IC Design Coaching & Consultation
Strong IC design capabilities are key to turning innovative idea into real products. FiCCC provides expert coaching and consultation, helping companies explore new technologies, enhance design practices, and gain the confidence to develop their ideas further.
Disclaimer on Design Advisory Service Scope and Pricing
Not all projects and service requests are equal in scope or complexity. Actual workload, duration, and cost may vary significantly depending on design maturity, technology node, and customer readiness. The needs of the customer may also extend to multiple FiCCC service areas (specialized microelectronics processes and business advisory) besides Design Excellence. For this reason, FiCCC does not provide fixed prices or quotations before a preliminary review. Each case is first assessed by FiCCC experts and consulting partners, after which an indicative effort estimate, and service scope are jointly agreed with the customer.
Design Advisory service level categories
Category | Description |
|---|---|
Junior Specialist | General business or technology support (early career, support roles) |
Specialist | Technology or business expertise (substantial experience, but not at “senior” level) |
Senior Specialist | Deeply specialised technology/business expertise (e.g. IP, niche tech, high-level consulting) |
Distinguished Expert | Internationally recognised, multi-domain chip design leader (technical, business, strategy) |
Analog IC design services
Service | Purpose / What customer gets | Typical Inputs | FiCCC Actions | Deliverables | Effort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Analog Sign-off Assistance | Support in pre-tape-out checks and reliability reviews. | Final layout views | Run DRC/LVS review, aging/EM sanity check. | Sign-off summary report. | 24–40 h |
Analog Design Coaching | Mentor company’s designer on schematic/verification practices. | Early schematics | One-on-one guidance on biasing, ESD, layout hints. | Annotated schematic + design notes. | 16–32 h |
Block Concept Review & Architecture Selection | Help select op-amp, LDO, reference, or sensor front-end architecture. | Functional goals, prior schematics (optional) | Architecture trade-off session; basic MATLAB/Verilog-A modelling. | Recommended architecture + risk list. | 12–20 h |
Analog Requirements Definition & Feasibility Check | Translate product use-case to analog performance targets and confirm feasibility. | Product specs, use-case, environment data | Review, derive PVT/aging limits, noise/linearity budgets; short feasibility modelling. | Requirement sheet + feasibility note. | 8–12 h |