and technical details of using a new foundry.

Process Technologies: 0.5V<Vdd<300V
Everyone seems to be "sub-micron" crazy these days. But did you know that smaller processes may actually hurt your project due to the unique requirements of analog and mixed-signal ASIC designs?   You may be surprised to find out that an older, larger, and cheaper process may be your best bet.

We offer fabrication in all of these processes:
     0.13um
     0.18um
     0.25um
     0.35um
     0.6um
     0.8um
     1.0um
     1.2um
     2.0um
     5.0um
     10.0um

Sigencs can recommend the most cost effective process that meets your project
technology requirements. Contact us to see which process might best fit your needs.

Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) &
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Partnerships
Sigenics meets all SBIR qualifications.  We have been awarded several Phase I SBIR proposals and are very familiar with the process.  If your company is considering federal research funding, adding Sigenics to your research team will provide years of successful grant writing experience in addition to a high-end, proven, microchip technology partner.

Sigenics meets all STTR qualifications.  Partnering with Sigenics can be a lucrative funding path for researchers at educational institutions wishing to develop and commercialize their technology advancements.

Contact us  for more details on research and development partnerships.

Downstream Management
Turn-Key Projects - Acting as general contractor we will oversee as much of the down-stream development activities as your needs require resulting in a one-stop-shop for you. Items of past downstream activites we have managed included:
     testing
     fabrication
     packaging
     screening
     PCB design
     Board stuffing and assembly
     Software co-design
All we require is a firm specification document (which our feasibility studies can help develop).
Get more info...


Expert Analog and Mixed-Signal Design- If you plan on managing the project development of your ASIC we would be happy to recommend our trusted vendors for down-stream activities in addition to providing our core talents of analog and mixed-signal design. Get more info...