ASIC Design Building Blocks (IP) 1. Introduction epc has developed many building blocks on the OHC15L CMOS PhotonicsTM Technology. These building blocks are available also for customer specific design. The following list shall give an overview. Please ask for more details if needed. 2. Optical Devices Device Type Comment Photo diode • • • • • • Photo sensitive CCD • • • • • • 3D pixel structures • • • • PIN photo diode High QE in NIR (>95% @700nm, >90% @850 nm, >60% @ 950nm, >30% @ 1µm) Size 40 x 40 µm, Rise/fall time approx. 10ns Can be arranged in arrays according to the requirements Other sizes are available upon request PIN photo diode High QE in NIR (>95% @700nm, >90% @850 nm, >60% @ 950nm, >30% @ 1µm) Many pixel sizes available between 7.5 x 7.5µm and several hundred µm each side Full-well capacity from several 10ke- to several MeRise/fall time approx. 10ns Various imager sizes from 32 x 32 to Mpixel resolution Pixel size 20 x 20µm or 40 x 40µm Various imager sizes from 8x8 to 32x240 pixel Integrated automatic background light suppression (ABS) Allows to readout distance, amplitude, ambient light level 3. Non-Optical CCD Devices Device Type Comment CCD • Various sizes • To be used as frame store buffers, signal processing in the charge domain, etc. 4. Analog Blocks Device Type Comment Amplifiers Comparators Bandgap reference • • • • • • • • • • • Voltage regulators © by ESPROS Photonics AG Various types like Op Amp, LNA, TIA, OTA, Video, Buffer Various types General purpose Low temperature drift +12V +10V +5V +3.3V +2.5V +1.8V -3V 25.07.12, Beat De Coi File: /Users/dec/Daten DEC MacBook Air/MS/Sales/Products/Process OHC15L/TRP_OHC15L_IP_Blocks_Overview_V1.0.odt Page 1/2 ASIC Design Building Blocks (IP) Device Type Comment Charge pumps Current sources Oscillators • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • DLL Temperature sensor ADC DAC LED driver Up and down from -4V to 12V Various types Various frequencies from 4 to several hundred MHz Crystal-less With external crystal With external ceramic resonator For accurate phase-shift measurement from -40 to +85°C Accuracy approx. 0.5°C Resolution 10 to 14Bit 12 Bit, 70ksps, very low power, very small size (40 x 80µm) ΔΣ, 21 Bit, niput frequency 20MHz, output 40sps, 20MHz bandpass Various types up to 180mA @ 20MHz Current controllable Slew rate controllable 5. Digital Blocks Device Type Comment PLL I2C interface • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • SPI interface 1-wire interface 2-wire interface Safety loop Camera interface EEPROM Micro Controller ISM band interfaces Various other digital blocks © by ESPROS Photonics AG Various types for various frequencies Full implementation Clock up to 1MHz Full implementation Clock up to 10MHz Microwire implementation up to 2MBaud safety rated up to SIL3 (not approved yet) latency time >30µs 2-wire safety loop interface up to 110kBaud, up to 63 devices in the loop SIL3 rated (formal approval planed in 2013) 12 Bit parallel 40MHz Hsync and Vsync controlled by needs I2C interface 1024 Bit including power supply generation for operation and programming Other sizes upon request planned, please ask planned, please ask please ask 25.07.12, Beat De Coi File: /Users/dec/Daten DEC MacBook Air/MS/Sales/Products/Process OHC15L/TRP_OHC15L_IP_Blocks_Overview_V1.0.odt Page 2/2