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VCA-1

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General-purpose array with 40K-ASIC gates, 54-kbits of RAM, 18-kbytes of via-ROM and 30+ op-amps
VCA-1 Analog Resources & I/O:
  • 34 Op-Amps and supporting resources: R, C, Trans, Switch
  • 24 Single-Ended Op-Amps
  • 6 Wideband Op-Amps
  • 4 Low Noise Op-Amps
  • 2 10-bit, 1MSPS DACs
  • 42 Analog I/O
  • 3.3V Isolated Analog Power
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
    • 54 Kbits of 1-Port SRAM
    • 72 Configurable Digital I/O
    • 3.3V Digital Power
  • Logic: 40,500 Gates
Process: AMS 0.35 (C35)Status: Production

VCA-2

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High-Voltage array with support for analog up to 50V plus digital and non-volatile memory
VCA-2 Analog Resources & I/O:
  • 20V Analog
  • 12 20V Op-Amps
  • 12 3.3V Op-Amps
  • 6 Power Management Tiles
  • 2 Regulator Tiles
  • 2 10-bit, 1MSPS DACs
  • 42 Analog I/O
  • 3.3V Isolated Analog Power
  • 20V Isolated Analog Power
  • 20V Analog
  • 12 20V Op-Amps
  • 12 3.3V Op-Amps
  • 6 Power Management Tiles
  • 2 Regulator Tiles
  • 2 10-bit, 1MSPS DACs
  • 42 Analog I/O
  • 3.3V Isolated Analog Power
  • o 20V Isolated Analog Power
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
    • 21 Kbits of 1-Port SRAM
    • 1Kx8 EEPROM, 20-Year Retention
    • 44 Configurable Digital I/O
    • 3.3V Digital Power
  • Logic: 15,750 Gates
Process: AMS 0.35 (H35)Status: Production

VCA-3

 
The VCA 3/5/8 Family enable the designer to select the right combination of resources to create circuits consisting of simple analog filters and amplifiers, all the way up to high speed, high resolution data converters and other mixed-signal DSP solutions.
Analog Resources & I/O:
  • 4 general-purpose op-amp tiles
  • 2 fully differential op-amp tiles
  • 3 10-bit DACs, 1uS
  • 1 8-bit ADC, 1-MSPS
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
    • RAMs Implemented as 128x36 Dual Port SRAMs
    • 125MHz system speeds
    • Via-ROM implemented as 1k x 8 ROMs
    • 200MHz operation PLL
  • Logic: 56,700 Gates
Process: 180nm IBMStatus: Production

VCA-4

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Low-power, low-noise array with fully differential analog
VCA-4 Analog Resources & I/O:
  • Low-Power, Low-Noise
  • 3.3V Analog
  • 6 Low Power Fully Differential Analog Tiles
  • 8 Low Power Low Noise Single Ended Analog Tiles
  • 12 Wideband/Low Noise Op-amp Tiles
  • 1 Low Power Bias Generators
  • High Resistance Tile
  • 2 10-bit Digital Potentiometers
  • Temperature Sensor
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
    • 32 Kbits of 1-Port SRAM
    • 4Kx16 EEPROM, 20-Year Retention
    • 48 Configurable Digital I/O
    • 3.3V Digital Power
    • 32KHz to 2MHz PLL
    • 32 Kbits of 1-Port SRAM4Kx16 EEPROM, 20-Year Retention48 Configurable Digital I/O3.3V Digital Power32KHz to 2MHz PLL
  • Logic: 24,000 Gates
Process: AMS 0.35 (E35)Status: Production

VCA-5

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High capacity, wideband platform
VCA-5 Analog Resources & I/O:
  • 88 Op-Amps & Resources
  • 3.3V Analog
  • 16 Fully Differential Analog Tiles
  • 20 Single Ended Analog Tiles
  • 12 Wideband/Low Noise Op-amp Tiles
  • 2 Bias Generators
  • 8 10-bit, 1MSPS DACs
  • 2 8-bit, 1MSPS ADCs
  • 10-bit, 25MSPS Pipelined ADC
  • 10 6-bit, 50MSPS Current Steering DACs
  • 2 Programmable Delay Lines
  • 33ns Span, 100ps Steps
  • 73 Analog I/O
  • 3.3V Isolated Analog Power
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
    • 102 Kbits of 1-Port SRAM
    • 32Kx8 EEPROM, 20-Year Retention
    • 60 Configurable Digital I/O
    • 3.3V Digital Power
  • Logic: 76,500 Gates
Process: AMS 0.35 (E35)Status: Silicon Proven

VCA-6

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Via-Configurable Array (VCA) that contains over 1,000,000 ASIC gates, 96 op-amps and supporting analog resources
vca-6 Analog Resources & I/O:

Op-Amps

  • 96 individual op-amps
  • 72 Single-ended op-amps
  • 24 Fully-differential op-amps
  • Rail-to-rail operation
  • Unit gain bandwidth to 50MHz
  • Via-configurable options per op-amp: input type, input noise, output drive, bandwidth selection,…

Capacitors

  • 10,212 individual capacitors
  • 1,486pF of total capacitance
  • 0.1, 0.5, 0.8, 1pF capacitors
  • Excellent matching
  • Resistors
  • 7,016 individual resistors
  • 48.2MΩ of total resistance
  • 700, 1K, 6.5K, 20K resistors
  • Excellent matching

MOSFETs

  • 2,490 discrete transistors with various W/L ratios
  • 5V operation
  • 1,164 PFETs
  • 1,164 NFETs
  • 162 PNP BJTs

Switches

  • 1,344 individual analog switches
  • Low resistance (
  • Low capacitance 5V t-gates

Resistive DAC Tiles

  • 2 Resistive DAC tiles RDACs 6-bit, 1us setting time
  • Construct DACs of various resolutions

Current Steering DAC Tiles

  • 12 Current steering DAC tiles
  • 6-bit, 5ns settling time
  • Thermometer “grayscale” coding minimizes digital noise injection
  • DAC tiles can be combined for higher resolution converters

Analog to Digital Converters

  • ADCs with resolutions from 8 to 24 bits with sample rates up to 25MSPS can be constructed from the DAC and op-amp resources of the VCA
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
    • 1.28Mbits of dual port SRAM
    • RAMs Implemented as 320 128x36 DP SRAMs
    • 125MHz system speeds
    • 160kBytes of via-ROM implemented as 160 1k x 8 ROMs

    PLL – 2 independent 200MHz PLLs

    Configurable I/O

    • 400 Via configurable I/O
    • Digital I/O support LVCMOS, signaling to 5V, drive strength, slew rate, tristate, Schmitt input
    • Analog I/O with 0 to 1.5kΩ resistance configurations
  • Logic: 1,000,000+ Gates
Process: IBM 0.18 (7RF)Status: Production

VCA-9

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VCA-9 is a high-voltage, Via-Configurable Array (VCA) that contains 47 op-amps (30 of which operate at up to 20V), 3 Analog to Digital Converters (ADCs), 2 Digital to Analog Converters (DACs), supporting analog resources, and configurable logic gates.
VCA9 - Block Diagram Analog Resources & I/O:
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
  • Logic: 18,400+ Gates
Process: AMS 0.35 (H35)Status: Production

VCA-10

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VCA-10 is a high-voltage, Via-Configurable Array (VCA) that can operate at up to 20V. Internal resources include over 2,200 20V FETs, 51 opamps, 1 Analog to Digital Converter (ADC), 2 Digital to Analog Converters (DACs), supporting analog resources and configurable logic gates.
VCA10 - Block Diagram Analog Resources & I/O:
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
  • Logic: 9,200+ Gates
Process: AMS 0.35 (H35)Status: Production

VCA-11

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VCA-11 is a high-voltage, Via-Configurable Array (VCA) optimized for low-cost, customized developments. Internal resources include over 1,600 20V transistors, 460 low-voltage transistors, 43 op-amps, 2 Digital to Analog Converters (DACs), 1 Analog to Digital Converter (ADC), supporting analog resources, and logic resources.
VCA-11 - Block Diagram Analog Resources & I/O:
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
  • Logic: 6,900+ Gates
Process: AMS 0.35 (H35)Status: Production

VCA-12

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Triad's smallest VCA. Small package packed with all the resources you need for mobile and hand-held applications.
vca-12-plot Analog Resources & I/O:

Op-Amps

  • 14 single-ended 5V operational-transconductance amplifiers (OTA) with unity gain bandwidth up to 20MHz
  • Sleep-mode current consumption of 1nA
  • 8 5V output stages that can be combined with the 5V OTAs to create 8 op-amps for driving larger loads
  • 5 single-ended 12V OTAs with unity gain bandwidth up to 10MHz
  • 600 low-voltage (5V)  capacitors
  • 60pF of total capacitance
  • 0.1pF unit capacitors
  • Excellent matching
  • 138 high-voltage (12V) capacitors
  • 25.2pF of total capacitance
  • 0.1, 0.2, 0.4pF unit capacitors
  • Excellent matching
  • 520 individual 5KW resistors
  • 400 50KW of resistors
  • 23.6MW of total resistance
  • Excellent matching
  • 2,116 discrete transistors with various W/L ratios
  • 48 12V NMOS transistors
  • 63 12V PMOS transistors
  • 136 5V PMOS transistors
  • 136 5V NMOS transistors

Capacitors

  • 600 low-voltage (5V)  capacitors
  • 60pF of total capacitance
  • 0.1pF unit capacitors
  • Excellent matching
  • 138 high-voltage (12V) capacitors
  • 25.2pF of total capacitance
  • 0.1, 0.2, 0.4pF unit capacitors
  • Excellent matching

Resistors

  • 520 individual 5KW resistors
  • 400 50KW of resistors
  • 23.6MW of total resistance
  • Excellent matching

MOSFETs

  • 2,116 discrete transistors with various W/L ratios
  • 48 12V NMOS transistors
  • 63 12V PMOS transistors
  • 136 5V PMOS transistors
  • 136 5V NMOS transistors

Switches

  • 160 5V switches with 1KW resistance
  • 48 5V switches with 400W resistance
  • Switches configurable as simple transmission gates, single-pole double-throw (SPDT) switches, and Schmitt trigger buffers

Data Converters

  • ADCs utilizing Sigma-Delta or Successive-Approximate-Register (SAR) architectures can be created from the mixed signal tile resources of the array.
  • DACs utilizing as R2R or C2C ladders or Sigma-Delta architectures can be created from the mixed signal tile resource of the array.
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
    • 1,278 AL01 blocks configurable as any 3-input combinatorial logic function
    • 1,712 AL02 blocks configurable as latch or flip-flop sequential logic functions
    • 300 AL05 blocks configurable as digital multiplexers or analog transmission gates
  • Logic: 5090 Gates
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Mocha-1

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ARM® Cortex™-M0 Configurable Array
Mocha-1 Analog Resources & I/O:
  • 32+ Op-Amps and Configurable Arrays of Resistors, Capacitors, Transistors & Switches
  • 8 Fully-Differential Analog Tiles
  • 4 Single-Ended, General Purpose Analog Tiles
  • 4 Single-Ended, Low-Noise Analog Tiles
  • 4 High-Speed Current-Steering DACs
  • Band-Gap and Voltage Reference
  • 53 configurable analog I/O
  • Isolated 3.3V analog power and ground
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
    • 99 Logic Tiles
      • 750 Equivalent 2-input NAND gate equivalents per logic tile
      • 128 x 16 2-Port SRAM per logic tile ( 2,048 bits)
    • 202,752 bytes of distributed 2-Port SRAM
    • 173 configurable digital I/O
    • Isolated 3.3V digital power and ground
  • Logic: 75,000 Gates
  • Processor:
    • ARM Cortex-M0 32-bit processor
    • 25MHz operation
    • 32 Kbytes of on-chip EEPROM program memory
    • 24 Kbytes of SRAM
    • Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC)
    • Watchdog Timer
    • System and Clock Control
    • Multiple Power Saving Modes
    • Wake-Up Interrupt Controller (WIC)
    • Serial Wire Debug
    • PLL with Flexible System Clocking Options
    • High-Speed GPIO
    • APB & AHB Buses exposed to via-configurable digital section
Process: --Status: Production

TSX1001

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ARM Cortex™-M0 PLUS Precision Mixed Signal
tsx1001 Analog Resources & I/O:
  • 16-bit Sigma-Delta ADC
  • 12-bit DAC
  • 2x Low-Noise, Single-Ended Op-Amps
  • General-Purpose, Single-Ended Op-Amp
  • 2x Wideband, Fully Differential Op-Amps
  • Precision Onboard Band-Gap Reference
  • Vdd/2 Buffered Voltage References with off-chip drivers
  • 3.3V Analog Operation
  • Isolated Analog & Digital Supplies
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
    • 16 High-Speed GPIO
    • High-Speed UART
    • SPI (master/slave)
    • PWM (processor and external enables)
    • Timer (32-bit general purpose)
  • Processor:
    • ARM Cortex-M0 32-bit processor
    • 25MHz operation
    • 32 Kbytes of on-chip EEPROM program memory
    • 24 Kbytes of SRAM
    • Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC)
    • Watchdog Timer
    • System and Clock Control
    • Multiple Power Saving Modes
    • Wake-Up Interrupt Controller (WIC)
    • Serial Wire Debug
    • PLL with Flexible System Clocking Options
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RF-VCA

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The RF-VCA is a configurable RF receiver providing flexible antenna to digital reception for RF signals up to 3GHz. The RF-VCA can be via-configured for a wide range of applications including: GPS, FM tuner, Cellular Basestations, DAB, DVB and military communications.
Triad RF-VCA Block Diagram Analog Resources & I/O:
  • Digital Logic & I/O:
  • Logic: 2 million Gates
Process: Status: Production