Analog semiconductor IP enables faster IoT chip design

Agile Analog’s innovative approach to analog IP generation enables Palma Ceia SemiDesign to effortlessly achieve optimum performance while minimising cost and time to market.

Agile Analog’s configurable Analog-to-Digital (ADC) and Digital-to-Analog (DAC) data converters connect the real world to the digital world and will be deployed both within Palma Ceia SemiDesign’s WiFi (WiFi 6 and HaLow) and LTE NB-IoT transceivers for high performance and low power data conversion, as well as within their on-chip monitoring and BIST (Built-In Self-Test) for added reliability and reduced testing time.

Palma Ceia SemiDesign’s wireless products will integrate power supply management functionality using Agile Analog Low Drop-Out supply regulators (LDOs) that are customised for multiple load currents to facilitate system design while maintaining low quiescent current to improve overall efficiency.

“We’re impressed with Agile Analog - the outstanding quality of their automatically generated analog IP makes it truly easy to integrate and use,” said Roy Jewell, CEO at Palma Ceia SemiDesign. “Add to this an innovative team we know well, that has extensive experience with complex SoCs, and you have a winning combination, both for products as well as service and support. Working collaboratively with Agile Analog will be a critical part in delivering our next generation of products.”

Tim Ramsdale, CEO at Agile Analog, added: “We’re proud to have our analog IP products used in Palma Ceia’s industry-leading wireless and cellular transceivers. The IoT and cellular markets are key industry growth areas with demanding requirements and an increasing need for customisation. Using Agile Analog’s IP has enabled Palma Ceia SemiDesign to focus their internal resources on more differentiating factors of their world-class transceivers without sacrificing overall quality and performance.”

Agile Analog is transforming the semiconductor market through automation of the design and delivery of analog IP for microchips. Their innovative approach produces analog IP that is customised to the application’s requirements and is available on any semiconductor process. Agile Analog’s design technology is programmatic, systematic and repeatable, leading to analog IP products that are more verifiable, more robust and more reliable.