OpenPDK, OpenTooling and Open Source Design – An Initiative to Push Development
About Workshop
The workshop is organised by IHP and FMD (Research Fab Microelectronics Germany) within the framework of the BMBF-funded FMD-QNC project.
Within the project FMD-QNC analog circuit design with open source software shall be enabled. For this purpose, both the open source design tools and a process design kit of the semiconductor technology used must support the entire design flow with sufficient quality. IHP provides its
130 nm BiCMOS technology SG13G2 for open source design. This technology is particularly suited for high frequency and mixed signal design applications. While basic tool support already exists for digital circuit design, it is still very rudimentary for analog designs and especially for high frequency designs. A considerable effort has to be put into the development of the design tools as well as into the creation of the technology specific Process Design Kit (PDK).
The 2-day workshop is intended to promote exchange and networking between tool developers, the PDK developers at IHP and designers. Tool developers are to present the capabilities of the tools as well as planned enhancements. Designers are to present ideas that can be used for training chip designers. Requirements for open source design tools for digital design, mixed signal design, and high frequency design are to be highlighted.
Discussions will identify and prioritize gaps for a complete design flow in the open source tools and PDK. The workshop will thus help to concrete the planning for the Open Design Platform and to create a roadmap for future work.
Agenda
Presentation | Presenter/Institution | Timeline | |
Day 1 | |||
Welcome by coordinator FMD-QNC | Andreas Brüning Research Fab Microelectronics Germany | 9:00-9:10 | |
Introduction: Bekanntmachung „DE:Sign“ | Dr. Tina Tauchnitz Dr. Korbinian Schreiber VDI/VDE | 9:10-9:15 | |
Introduction FMD-QNC project status and IHP OpenPDK Roadmap | Dr. René Scholz IHP | 9:15-9:35 | |
Status OpenPDK and Open Tooling for SG13G2 BiCMOS technology | Sergei Andreev IHP | 9:35-10:00 | |
An Ultra-Low-Power High-Density Wireless Biomedical Sensing System
| Prof. Harald Pretl Johannes Kepler University Linz | 10:00-10:25 | |
Teaching digital design by using open-source EDA tools | Prof. Steffen Reith Thorsten Knoll RheinMain University of Applied Sciences | 10:25-10:50 | |
Coffee break | 10:50-11:30 | ||
Towards an Open Source Design of a 24-GHz Low Noise Amplifier in a 130-nm BiCMOS Technology for Educational Purposes | Martin Sander Ulm University | 11:30-11:55
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Design-flow approaches for mmWave and sub-THz integrated transceiver circuits for radar and communication | Manuel Koch FAU Erlangen
| 11:55-12:20 | |
Lunch break | 12:20-13:20 | ||
Iguana: An End-to-End Open-Source Linux-capable RISC-V SoC in 130nm CMOS | Jannis Schönleber Thomas Benz ETH Zurich | 13:20-13:45 | |
| Teaching Circuit Design at KIT | Joachim Hebeler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | 13:45-14:10 | |
CMOS Rail-to-Rail Operational Amplifier for HPGe Radiation Detector | Prof. Herman Jalli Ng Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences | 14:10-14:35 | |
Coffee break | 14:35-15:05 | ||
LibMan - an easy way to manage your open source design flow | Dr. Anton Datsuk IHP | 15:05-15:30 | |
Panel discussion on the roadmap – open source tools for IC design Topics:
| Dr. Norbert Herfurth IHP, Matthew Venn Panelists: Prof. Harald Pretl, Prof. Steffen Reith, Matthias Köfferlein, Markus Müller, Dr. Korbinian Schreiber | 15:30-17:00 | |
Get together (Barbecue) |
| 17:00-… | |
Day 2 | |||
ngspice - status and future developments | Prof. Holger Vogt No Affiliation | 9:00-9:25 | |
DMT - Python Toolkit for Device Modeling | Mario Krattenmacher SemiMod | 9:25-9:50 | |
OpenVAF - Next Generation Verilog-A Compiler with ngspice integration | Markus Müller SemiMod | 9:50-10:15 | |
Coffee break | 10:15-10:55 | ||
Best practices for implementing and optimizing KLayout DRC and LVS decks | Matthias Köfferlein No Affiliation | 10:55-11:20 | |
Generating DRC and LVS Runsets for KLayout | Dr. Andreas Krinke TU Dresden | 11:20-11:45 | |
OpenEMS in open source EDA talk | Jan Taro Svejda University of Duisburg-Essen | 11:45-12:10 | |
Lunch break | 12:10-12:55 | ||
The European Project GoIT: Fostering Open Source EDA for Open Source Hardware | Dr. Marie-Minerve Louerat Sorbonne University | 12:55-13:00 | |
PDKMaster and Standard cell generator for the open source IHP PDK | Staf Verhaegen ChipFlow | 13:00-13:25 | |
Presentation on Revolution EDA | Dr. Murat Eskiyerli Revolution EDA | 13:25-13:50 | |
Wrap-up | 13:50-14:10 | ||
Cleanroom Window Tour | On request | 14:30-15:00 | |
Date & Venue
Date
Networking Workshop FMD-QNC will take place on 27-28 June 2023
Location
IHP
Im Technologiepark 25
15236 Frankfurt (Oder)
Germany
Accommodation
City Park Hotel
Lindenstraße 12
15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Tel.: +49 335 5532 0
Special Rate: 86,50 € (Single room per night, including breakfast)
Please make your reservation with Promocode “Workshop OpenPDK” till 09.06.2023 to get the special rate.
