{"id":275,"date":"2020-05-19T12:19:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T09:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eng.biu.ac.il\/shorjos\/?page_id=275"},"modified":"2026-02-03T12:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:16:51","slug":"tapeouts-at-bar-ilan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.biu.ac.il\/shorjos\/tapeouts-at-bar-ilan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tapeouts at Bar-Ilan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Since arriving at Bar Ilan, Prof. Shor has trained students and developed infrastructure to enable Silicon Tapeouts which include analog and digital circuits.  Typically, the training a student requires from the time he\/she enters analog till a successful tapeout takes 3 years.  Below is a list of the tapeouts which have been and are being implemented.<\/p>\n

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  1. Pathfinder<\/strong> (May, 2017 \u2013 65nm TSMC) \u2013 This was the first BIU analog tapeout. It included thermal sensors, as well as PUF circuits.  The circuits exhibited excellent functionality and have generated publications in JSSC, TCAS1, TCAS2, SSCL, and ESSCIRC.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Pathfinder\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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    1. Pathfinder2 <\/strong>(May 2018 \u2013 65nm TSMC) \u2013 This follow-up tapeout included several new PUF circuits, all of which functioned well in Silicon. Papers were published in TCAS1, IEEE Access, OJCAS, CICC 2019, and ISCAS 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"Pathfinder2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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      1. Genesis <\/strong>(May 2019 \u2013 65nm TSMC) \u2013 This tapeout included PUFs, a Process Monitor and an ultra-low power bandgap reference.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \"Genesis\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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        1. SOC2 (<\/strong>June 2019 \u2013 16nm TSMC) <\/strong>\u2013 Shor\u2019s group participated in this tapeout of the Hiper Consortium and the contribution include an ultra-small, ultra-fast thermal sensor for thermal monitoring of the SOC. A paper was published in TVLSI.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          \"SOC2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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          1. Genesis2 (Aug 2019 \u2013 65nm TSMC) <\/strong>\u2013 Circuits included a Ring-Oscillator based sensor, a mobility monitor and a Low Voltage Power-On-Reset Circuit. Papers were published in SSCL, ESSCIRC, TCAS2, OJCAS and IEEE Access.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            \"Genesis2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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            1. Snir (Feb 2020, 65nm TSMC)<\/strong> \u2013 This chip contains an LDO, a Process Monitor, a Noise modeling circuit, two different Droop detector circuits, a Dual Mode Logic block (with Alex Fish group), and a Switch-capacitor DC-DC converter. Papers have been published in JSSC, IEEE Access, and ESSCIRC.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              \"Snir\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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              1. Next Gen (2021, 28nm)<\/strong> \u2013 This is our first RF tapeout \u2013 a 60 GHz VCO<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                \"Next<\/a><\/p>\n

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                1. Nissim 1 (Nov 2021, 65nm)<\/strong> \u2013 A ultra low voltage, nW level Voltage Level Detector for power management \u2013 published in ESSCIRC 2022 and JSSC 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  \"Nissim<\/a><\/p>\n

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                  1. Mini-Keter (Sept 2021, 180nm)<\/strong> \u2013 An image sensor\/energy harvester platform. (with Alex Fish group).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    \"Mini-Keter\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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                    1. Multimode (May 2022, 180nm)<\/strong> \u2013 A system chip for Image Sensing and Energy Harvesting (with Alex Fish group). Published in SSCL 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      \"Multimode\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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                      1. Nissim 2 (May 2022, 65nm)<\/strong> \u2013 An Ultra Low power reference voltage. Published in ESSCIRC 2023 and JSSC 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        \"Nissim<\/a><\/p>\n

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                        1. Nissim 3 (May 2022, 65nm)<\/strong> \u2013 A current-to-digital converter for Biological sensing applications. Published in TCAS1 - 2024<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          \"Nissim<\/a><\/p>\n

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                          1. Smart IR (2022)<\/strong>: An embedded DRAM chip with a smart sense amplifier for Cryo applications.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                            \"Smart<\/a><\/p>\n

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                            1. Koach (Aug 2023, 28nm)<\/strong> \u2013 A process monitor which gives visibility to Vth<\/sub>, Vth_lin<\/sub>, Vth_sat<\/sub>, mobility, random variation and Rout of transistors.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                              1. Exodus (2023 \u2013 65nm TSMC)<\/strong> \u2013 This is our first low power, 0.4-4GHz, Core PLL.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                \"Exodus\"<\/a><\/p>\n

                                16. Nisim4 (2024 \u2013 65nm TSMC)<\/strong> \u2013 A low power Potentiostat using a Zoom Current to digital converter<\/p>\n

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                                17. Meira \u2013 (2024 \u2013 Tower 0.18 SOI)<\/strong> \u2013 A low power potentiostat with a logarithmic ADC (together with Prof. Ramiz Daniel Group in the Technion).<\/p>\n

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                                18. Shadow (2025 \u2013 TSMC 65n)<\/strong> \u2013 A PVT independent and adjustable analog laser\/EM fault injection sensor.<\/p>\n

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                                1. I2P (2025-TSMC 65n)<\/strong> \u2013 A low voltage, nW power highly trimmable bandgap reference circuit: \"\"<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                  Since arriving at Bar Ilan, Prof. Shor has trained students and developed infrastructure to enable Silicon Tapeouts which include analog and digital circuits.  Typically, the training a student requires from the time he\/she enters analog till a successful tapeout takes 3 years.  Below is a list of the tapeouts which have been and are being … Continue reading Tapeouts at Bar-Ilan<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-275","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.biu.ac.il\/shorjos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.biu.ac.il\/shorjos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.biu.ac.il\/shorjos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.biu.ac.il\/shorjos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.biu.ac.il\/shorjos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.biu.ac.il\/shorjos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.biu.ac.il\/shorjos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.biu.ac.il\/shorjos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

                              \"Koach\"<\/a><\/p>\n