Analog/Full Custom IC Design

Full-custom design is a methodology for designing integrated circuits by

specifying the layout of each individual transistor and the interconnections
between them.
Alternatives to full-custom design include various forms of semi-custom design,
such as the repetition of small transistor sub-circuits; one such methodology is
the use of standard cell libraries (standard cell libraries are themselves designed
using full-custom design techniques).

Huada Empyrean offers a complete Analog and Mixed-Signal design solution

with a competitive set of tools that covers schematic/layout (AetherTM), circuit
simulation(AeolusTM), physical verification (ArgusTM) and interconnect analysis
(RCExplorerTM). This is standards-based solution that supports OpenAccessTM,
and iPDK. The solution is designed to be inter-operable with other OpenAccess
based tool flow.

Design Flow of Empyrean Tools

Complete solution for analog and mixed-signal IC designer

Design kits
To help companies jump-start their design cycles and cut time-to-market, Huada Empyrean and its foundry partners
have developed IC design kits, which include all the foundry-specific data files and models for use with the Huada Empyrean's back-end IC design tools. Available from major foundries, these kits enable the entire design workflow to be supported by foundry-specific processes. Empyrean supports OpenPDK, iPDK and other industry standards.

Tools included in Empyreans Standard Analog and Mixed-signal IC Design Flow

AetherTM (Schematic and Layout Design Platform)
Aether has several built-in modules such as design manager (Aether-DM), technology manager (Aether-TM), schematic editor (Aether-SE),
layout editor (Aether-LE), schematic-driven layout (Aether-SDL), mixed-signal simulation environment (Aether-MDE), etc.

AeolusTM (SPICE Simulator)

Aeolus delivers SPICE-level accuracy with excellent performance and capacity for the most challenging analog and mixed-signal designs.

iWaveTM
iWave is analog and mixed-signal waveform viewer and analyzer.

ArgusTM
Argus is a fast and accurate in-design DRC/LVS solution for analog, digital and mixed-signal designs.

PVETM (Physical Verification Environment)

PVE is an easy-to-use physical verification debug tool.

RCExplorerTM
RCExplorer offers fast, in-design, pre-LVS and post-extraction parasitic analysis.

Why adopt Empyrean?

Integrated environment for schematic Capture , Spice simulation, IC Layout design, Verification (DRC/LVS),
Parasitic Extraction & GDS II Export.
supports OpenPDK, iPDK and other industry standards
HSPICE and Pspice compatible for netlists, models and analysis features.
Complete solution for analog and mixed-signal IC designer.
Accurate circuit simulation.
Analog and digital mixed-mode simulation.
Industry compatible: easy import-export of entire design.
Silicon proven.
Competitive and flexible pricing.

Pspice is the registered trademark of Cadence Design System, Inc.

HSPICE is the registered trademark of Synopsys, Inc.

Some of International customers:

Some of Indian Universities using Empyrean Tools