Foundry Partners - TowerJazz
TowerJazz provides industry leading design enablement tools to allow complex designs to be achieved quickly and more accurately and offers a broad range of customizable process technologies including SiGe, BiCMOS, Mixed-Signal and RFCMOS, CMOS Image Sensor, Power Management (BCD), and Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) as well as MEMS capabilities. To provide world-class customer service, TowerJazz maintains two manufacturing facilities in Israel and one in the U.S. with additional capacity available in China through manufacturing partnerships. For more information, please visit
What’s New?
Agilent's Advanced Design System (ADS) front-to-back PDKs for SBC18H3, CS13Q1 and CS18Q1 are now available!
ADS PDK Support
TowerJazz offers a broad portfolio of ADS front-to-back PDKs. If not indicated differently all PDKs do support ADS front-end design, layout implementation, ADS Desktop LVS and 3rd party LVS/DRC support for Assura & Calibre.
| Process Name | Description |
|---|---|
| TSL013* | 0.13µm CMOS |
| TSL018 | 0.18µm CMOS |
| CA18HB | 0.18µm Thick-film SOI RF CMOS w/ 6 layers of metal |
| CA18QC | 0.18µm Thick-film SOI RF CMOS w/ 4 layers of metal |
| CS13Q1 | 0.13µm Thin-film partially depleted SOI RF CMOS technology with 1.2V/2.5V FETs |
| CS18Q1 | 0.18µm Thin-film partially depleted SOI RF CMOS technology with 1.2V/2.5V FETs |
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SBC18HA |
1st generation 0.18µm SiGe BiCMOS technology w/ Ft/Fmax = 150/190 GHz NPN |
| SBC18H2 | 2nd generation 0.18µm SiGe BiCMOS technology w/ Ft/Fmax = 200/200 GHz NPN |
| SBC18H3 | 3rd generation 0.18um SiGe BiCMOS technology w/ Ft/Fmax = 240/270 GHz NPN |
* Front-end only PDK
** ADS 2009U1 support only
The kits work seamlessly with ADS 2012, ADS 2011, ADS 2009 Update 1 and prior ADS releases.
The ADS PDKs are directly available for download at the TowerJazz PDK portal. If you are not yet a registered TowerJazz customer, please go to http://www.towerjazz.com/contact-us.html
For more information to specific processes, please go to http://www.towerjazz.com/technology.html
Momentum Support
Agilent's Momentum 3D Planar EM Simulator is qualified by TowerJazz for various processes and has shown silicon-accurate results. Momentum stack-up files are available on demand for most processes.
Momentum is the leading 3D planar electromagnetic (EM) simulator used for passive circuit modeling and analysis. Momentum offers a broad range of dedicated RFIC functionalities like automated via simplification, process scaling, metal fill removal, but also goes beyond 3D planar through direct bondwire or Through-Silicon-Via (TSV) support.
Momentum is supported for use within ADS or Virtuoso.
You can also contact Agilent (pdl-eesof_pdk_support@agilent.com), if you have any difficulties to get access to the required Momentum stack-up file.
GoldenGate Support
Agilent's GoldenGate RFIC Simulation Software is an advanced simulation and analysis solution for integrated mixed signal RFIC designs that is fully integrated into the Cadence Analog Design Environment (ADE) and is officially supported at TowerJazz for all Virtuoso PDKs.
Press Releases
- October 6, 2011 - TowerJazz Expands its High Speed SiGe, SOI and RF CMOS Design Kits for use with ADS 2011 Software Release
- January 12, 2011 - TowerJazz and Agilent Technologies Expand High Speed and High Power SiGe Design Kit Offering for ADS
- August 18, 2009 - Jazz Semiconductor’s Optimized SiGe Technology Targeted at Replacing GaAs Components in Growing Millimeter Wave and Cell Phone Market
For any questions regarding Agilent EEsof Foundry PDK support, please contact your local Agilent EEsof representative or send an email to pdl-eesof_pdk_support@agilent.com.
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