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THine Electronics Adopts
Berkeley Design Automation’s PLL Noise AnalyzerTM
For Design of Digital Consumer Multimedia ICs
Accurate
Noise and Jitter Analysis Enables Mixed-Signal IC Supplier To
Accelerate Design and Volume Production of Mixed-Signal LSIs
SANTA CLARA, Calif. —[January 16, 2006]
— Berkeley Design Automation Inc., a provider of innovative silicon
analysis tools for analog/RF and mixed-signal applications, today
announced that THine Electronics, Inc., a leading developer of
mixed-signal integrated circuits for digital consumer television and
computing applications, has adopted and successfully deployed PLL Noise
Analyzer. THine Electronics has used PLL Noise Analyzer to perform
extensive noise analysis on its 0.18u CMOS SerDes interface devices
which are based on THine’s V-by-One™ technology. Berkeley Design’s
advanced circuit analysis technology enabled THine to meet demanding
noise specifications before tape-out, removing the need for multiple
silicon spins.
“At THine, we design a variety of LSIs with high speed interfaces that
must meet very tight noise specifications under stringent cost
constraints”, said Jun-ichi Okamura, Director Business Unit I, THine
Electronics, Inc. “The ability of PLL Noise Analyzer to provide
accurate analysis enabled us to dramatically reduce our verification
turn-around time. This capability allows us to deploy a robust analysis
methodology for all of our designs.”
Digital consumer products consist of a wide variety of mixed-signal
ICs. With traditional analog/RF analysis methodologies and tools, it is
necessary to characterize some aspects of these designs by producing
silicon prototypes and taking extensive measurement data. Such
approaches are used because designers cannot accurately characterize
circuits for key specifications with existing tools. The result is
delayed time to volume and increased product development costs.
Berkeley Design has developed next generation circuit analysis
technologies that allow designers to accurately characterize their
designs before tape-out. PLL Noise Analyzer, the company’s first
product, is the industry’s only tool that can accurately characterize
the noise and jitter performance of nonlinear circuits, such as PLLs
and VCOs, at the transistor level. Berkeley Design’s proprietary
Stochastic Nonlinear EngineTM
is the foundation of PLL Noise Analyzer and it provides unprecedented
analysis speed and accuracy.
‘We are very pleased that Berkeley Design’s next generation circuit
analysis technology has enabled THine to continue building their
leadership in innovative mixed-signal ICs for the PC and LCD markets”,
said Ravi Subramanian, president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation.
“By providing breakthrough silicon analysis technologies, we are able
to deliver on our mission to accelerate customers’ time-to-volume
production on their most complex mixed-signal designs.”
About Berkeley
Design Automation
Berkeley Design Automation Inc. was founded in 2003 to address the
verification challenges in the design of next-generation
high-performance analog/RF integrated circuits (ICs). Berkeley Design
Automation is a venture-backed, private company funded by Woodside Fund
and Bessemer Venture Partners. The company’s technology characterizes
the nonlinear, time-varying behavior of complex analog and RF circuits,
providing extremely accurate predictions that dramatically reduce the
need for silicon re-spins. The company’s first product, PLL Noise
Analyzer, the industry's only noise analysis tool for phase-locked
loops (PLLs), has been adopted by semiconductor industry leaders. For
more information, see http://www.berkeley-da.com.
About THine
Electronics
THine Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides
innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as LVDS, other
high speed data signaling, timing controller, ADC, RF and power
management in growing niche markets for our customers' solutions,
targeting its strategic markets in flat TVs (PDP and LCD televisions),
LCD monitors, projectors, projection televisions, mobile phones, and
automotive markets.
THine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has design centers in Kyoto
and Kyushu, Japan, as well as a marketing subsidiary in Taipei, Taiwan.
THine Electronics is traded on the JASDAQ under the security code of
6769. More information is located on the World Wide Web at
http://www.thine.co.jp.
PLL Noise Analyzer and Stochastic
Nonlinear Engine are trademarks of Berkeley Design Automation, Inc.
Berkeley Design is a registered trademark of Berkeley Design
Automation, Inc.
V-by-One is a trademark of THine Electronics, Inc.
HSPICE is a registered trademark of Synopsys Inc. Spectre is a
registered trademark of Cadence Design Systems Inc.
Editorial
Contact:
PR for Berkeley Design Automation – Cayenne Communication LLC
Michelle Clancy, 252-940-0981, michelle.clancy@cayennecom.com
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