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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
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: Digital design flow Analog design flow Challenges in RF design		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