STMicroelectronics Methodology and Process for Heterogeneous Automotive Package Design
Employing package design as part of system innovation requires the STMicroelectronics Back-End Manufacturing Technology R&D organization to embrace the key driving forces of product development. In the automotive field, package designers need to explore new methodologies and adopt a specific co-design flow for IC-package connectivity-data exchange (such as netlist tables) that is data robust and flexible.
What You Will Learn
The STMicroelectronics Back-End Manufacturing Technology R&D team adopted Xpedition Substrate Integrator (xSI) from Siemens EDA to help design activity meet these needs and support connectivity optimization in a high-end automotive co-design project.
xSI allows system netlist construction and management for heterogeneous packages, aggregation of data from multiple sources in multiple formats, and visualization and interaction of all interconnect levels from a single environment. It provides hierarchical construction of the complete package assembly with step-by-step handling of multiple parts, including reuse of parts.
Based on high-speed interface connectivity planning and optimization and multi-pitch bump-out evaluation, xSI provides:
Flexibility for IC-package connectivity planning and optimization
Efficient integration with external tools
Fluid and fast on command response
Very good technical support from the Siemens EDA team