Mixed Signal ASIC Design, FHNW School of Engineering and Environment

Analog sensor signals are received, amplified, processed, digitized and further processed until they can be passed on to a higher-level system.

Building a Mixed-Signal ASIC means combining of the competences of analog and digital circuit design, in particular:

• Circuit design with linear circuits and "switched-capacitor" circuit techniques
• Analog-to-digital conversion using all methods, in particular sigma-delta modulation
• Mixed-signal ASIC design and modelling
• Design of low-power circuits
• Development of test procedures, test structures and test patterns (ATPG - Automatic Test Pattern Generation) for ASICs