Linear and Switching Power IC Design

Power management is both an important part of all integrated circuits and a vital product category in its own right. We offer our combined experience designing power solutions both at the block and system level, including linear regulators, switching regulator controllers, and monolithic switching regulators. From design consulting to completed layout, test plans, and documentation, we strive to provide the appropriate level of support required for your toughest projects.

High-Voltage IC Design

Some applications, especially in power, require pins with extended operating voltage ranges. We have the expertise necessary to design robust integrated circuit products and IP blocks in BCD and SOI processes using high voltages. This includes the electrical and physical design of the die as well as the pin configuration to be sensitive to safety needs and standards such as ISO26262.

Legacy Process Product Support

Aging super-micron MOS and bipolar technologies continue to deliver value well into the twenty-first century. It's getting harder and harder to find experts who can understand and support designs in these important legacy technologies. We can help keep your valuable portfolio of these unique products customer-ready.

Digital Interface and Controller Design

There are many options for digital interfaces available for integrated circuits, and high quality digital design is needed for both customer-facing interfaces and test. We offer a full range of digital design services to meet your and your customers' needs.

Firmware and Embedded Programming

In addition to logic implemented in hardware, many designs require a software component as well. We can provide programming services for both on-chip controllers and microcontrollers in board-level solutions.

Our experience spans a wide range of architectures, including PIC, AVR, MCS-51, MIPS, Z80, ARM, and x86, and a wide range of toolchains, including GCC, SDCC, and Clang.

Printed Circuit Board Design

While our primary focus is integrated circuit design, sometimes the need arises to produce PCBs as well, and NC Semiconductor is capable and willing to produce boards to fulfill our customers' needs.

Our experience includes both ordinary full-custom PCBs and the creation of boards from raster images of the layers. This unique image-to-PCB capability provides a fast path for reverse engineering of otherwise difficult-to-replace end-of-life products.