OpenPDK Networking Workshop

OpenPDK, OpenTooling and Open Source Design

An Initiative to Push Development

Date:
Networking Workshop FMD-QNC on 27-28 June 2023
Location:
IHP; Im Technologiepark 25; 15236 Frankfurt (Oder)
Contact:
Sergei Andreev; Phone: +49 335 5625 523

Free Registration: 

OnLine

The workshop is organised by IHP and FMD (Research Fab Microelectronics Germany) within the framework of the 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.

Presentation	Presenter/Institution	Timeline
Day 1
Welcome by coordinator FMD-QNC	Dr. Andreas Bruning Research Fab Microelectronics Germany	9:00-9:10
Introduction FMD-QNC project status and IHP OpenPDK Roadmap	Dr. Rene Scholz IHP	9:10-9:30
Status OpenPDK and OpenTooling for SG13G2 BiCMOS technology	Sergei Andreev IHP	9:30-10:00
An Ultra-Low-Power High-Density Wireless Biomedical Sensing System	Prof. Harald Pretl Johannes Kepler University Linz	10:00-10:30
Teaching digital design by using open-source EDA tools	Prof. Steffen Reith Rhein Main University of Applied Sciences	10:30-11:00
Coffee break		11:00-11:40
CMOS Rail-to-Rail Operational Amplifier for HPGe Radiation Detector	Prof. Herman Jalli Ng Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences	11:40-12:10
Design-flow approaches for mmWave and sub-THz integrated transceiver circuits for radar and communication	Sasha Breun FAU Erlangen	12:10-12:40
Lunch break		12:40-13:40
TBD	Dr. Frank K. Gurkaynak ETH Zurich	13:40-14:10
TBD	Joachim Hebeler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	14:10-14:40
Coffee break		14:40-15:10
TBD	Prof.  Dietmar Kissinger Ulm University	15:10-15:40
LibMan - an easy way to manage your open source design flow	Dr. Anton Datsuk IHP	15:40-16:10
Get together (Barbecue)		17:00-…
Day 2
ngspice - status and future developments	Prof. Holger Vogt	9:00-9:20
DMT - Python Toolkit for Device Modeling	Mario Krattenmacher SemiMod	9:20-9:40
OpenVAF - Next Generation Verilog-A Compiler with ngspice integration	Mario Krattenmacher SemiMod	9:40-10:00
Coffee break		10:00-10:40
Best practices for implementing and optimizing KLayout DRC and LVS decks	Matthias Köfferlein	10:40-11:00
Generating DRC and LVS Runsets for KLayout	Dr. Andreas Krinke TU Dresden	11:00-11:20
OpenEMS in open source EDA	Jan Taro Svejda University of Duisburg-Essen	11:20-11:40
Lunch break		11:40-12:40
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 Panelists: TBD	12:40-14:10