ASIC Design

Comport Data offers comprehensive ASIC design services covering the full development cycle from concept and specification through to final silicon. Their expertise spans analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuit design using CMOS, BiCMOS, and Bipolar technologies. Services include schematic design, layout, design verification (DRC, LPE, ERC, LVS), and silicon foundry interface management.

Comport Data designs custom ASICs in three major semiconductor technology families: CMOS (including both pure analog and mixed-signal design), BiCMOS (combining bipolar and CMOS elements for high-performance analog), and Bipolar technology. The choice of technology is guided by the specific performance, voltage, and power requirements of each project.

Comport Data is a fab-independent ASIC design house with established relationships with multiple CMOS, BiCMOS, and Bipolar foundries worldwide. Among the foundries most recently used are XFAB, TSMC, and AMS. Being foundry-agnostic allows Comport Data to select the most suitable process node and technology for each customer’s application.

Comport Data’s engineering team has hands-on experience designing a wide range of analog and mixed-signal circuits, including:

• A/D and D/A converters (Sigma-Delta, Flash, Pipeline, SAR, Single/Dual ramp)
• Switched capacitor filters
• Operational amplifiers and comparators
• Band Gap reference circuits
• RC and crystal oscillators
• Phase-Locked Loops (PLL) and Delay-Locked Loops (DLL)
• Voltage-controlled oscillators
• Low-noise amplifiers
• Fiber optic transceivers
• Memory blocks: FLASH, ROM, SRAM, Multi-port RAM, FIFO, Fuses
• Digital interfaces: USB, I2C, SPI, LVDS, UART, RS-232, RS-485, ARINC

Comport Data designs ASICs for a broad range of application domains, including measurement and sensor signal processing, medical devices, telecommunications and telephony, optical communications, motor and relay control, low-voltage and low-power systems, high-voltage applications, high-frequency circuits, and smart power ICs.

Yes. Comport Data incorporates Design for Testability (DFT) practices into its ASIC design flow, including scan chain insertion and Automatic Test Pattern Generation (ATPG). These techniques ensure that manufactured ICs can be efficiently verified in production testing, reducing defect escape rates and lowering overall test costs.

Before submitting a design for silicon fabrication (tapeout), Comport Data performs a full suite of physical and electrical verification steps as part of the Silicon Foundry Interface process:

• DRC – Design Rule Check to verify layout compliance with foundry design rules
• LPE – Layout Parasitic Extraction to capture real-world capacitance and resistance effects
• ERC – Electrical Rule Check to catch connectivity and electromigration issues
• LVS – Layout Versus Schematic verification to confirm the physical layout matches the intended circuit

Yes. Comport Data has extensive experience in high-voltage ASIC design, including projects operating at voltages up to 400V. High-voltage design is supported across CMOS, BiCMOS, and Bipolar technology nodes, enabling applications such as power converters, motor drivers, medical stimulation devices, and smart power ICs.

To initiate a custom ASIC design project, you can contact Comport Data directly through their website’s contact page. The team will discuss your application requirements, target specifications, technology preferences, and volume needs. Comport Data supports projects from early concept definition through to full production silicon.

Yes, Comport Data operates as a fab-independent (fabless) ASIC design company. They design the integrated circuits and manage the relationship with external silicon foundries (such as XFAB, TSMC, and AMS) to manufacture the chips, rather than operating their own semiconductor fabrication facility. This model gives customers access to multiple technology options without being tied to a single foundry process.