New company provides robust analogue IP

Astro Semiconductor is a new analogue and mixed-signal intellectual property (IP) company founded by Anjan (AJ) Sen, former executive of eSilicon Corp.

Astro Semiconductor is a new analogue and mixed-signal intellectual property (IP) company founded by Anjan (AJ) Sen, former executive of eSilicon Corp.

"I formed Astro Semiconductor to deal with the challenges of designing and integrating robust, low-power, high-performance analogue functionality into large, deep submicron (DSM) ICs", said Sen.

"Bleeding-edge analogue functionality demonstrated in a lab is a big step away from the end goal of delivering robust analogue IP integrated into a large DSM ASIC that has a high yield and works to specification.

Our analogue products are proven to exceed performance expectations in real-world applications-even under the toughest noise conditions encountered in low-cost, mass-produced systems".

Astro's technology combines a unique design approach for achieving low power without sacrificing performance - known as Adaptive-Dynamic Biasing - and a methodology that allows efficient porting of analogue IP to any foundry that has a standard CMOS process.

Astro's customers are leading systems and semiconductor providers including Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC), and Astro's IP is being used by fabless semiconductor companies as well as OEMs.

"As a leader in mixed-signal SoC design, TAEC is aware of the challenges in deep submicron analogue design and have relied on Astro Semiconductor to deliver high-performance analogue IP", said Doug Day, Director of Mixed-Signal Design at TAEC.

Henry Jun, an analogue veteran with prior experience at Analogue Devices, VLSI and Philips is Astro's CTO, and leads a technical team of analogue engineers with a history of delivering leading-edge, production-worthy analogue ICs.

The company is funded by its principals.

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