GLAST Calorimeter ASIC
Aerospace · Client: GLAST
Project details
A mixed-signal calorimeter ASIC featuring dual gain ranges to pulse height analyze signals in the range of 2 Mev to 100 Gev for the Cesium Iodide Calorimeter.
Custom ASIC Design & Space-Qualified Electronic Systems
Prime Circuits Inc specializes in the design and development of ultra-low power, space-qualified analog, digital, and mixed-signal ASICs for government and commercial applications. Serving as a contractor to NASA, it provides mission-critical electronics and integrated systems for space science instruments. Its capabilities also encompass detector electronics and custom digital platforms integrating FPGAs, digital signal processors, and microprocessors.
Comprehensive integrated circuit design services for space-qualified and high-performance applications, spanning from initial architecture through back-end physical implementation.
Development of specialized radiation-hardened and extremely low-power analog circuits for space environments.
Integration of precise analog front-ends with robust digital control circuits on a single chip.
Logical synthesis, verification, and timing analysis for fully custom digital integrated circuits.
Consolidation of complex system architectures, processors, and memory blocks into single-die system-on-chip solutions.
Physical layout, routing, DRC/LVS verification, and tape-out preparation for silicon fabrication.
Prototyping, logical design, and optimization for field-programmable gate array deployments.
Board-level circuit design blending discrete high-performance analog and high-speed digital subsystems.
Migration of verified FPGA designs to highly optimized, lower-power, and radiation-hardened custom silicon.
Miniaturization of complex discrete printed circuit boards into high-density integrated ASIC designs.
Acceleration of software-defined algorithms into high-throughput hardware logic architectures.
Development of custom front-end readout ASICs and electronic systems for radiation detector and sensor applications, created in collaboration with research laboratories.
Technical support services for federal research laboratories and other commercial clients needing design and development assistance across multiple domains.
Development of low-level software, embedded firmwares, and application suites.
Network, systems, and infrastructural engineering assistance for technical projects.
Drafting, modeling, and physical assembly packaging support for electronic instrumentation.
Aerospace · Defense · Research Facilities
Aerospace · Client: GLAST
A mixed-signal calorimeter ASIC featuring dual gain ranges to pulse height analyze signals in the range of 2 Mev to 100 Gev for the Cesium Iodide Calorimeter.
Aerospace · Client: POEMS
A silicon strip detector readout ASIC featuring 32 channels of front-end electronics, utilizing HP 0.5 micron CMOS technology with a 50 micron pitch for detector connection.
Aerospace · Client: SWIFT
A 32-channel front-end electronics ASIC developed using HP 0.5um CMOS technology, featuring multiplexed shaping amplifier and peak hold outputs.
Research Facilities
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