Entering FIDES Integrated Circuits
When a FIDES model is selected for the calculation, the parameters that you must enter for an integrated circuit vary based on subcategories. The subcategories that are supported by FIDES models follow:
ASIC (FIDES 2009 models only)
CPLD
Digital Circuit
DRAM
DSP
EEPROM
EPROM
FLASH EEPROM
FPGA
FPGA (Antifuse)
Linear Circuit
LV Circuit (FIDES 2004 model only)
Microcontroller
Microprocessor
Mixed Circuit
Mixed LV Circuit
PAL (BiPolar)
SRAM
The following table describes the part parameters required for integrated circuits for a FIDES model.
Parameter
Type
Description
[Standard FIDES Parameters]
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For more information, see FIDES Standard Part Parameters.
Technology
Choice List
Required only for the ASIC subcategory, which is supported only by FIDES 2009 models.
The type of material. Choices are:
Bipole Silicon, BICMOS
MOS Silicon
Type
Choice List [Parts Count]
For FIDES 2009 models, required only for the ASIC subcategory.
The type of device. Choices vary by technology for the FIDES 2009 model for parts stress. For the FIDES 2009 Parts Count model, choices indicate whether the device is a simple or complex ASIC circuit.
For the FIDES 2004 model, required only for the following subcategories: Digital Circuit and Linear Circuit.
The type of material. Choices vary by subcategory.
Case Type
Choice List
The type of case surrounding the device. Dozens of choices are available.
Package Type
Choice List [Parts Count and Families Count only]
Indicates how the device is packaged. Choices are:
Hermetic
Non-Hermetic
Pins
Integer [Parts Count and Families Count also]
The number of active pins in the package.
[Temperature Parameters]
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For more information, see Basic Temperature Parameters.
[ASIC Process Grade Questions]
Checkboxes
When using the FIDES 2009 model for parts stress analysis, the information you provide information about process-related factors is used to adjust the base failure rate calculated by the model. For more information, see Process Grade Questions for ASIC Integrated Circuits.
[Derating Parameters]
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For more information, see Derating Parameters.