Mixed Analog and Digital Design

Unity from Pulsic is a revolutionary fully automated shape-based design solution that delivers true mixed-signal design performance.

A unique integrated solution

Unity enables greater control of signal integrity issues in analog circuitry, together with improved reliability in the digital arena.

• Combines UniPlan, detailed floorplanning, and UniPlace to deliver integrated floorplanning, placement and routing in a single environment.
• Hierachical design rule capability enables simultaneous analog and digital design operations.

Enhanced performance

Concurrent analog, digital floorplanning, placement and routing functions deliver optimised analog and mixed signal design capabilities.

• Supports horizontal and vertical standard row cells, rectilinear and polygonal blocks and regions.
• Full hierarchy management and logical cluster placement
• Full integration with Cadence.

Powerful routing capabilities

UniRoute’s shape-based routing engine supports automatic routing of nets and subnets in a symmetrical pattern — critical for leading AMS designs.

• Automatic and interactive controls for bus routing, symmetric routing, metal strapping, shielding, net layer matching and pin current constraints.
• Analog symmetrical routing for mirroring and flipping.
• In-built advanced extraction RC technology for independent control of signal path resistance and capacitance.

Intelligent tools

Unity provides signal integrity solutions that improve process yields and increase product reliability.

• Solutions for crosstalk, antenna damage and circuit stability.