ICPower's professional services extend from IC design to complete systems architecture development and analysis. At each level of complexity, ICPower has the experience to deliver working projects.

IC Design

Power Electronics. ICPower has had first-pass success in delivering a variety of switching and linear power circuits. Applications have ranged from highly-integrated multipurpose ICs to compact dedicated driver ICs. Recent circuit experience includes

• Monolithic and semi-integrated point-of-load supplies
• Multiphase high-current voltage regulators
• Buck and boost switching regulators
• Linear regulators
• Charge pumps
• Gate drivers, including bootstrapped gate drivers
• Power IC process selection

Analog Design. Part of its strong background in power management, ICPower has experience in fundamental analog circuits including

• Bandgap references
• Data conversion
• Error amplifiers
• Comparators
• Multipliers
• Buffers
• Current sensing
• Level shifters
• Power-on reset generators
• Filters
• Oscillators
• Reference currents

Digital Logic Design. Considering the need for precision and flexibility in today's power management solutions, ICPower is versatile in delivering

• SPI and I2C serial bus interfaces
• Digital trim and programming
• Custom digital signal processing

Physical Design. First-pass success often depends on careful physical design. ICPower has delivered working silicon in processes ranging from ordinary CMOS to sophisticated BCD, which combine high-voltage devices with signal-level MOS and bipolar transistors. Capabilities include

• Power and ground strategies and decoupling
• Multiple supply rail and substrate isolation
• ESD protection
• High-current FET sizing
• Process selection