Dolphin Integration reveal a cost effective solution to handle over-voltage operation in battery powered SoCs

Dolphin Integration reveal a cost effective solution to handle over-voltage operation in battery powered SoCs

Grenoble, France – October 27, 2014 -- Until now, portable devices supplied by USB, Li-ion or NiMH batteries with voltage levels up to 5.5 V could not use standard process devices, such as 3.3 V CMOS I/O transistors. This thus lead Fabless companies to use expensive alternatives, such as external regulators or expensive process options, including HV/BCD processes.

Today, Dolphin Integration propose a cost effective alternative to such solutions with a set of Over-voltage Protection Modules (OPM). These OPM can be easily associated with embedded regulators and extend the benefit of their DELTA offering to enable:

Over-voltage operation (up to 5.5 V) while using standard process devices, such as 3.3 V devices,
Direct connection to the battery with the capability to protect several regulators, leading to a decrease of the Bill-of-Material

Two OPMs, with and without a retention mode, are available for matching the main challenges of Fabless companies:

	OPM-Angel	RAR-OPM-Angel
Optimization	low-area	low-leakage for SoC retention mode
Low power mode quiescent current (at I_LOAD = 0 mA)	-	500 nA
Normal mode quiescent current (at I_LOAD = 0 mA)	15 μA
Area (180 nm)	0.27 mm²	0.59 mm²
Input Voltage Range configurations	[1.9 - 4.4 V] and [2.7 - 5.5 V]
Availability	From 180 nm down to 55 nm

These unique components are part of our standardized offering for Power Management Networks: the DELTA Reduced Power Kit Library.

For more information, have a look at the presentation sheet, or contact our Product Marketing Manager at jeg.marketing@dolphin-ip.com

About Dolphin Integration

Dolphin Integration contribute to "enabling mixed signal Systems-on-Chip" for worldwide customers with IP components best at low-power consumption.

Their wide offering of silicon IP components is based on innovative libraries of standard cells, register files, memory generators and power regulators for flexible power supply networks. They provide power optimized micro-controllers from 8 to 32 bits, and high-resolution converters for audio and measurement applications.

Their 30 years of diverse experiences in the integration of IP components and providing services for ASIC/SoC design and fabrication, with their own solutions for missing EDA, make them a genuine one-stop shop covering all customers’ needs for specific requests.

Their drive to incessantly innovate for their customers’ success has led to two strong differentiators:

state-of-the-art “configured subsystems” for high-performance applications securing the most competitive SoC architectural solutions,
a team of Central and Field Application Engineers supporting each user’s need for optimal application schematics, demonstrated through EDA solutions enabling early performance assessments.