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which often burden other aspects of a product. The inherentflexibility of the all-programmable technology, beyondhardware to software, digital to analog, and single to multipledie in 3-D ICs, is offered as addressing the communicationmarket’s ultimate need to reduce design costs while increasingperformance.SENSORS: AS3935FRANKLIN LIGHTNING SENSOR(ams-TAOS USA)A unique device, the AS3935 programmablelightning sensor IC detects thepresence and approach of potentiallyhazardous lightning activity in thevicinity. It detects intra-cloud activityas well as cloud-to-ground flashes,often enabling risk to be evaluated forapproaching storms. In addition, itidentifies and rejects interference signalsfrom common man-made sources,such as fluorescent lighting, microwaveovens, and switches.Configurability allows the partto work both indoors and outdoors.Portable devices, such as GPS, watches,cell phones, and handhelds, canmonitor the environment to warn ofpotential lightning strikes. Devicessuch as weather stations, clocks, andpool equipment can warn of approachinglightning strikes in the area, withrelative confidence. Devices protectingequipment, such as UPS for telecom,medical equipment, televisions,and computers, can switch to batterybackedor generator power when strikesthreaten the integrity of power supplyand quality.processing systems, analog mixed signal, and IP cores. Toaddress implementation, Vivado includes a hierarchicaldesign flow, logic synthesis with support for SystemVerilog,and a 4× faster, more deterministic place-and-route enginethat uses analytics to minimize “cost” functions of multiplevariables, including timing, wire length, and routingcongestion. Last-minute design changes and ECOs areaddressed with incremental flows that allow for smallchanges to be quickly processed, making iterations fasterafter each change.Advanced IC Packaging3D Miniaturized ModulesMulti-Die and Stacked DieMiniaturizedFPGA SystemsMulti-Component ModuleSOFTWARE: VIVADODESIGN SUITE (XILINX)The Vivado Design Suite is offeredas the industry’s first SoC-strengthdesign environment consisting ofa highly integrated IP and systemcentricdesign platform for 28 nm,20 nm, and future generations of allprogrammable devices. It is designedto help address design integration andimplementation bottlenecks faced byFPGA users.Vivado speeds the design of programmablelogic and I/O as well asaccelerates programmable systemsintegration and implementation intodevices incorporating 3-D stacked siliconinterconnect technology, ARMCSP and Flip ChipMolded MCMPiP and PoP(Package in/onPackage)Designed and Manufactured in the U.S.A.www.isipkg.com 805.482.2870 info@isipkg.com[ www.edn.com ] MAY 2013 | EDN 45