Case Study

Edge processor with RFID Energy Harvesting

Ultra low-power edge processor device for harvesting energy from an RFID field. Combined with an advanced sensor in a custom package.

Features	High performance Tensilica Vector DSP Cryptographic accelerator hardware including AES,ECC,SHA512, TRNG AMBA peripherals include DMA, I2C, SPI, UART, timers Embedded Flash memory SRAM and OTP ASIC co-packaged with external sensor IC in custom package On-chip DC-DC converter working with low-cost inductor Custom analog designed DC-DC, LDOs, oscillators, LED driver, PoR Operating at 0.9V±10% supply Two power domains with 50µA hibernate mode
Process	40 nm eFlash
DFT	Full control and observability for analog functions, full scan for digital, BIST for OTP, flash and RAM, boundary scan for I/O’s
Tool-chain	Synopsys: DC Ultra, ICC, StarRC, Formality, PrimeTime-SI/PX Cadence: Analog design flow Mentor: Questa, Tessent and Calibre Xilinx: FPGA based prototyping