Foundry Program IHP - René Scholz

Innovations for High Performance (ihp) MicroelectronicsIHP Provides PDKs for Keysight ADS — Dr. René Scholz, Team Leader of Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) & Foundry Service describes how IHP GmbH partners with Keysight Technologies.

Process Design Kits (PDKs) are directly available for download at the IHP customer access portal at https://dk.ihp-microelectronics.com/index.html.

ADS/Virtuoso Interoperable PDKs:

Process
Name
 		 Process
Description
 		 ADS Version (+ forward compatible)
 		 Schematic/
Layout
 		 ADS PDK Version
 		 Electro-Thermal
 
SGB25V(TM1TM2) A cost-effective 0.25µm technology with npn-HBT breakdown voltage 7 V 2020+ Both Rev1.0.9 Y
SG25H3 A 0.25 µm technology with a set of npn-HBTs ranging from a higher RF performance (fT/fmax= 110/180 GHz) to higher breakdown voltages up to 7 V. 2020+ Both Rev1.1.6 Y
SG13S 0.13µm BiCMOS fT/fmax= 250/300 GHz, 1.2/3.3 V CMOS 2020+ Both Rev1.12.0 Y
SG25H4 A high performance BiCMOS technology. Process is identical to former SG25H1 technology, only Process Design Kit is new. The bipolar module is based on H1 SiGe:C npn HBT’s with up to 190 GHz transit frequencies and up to 220 GHz oscillation frequencies. 2020+ Both Rev1.1.2 Y
SG13G2  0.13µm BiCMOS fT/fmax= 300/500 GHz, 1.2/3.3 V CMOS  2020+  Both  Rev1.2.1 Y

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