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e-vision is an elite fabless design house capable of integrating analog functions, RF, logic and memory on a single chip (die). The cores are designed to fit together to build Systems-on-Chips (SoC). e-vision
IP is designed using the most advanced CMOS wafer processes in either
TSMC or UMC. e-vision was founded as a Philips Semiconductors spin-off
located in Zurich. It focused from the beginning on high-speed low-power
converters (MSPS) and RF analog front ends due to its past experience.
The following are available as silicon IP. The 315-915 MHz core is one of smallest ISM compatible RF front ends and with 10mA current draw including integrated PA one of the most power efficient. The 200 MHz 8-bit data converter outranges the common FLASH architectures by a factor 6 in area. Also available is a 10-bit 75 MSPS dataconverter for RF front-end applications For customer's own designs, e-vision licenses its profound analog IP library to its customers this effectively speeds up the customer design process to shorten time to market and lower development risk. e-vision offers the full range of analog design services. Analog silicon blocks are designed according to customer specification and optimized layouts are done according to application needs. DRC&LVS are obviously part of the release procedure. The tool suite is compatible to most commonly used tools in industry and accomplished by our own tool set. Engineering resources are available to develop VHDL/Verilog code according to customer applications. Code development can target either behavioural modeling or circuit synthesis to achieve the most cost-effective, robust and lowest power solution. Customer engagements may include developments ranging from IP blocks to turnkey solutions. In addition, e-vision has a substantial digital low-power IP library of digital cores, including an ultra-low-power micro-controller. e-vision, inc. knows that being successful in our business is mainly about competence and not about attitude. Therefore, our staff consists of highly skilled experts with immaculate track records and years of experience. Contact e-vision, inc. Oskar-Bider-Str.
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POSIC S.A. is a privately-owned company, specialized in coil-on-chip inductive position sensors. The company is headquartered in Neuchatel, Switzerland and was founded in April 2001 as a spin-off from CSEM (Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology) and positions itself as "solution provider for position sensing in motion control applications" based on "coil-on-chip inductive sensor technology with signal processing and interface electronics". The ultra-miniaturized inductive sensors are based on a proprietary technology that allows the fabrication of an inductive coil system on a silicon chip. The POSIC inductive position sensor combines the advantages of the inductive sensing principle and silicon integrated circuit technology. Using coil-on-chip technology, the bulky windings of the conventional resolvers and LVDT's are reduced to the size of a silicon chip. A custom integrated circuit is integrated in the sensor package and provides signal conditioning and a robust interface, suitable for motion control and industrial control applications. Compared to Hall sensors and magnetoresistive sensors, the POSIC inductive sensors have the advantage that they don't need a permanent magnet (large dimensions and heavy weight) and can thus be made very thin. Furthermore, the POSIC sensors are immune to strong magnetic fields, support high ambient temperatures and do not suffer from oil, dust or (magnetic) particles and can even work with targets of non-magnetic material like aluminum! "Our objective is to become a leading sensor company and to develop our miniature inductive sensors to a high level of perfection." said Johan Bergqvist, Director of R&D at POSIC. "Inductive sensors are widely known, but most people associate them with bulky wire-wound coils and don't realize that they can get the same inductive sensor integrated on one chip with the readout electronics. It's our mission to make them aware of this and establish the coil-on-chip inductive sensors as the leading edge sensing technology for motion control applications." adds Sietse Wouters, Director of M&S at POSIC. Contact POSIC Jaquet-Droz
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