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HIGH POWER DISTRIBUTION, CONTROL AND
MONITORING ASIC
(SMART POWER) FOR SPACE
E. Martínez(1), K. Grange(1), R. Jansen(2), J. Ricart(1), E. Pun(1), J. López(1),
E. Prefasi(3), M. García(3), M. Bustamante(4), L. de la Fuente(4), D. Peña(4), F. Gutiérrez(1)
(1) ARQUIMEA Ingeniería S.L.
(2) ESA/ESTEC
(3) Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
(4) EADS CASA ESPACIO
www.arquimea.com
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OUTLINE
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About ARQUIMEA
REDSAT ASIC & Development Phases
Why an ASIC
Project Restrictions
Technology selection: ON SEMICONDUCTORS I3T80V
Risk Analysis and Mitigation
ASIC Description
Radiation Hard Design
– Analog Modules
– Digital test vehicles
• Conclusions
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ARQUIMEA
The company
100% private
Funded in 2007 as a spin off of UC3M
Based in Leganes (Madrid)
UC3M Scientific park
Employees: 22 (18 engineers/4 administratives).
Sustainable growth
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ARQUIMEA OFFERS
Disruptive technologies/new
electronic mechanic and electromechanic components
Engineering provider/
technology partner.
Enthusiastic human
team/Research Training Center
philosophy.
Technologies:
ASICs/FPGA design
Sensors
Actuators
Microsystems
Sectors:
Industrial
Automotive
Defence
Space
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ASIC DESIGN SERVICES
Mixed signal ASICS design for space applications.
Radiation hardening.
ASIC’s design.
– Rad-hard libraries and IPs
pre-selection or development.
– Application of rad hard design
rules to rad tolerant
technologies.
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Foundry selection.
− Based on application
analysis (voltage, power
comsumtion, frequency, …).
− On Semi, AMS, IHP, MHS,
Xfab, IMS Fraunhofer, …)
ASIC’s specification
consolidation.
Functional
Schematics
Place & route,
Timing analysis, extraction,
Verification
Design Rules Checking
(DRC).
ASIC Manufacturing
(at the selected foundry)
Device qualification
Package design.
− Custom package design,
− Thermal analysis.
− Chip / package interface
simulation.
ESA
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Testability analysis
Test development.
PA requIrements
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DIRECT RADIATING ARRAY ANTENNA
REDSAT ASIC
ICU
PSU
Communications
ASIC
Control, power and monitoring
RF CHAIN
Power
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DIRECT RADIATING ARRAY ANTENNA
REDSAT ASIC
ICU
PSU
Communications
ASIC
Control, power and monitoring
RF CHAIN
Power
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WHY AN ASIC
Hundreds of
LNA points
per antenna
are needed.
Need to reduce
total electronics
area
ICU
PSU
Communications
Higher reliabiliy
Power
Mass saving
ASIC
Control, power and monitoring
RF CHAIN
Recurrent cost
saving
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PROJECT RESTRICTIONS
Rad hard
120 Krad
15 years lifetime.
ICU
PSU
LIMITED
DEVELOPMENT
TIME
(1 year)
Communications
Power
LIMITED
MAXIMUM AREA
ASSEMBLY ON
HYBRID
MODULE
ASIC
Control, power and monitoring
RF CHAIN
LIMITED PINOUT
POSSIBILITIES
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PROJECT RESTRICTIONS
Rad hard
120 Krad
15 years lifetime.
LIMITED
DEVELOPMENT
TIME
ICU
PSU
Communications
LIMITED
Power
MAXIMUM
AREA
ASSEMBLY ON
HYBRID
MODULE
ASIC
Control, power and monitoring
RF CHAIN
LIMITED
PINOUT
POSSIBILITIES
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DIRECT RADIATING ARRAY ANTENNA
REDSAT ASIC DEVELOPMENT PHASES
R&D
Phase I
HIGH POWER MIXED
SIGNAL ASIC
FEASIBILITY STUDY
& DEVELOPMENT
Phase II
HIGH POWER MIXED
SIGNAL ASIC
QUALIFICATION
UC3M/ARQUIMEA
ESA (ARTES 5)
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Phase III
HIGH POWER MIXED
SIGNAL ASIC
FLIGHT MODEL
EADS CASA ESPACIO
(ANTENNA)
REDSAT PROJECT (HISPASAT)
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TECHNOLOGY SELECTION:
ON SEMI I3T80
High
voltage
transistors
(up to 80V)
Existence
of buried
layer which
is an
advantage
regarding
LU
immunity
and
hardening.
Radiation
tolerant
analog
modules
(SPADA)
and space
heritage
(BAE).
I3T80 is
manufactured
in Europe.
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RISK ANALYSIS/MITIGATION
High voltage
transistors
Lack of
radiation
data
To perform preliminary radiation test of HV
transistors (Total Dose and Heavy Ions effects)
RH Digital cells
in the I3T80
technology
from ON SEMI.
Limited
availabolity
of radiation
tolerannt
digital cells
To develop a radiation-hard digital library in
the I3T80 technology from ON SEMI (the new
digital cells will be validated in radiation tests).
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RADIATION DATA I3T80 TECHNOLOGY
Analog
elements
and
libraries
Total dose
Heavy Ions
Low voltage
transistors
SPADA ASIC*
>120Krad
SPADA ASIC *
LU free
CERN TEST***
120 Krad
(High DR)
High voltage
transistors
ON semi test
vehicles**
N-channel
Functional
Failure at
120Krad
ON semi test
vehicles**
P-channel.
Small drifts at
120Krad
ON semi test
vehicles **
N-channel
BO at VDS 30 V
ON semi test
vehicles **
P-channel
No SEGR up to
VDS80V
* SPADA ASIC with radiation hardened transistors (results from ESA project evaluation).
Karl Grangé, A systematic procedure for the development of hardened technology. Application to the I3T80-HR, AMICSA, 2006.
** Representative samples from ON SEMI for test purposes. Test performed by HIREX Engineering during the project.
*** F.Faccio, DoseTest – A test circuit to measure the radiation response of the AMIS I3T80 technology Measurement report–
CERN/PH, 2006
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MAIN ASIC ELEMENTS
HIGH
VOLTAGE
ANALOG
SWITCHING
ICU
PSU
COMMUNIC.
Communications
LOGIC
ASIC
LOW
Control,
power and monitoring
VOLTAGE
RF CHAIN
ANALOG
FUNCTIONS
Power
DIGITAL
DRIVING
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ASIC BLOCKS
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RADIATION HARD DESIGN
Pre-layout
radiation risk
mitigation
• Minimize the use of N-MOS transistors (more sensitive to radiation than PMOS) by selecting the appropriate architectures.
• Use of P-MOS transistor for HV switch, at the expense of a higher silicon area.
Lay-out
radiation
mitigation
techniques
TD
• Pseudo enclosed layout for NMOS: ensures good D/S isolation from lateral
transistor with acceptable accuracy with the foundry electrical model.
Lay-out
radiation
mitigation
techniques
LU
• Systematic guard rings => cut inter MOSFET leakage current
• NMOS and PMOS are designed inside floating pockets => improved physical
isolation.
• NMOS and PMOS are manufactured above buried layers with deep biased
plugs => improved charges evacuation towards power ties.
Digital
design SEU
mitigation
• Use of 3-vote flip-flops for digital storage (triple mode redundancy or TMR).
• Use of special monitoring logic for SEU (EDAC).
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ANALOG MODULES
Power on Reset
Temperature measurement (PT1000, -40ºC to 80ºC)
Power MOS current measurement (up to 250mA)
Level switching for Power MOSFETS for LNAs.
Vg voltage polarization selection.
Current Bias generation.
Reference voltage generation. Bandgap.
ADC (8 bits). 100KHz max.
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DESIGN OVERVIEW (I)
I3T80 Technology (On-Semi -Belgium-)
Epitaxial N-pockets,
allowing fully isolated
devices floating on the
substrate (up to 80V)
Bipolar – D-MOS – CMOS
(0.35um)
High Voltage devices (HV),
Vds up to 80V, N-MOS and
P-MOS.
Design restriction: HVNMOS not used, due to its
performance in radiation
shows some important
leakage. -> Future activity:
design RH HV NMOS.
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DESIGN OVERVIEW (II)
Bandgap voltage reference. Based on NPN transistors, but
connected as diodes (Beta degradation under radiation)
ADC 8 bits (SAR - current steering)
High device matching (required for accurate PT-1000 biasing, etc.)
Internal power P-MOS current monitoring
Special “floating” level shifter designed to avoid the HV-NMOS
Provide backup circuits to decrease risk
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DESIGN OVERVIEW (III)
Individual pocket isolation for P and N transistors
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DESIGN OVERVIEW (IV)
Preliminary layout,
still to be routed
Chip Area ~25 mm2
Dual bonding pad to
minimise scratch risk
at EWS
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DIGITAL TEST VEHICLES
Highest sensitive transistor area
density for a given size
Each transistor is sensitive while for a
NAND or a NOR, in the stacked
branch, one transistor is less sensitive
Selection:
INVERTER CHAIN
The inverter chain is also a very good
test vehicle for SET sensitivity tests,
due to its ability to pass very fast
signals
As the digital library is designed from
performances of the smallest inverter
(fan-out definition…), generalization of
results is easier
Large cell area of the order 15x when compared to the standard cells!!!!
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CONCLUSIONS
It is not possible to provide definitive conclusions since
the ASICs described herein are still at the end of the
design phase and no results are available yet.
The HV functions have been developed using P-channel
transistors, departing from radiation data from preliminary
test performed on test vehicles from ON SEMI.
• These tests showed acceptable radiation performance for High Voltage P-channel transistors while
the N-channel ones showed a high sensitivity to both heavy ions and gamma rays total cumulative
dose.
A digital test vehicle has been developed that includes
new rad hard digital structures.
• These designs will be verified in a first run and provide the digital functionality of the
final mixed-signal ASIC.
• The main aspect to be improved will be the area ratio between the radiation
hardened and the standard I3T80 digital cells (15x). Further area improvements
are under investigation.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Support on the ON
SEMI technology.
• Support on the
I3T80 technology.
IMEC
ON SEMI
P.Malisse
A. De Langhe
J. Roig
G.Milczanowska
, G. Thys, R.
Brouns, etc
CERN
F. Faccio
• Support on radiation
experience with
AMIS I3T80
HIREX
F.X. Guerre
J.F. Pascal
• Support on radiation
test activities.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Enrique Martínez
• [email protected]
Francisco Gutiérrez
• [email protected]
• Tlf: +34 627495410
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ARQUIMEA – ASIC current projects
RADIATION TOLERANT ANALOGUE MIXED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY SURVEY
AND TEST VEHICLE DESIGN FOR COSMIC VISION (ESA TRP)
ARQUIMEA responsibilities:
• Project prime contractor.
• Analog and digital design
• Lay-out
• PA requirements
• ASIC verification testing
FRONT-END READOUT ASIC TECHNOLOGY STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT
TEST VEHICLES FOR FRONT-END READOUT ASICS (ESA TRP)
ARQUIMEA responsibilities:
• Project prime contractor.
• Analog and digital design
• Lay-out
• PA requirements
• ASIC verification testing
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Other ASIC related projects:
HYDE-GASPARD collaboration areas (through the Spanish
Delegation support):
– Particles detection ASICs (high proximity readout electronics).
OPTIMISE/APOLO (Catrene labeled project):
– ARQUIMEA participates in the project OPTIMISE as a new partner
proposing rad-hard ASIC structures in deep submicron technologies.
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Netlist
verification
Time constrains
simulaitons
FPGA functional
verification and test
DESIGN
FPGA
programming
FPGA datapack
Netlist
generation
Detailed design
Preliminary
data sheet
Architecture
verification and
optimization
Verification
Plan
PRE-DESIGN
Functionality
simulations
RTL code interfaces,
logic systesis, blocks
integration
Simulations and
test bench
definition
Architectural
design
INITIAL
ANALISYS
Hierarchy tree
Functionality
partition
System
requirements
review
Development
plan
Feasibility and
risk
assessment
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FPGAs design services
FPGA
IMPLEME
NTATION
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FPGAs design group. Projects and experience
RAD-HARD FPGA design and implementation: MEIGA/MetNet DUST SENSOR, (INTA,
Spain).
Digital ASIC implementation in FPGA for design verification: REDSAT (EADS CASA
ESPACIO, Spain).
FPGAs for Hardware Accelerator for Cryptography (Spanish Defence Department, Spain).
FPGAs for Touch-less Optical Sensors Technologies for Biomedical applications. (TBS,
Switzerland).
FPGA Applications for CPLD testing Coolrunner-II (INTA, Spain).
VHDL design for the 8279 (SEDECAL. Spain).
FPGA for interface communications for the 8031microcontroller. (ThyssenKupp
Elevadores, S.A., Spain)