July 27, 2010 -- Virage Logic Corporation today announced the expansion of its broad semiconductor IP product portfolio with the introduction of SiANA, a new offering of silicon-proven analog IP components essential for building multimedia consumer electronics devices. Comprising of clock sources, data converters, and sensor circuits, the product-proven, area efficient, high performance SiANA IP offering is designed for low power in TSMC’s 40, 65, and 90-nanometer (nm) process nodes. The portfolio provides the essential building blocks for general purpose System-on-Chip (SoC) implementations, as well as precision subsystems for multimedia and communications.

The SiANA analog IP portfolio, based on a highly reusable portfolio started at Philips Electronics, later transferred to NXP and now part of Virage Logic, is optimized for low power applications and small die area. Delivering both low power and cost effective solutions, the SiANA analog IP offering is ideally suited to meet the requirements of such market segments as:

• Consumer, such as digital TV, set-top boxes, MP3 players
• Computer, such as TV tuner cards
• Telecom, such as application engines and baseband interfaces for 2.5G, 3G, GPS, BT, DECT, TVoM, WiMAX, and WLAN

The entire SiANA analog IP portfolio has been proven in silicon through test qualification programs and/or in volume production in Philips’ or NXP’s products. The same IP implementations are portable, as they have been ported over different technology nodes.

The SiANA clock sources IP is targeted for application in SoCs and delivers outstanding and robust performance:

• A low power, small area, multi-output-phase PLL for up to 320 MHz
• Multi-purpose PLLs with frequencies up to 550 MHz, 1,100 MHz and 1,400 MHz with native supply, built-in SoC level power management support, the industry’s lowest input frequency (as low as 32 kHz, ideally suited for MP3 player applications)
• Available in three different configurations: De-skew, Fractional-N and Spread Spectrum modulation

The SiANA data conversion IP portfolio can serve a large number of applications optimally utilizing the advantages of high speed Successive Approximation Register (SAR), pipeline and Sigma-Delta architectures. The most commonly supported application domains are:

• Audio input and output for Ultra Compact Audio/VoIP, Hi-Fi Audio and Enhanced Hi-Fi Audio
• IF systems with input bandwidth requirements up to 10 MHz also supporting dedicated IQ configurations
• Video streaming using RGB, Component, S-Video and Composite standards, and Measurement
• Control applications (e.g. DC and touch screens)\

Because the SiANA sensor IP portfolio provides the SoC with vital data regarding temperature and supply voltage, the SoC can automatically regulate itself for the best performance within the current operating conditions.

The SiANA product portfolio is available on a range of TSMC process nodes including: CLN65LP, CLN40LP, and CLN40G.

Go to the Virage Logic Corp. website for product details.