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About Analog Bits

Analog Bits, Inc. is the leader in developing and delivering low-power integrated clocking, sensors and interconnect IP that are pervasive in virtually all of today’s semiconductors. Products include a wide portfolio of precision clocking macros PLLs and XTAL and RC Oscillators, Sensors to monitor Temperature, Voltage Drops, Voltage Spikes, System Power Integrity with integrated or separately available bandgaps and ADC’s. We connect the logic voltage of synthesized digital logic to external physical world using our unique programmable interconnect solutions, such as multi-protocol SERDES, C2C I/Os and differential transmitters and receivers.

With multiple billions of Analog Bits’s IP fabricated in silicon from 0.25um to 5nm FinFet processes, Analog Bits has an established a track-record of delivering high-quality differentiated mixed signal IP. Analog Bits’ technology leadership empowers our customers with the competitive edge they need to deliver high quality System on Chip (SoC) products in a timely manner while significantly lowering their risk and costs.

Analog Bits, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley. With several hundred man years of leading edge mixed signal IP development, Analog Bits is an important supplier of differentiated IP that are embedded in SoC devices, spawning the mobile, computing, AI and Automotive revolution that is at the heart of our 24-hour a day constantly connecting the world. Today, Analog Bits licenses and supports its products to a broad, global customer base that includes industry leaders in the consumer, communication, computing, industrial, automotive and military & aerospace segments.

PRODUCTS

CLOCKING – Industry’s broadest and most pervasive clocking IPs

Highest quality and most customizable clocking IP

Silicon proven at 5nm and taping out at 3nm, Analog Bits offers lowest power, wide-range integer/fractional, ultra-low jitter PLL IP; all the way up to the entire PCIe reference clock subsystem

• Silicon-proven IP and in high-volume production
• Available at leading fabs & foundries
• Fully supported by a market leader
• Customizable to customer needs

Datasheets:

• Wide-range programmable PLL for system/DDR clocking (Datasheet upon request)
• Fine resolution low jitter clock generators for high-end video/audio (Datasheet upon request)
• Fractional-N PLL for fine tuning digital logic (Datasheet upon request)
• SSCG PLL for EMI reduction (Datasheet upon request)
• Sub-ps jitter SERDES PLL for low noise clocks (Datasheet upon request)
• Line Lock PLL’s for video capture applications (Datasheet upon request)
• Sub-micro watt ultra low power PLL (Datasheet upon request)
• Rad-Hard PLL for Mil-Aero applications (Datasheet upon request)
• DLL Technology for DDR and precise delay insertions (Datasheet upon request)

SERDES

Lowest power, PCIe Gen 3/4/5 class Serdes customizable to your unique requirements

Silicon taped out in 8nm, 7nm, and 5nm, Analog Bits offers 32Gbps multi-protocol, enterprise class PCIe Gen 4/5 Serdes from which we can customize for your particular market requirements.

• Half power SERDES compared to competing alternatives
• Smallest die area
• Multiprotocol: PCIe, SAS, SATA, HMC, USB…
• Lowest latency for chip-to-chip communications
• Supports multiple date rates with UNLIMITED LANE COUNT
• Flexible placement: Can be located anywhere on the SOC

I/O – High performance interconnects, programmable DDR/QDR, Over Voltage Tolerant buffers

Differential clocking/signaling and crystal oscillator IP. Lowest power I/O technologies customized to your die-to-die needs

Silicon proven at 5nm and taping out at 3nm, Analog Bits offers a wide array of I/O solutions, and has the expertise to architect your I/O needs in fewest transistors and with highest signaling quality.

• Silicon-proven IP in high-volume production
• Available at leading fabs & foundries
• Fully supported by a credible company
• Customizable to client’s needs

Datasheets:

• DDR3/DDR4 I/O (Datasheet upon request)
• ONFI I/O (Datasheet upon request)
• LPDDR2/LPDDR3 I/O (Datasheet upon request)
• Over-Voltage I/O (Datasheet upon request)
• Low-Noise Crystal Oscillator I/O Pads (Datasheet upon request)
• High-Speed differential current steering buffers (Datasheet upon request)
• PCI-Express & SATA clock drivers (Datasheet upon request)
• FPGA-class Multi-Programmable I/O (Datasheet upon request)

SENSORS – Fully Integrated PVT Sensors

Small footprint, integrated sensor for PVT, power supply monitoring both on-chip and system power

Silicon proven at 5nm and taping out at 3nm, Analog Bits offers the most comprehensive monitoring sensor IP portfolio far beyond just process PVTs and ensure integrity of your entire power delivery subsystem

• Measures localized PVT
  • Detects voltage spikes during security hacks
• Fully integrated on-die
  • Empowers SW load balancing for energy efficiency
• Lowest power
• Smallest PVT core area

Datasheets

• Sensors (Datasheet upon request)

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