VCA-12 - Small, High-Voltage, High Current VCA

VCA-12 is a small, high-voltage, high-current Via-Configurable Array (VCA) optimized for low-cost, volume-constrained applications. Despite its small size, VCA-12 includes over 5,000 configurable mixed signal resources.

Fabricated on a high-voltage, 0.18-micron, ITAR-certified process, the VCA-12 is ideal for defense, medical, industrial and consumer applications seeking to cost effectively integrate circuits such as op-amps, filters, voltage regulation, data converters, and sensor interfaces.

The array supports 12V operation for high-voltage analog circuits, 5V operation for low-voltage analog, 3.3V or 5V operation for digital circuits and configurable I/O pads to support 3.3V to 12V operation.

Configurable Digital

  • 5090 ASIC Gates
  • 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

Configurable Analog

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.

Technology

  • 0.18µm high voltage process technology
  • 3.3V to 5V digital core voltage
  • 3.3V, 5V, and up to 12V analog core voltage
  • North American, ITAR foundry

Applications

  • Cost and size optimized mixed signal applications
  • CPLD Plus Analog Replacement
  • Integration of High Voltage Discrete Components
  • Boost, Buck, and LDO Regulators
  • Defense, ITAR applications
  • Sweep-up of analog discrete components for cost and board area savings
  • Precision Sensor Interfaces
  • Circuits comprised of Op-amps, filters, gain stages, linearization, 16-bit ADCs, etc.

Package Options

  • Wide variety of customer defined package choices: 14-SOIC to 28-SOIC, 28-QFN and larger, 36-BGA to 121-BGA, 32-TQFP to 120-

Configurable I/O

  • 88 Via-Configurable analog I/O
  • 25 Via-Configurable digital I/0
  • Digital I/O configuration options include:  drive strength, tri-state, Schmitt input, pull-up/dn, …
  • Analog I/O configuration options include 0, 50, and 1.5k series resistance