A
ACK - Acknowledgment
ADC - Analog to Digital Converter
ADPLL - All Digital Phase-Locked Loop
AHDL - Analog Hardware Description Language
ASIC - Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit
AMS - Analog Mixed-Signal
APT - Advanced Process Technology
API - Application Programming Interface
AFE - Analog Front End
AI - Artificial Intelligence
APB - Advanced Peripheral Bus
APD - Avalanche Photodiode
APR - Automated Place and Route
ARM - Advanced RISC Machine
ATPG - Automatic Test Pattern Generation
AXI - Advanced eXtensible Interface
B
BCD - Binary Coded Decimal
BCD - Bipolar CMOS DMOS
BJT - Bipolar Junction Transistor
BGA - Ball Grid Array
BSIM - Berkeley Short-channel IGFET Model
BDD - Binary Decision Diagram
BFS - Breadth-First Search
BRAM - Block Random Access Memory
BRAM - Batterypowerd RAM
BTI - Bias Temperature Instability
BIST - Built-In Self-Test
BEOL = Back End Of Line
C
CAD - Computer-Aided Design
CDM - Charged Device Model
CDC - Clock Domain Crossing
CMOS - Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
CPU - Central Processing Unit
CPLD - Complex Programmable Logic Device
CPF - Common Power Format
CR - Critical Region
CTS - Clock Tree Synthesis
CLK - Clock
CU - Copper Interconnect
CVD - Chemical Vapor Deposition
D
DDR - Double Data Rate
DRC - Design Rule Check
DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory
DUT - Device Under Test
DFT - Design For Testability
DFF - D Flip-Flop
DFM - Design For Manufacturing / Manufacturability
DSP - Digital Signal Processor
DAC - Digital to Analog Converter
DMA - Direct Memory Access
DPA - Differential Power Analysis
DPI - Direct Programming Interface
DRC - Design Rule Check
DLT - Delay Locked Timing
D-MOSFET - Depletion-Type MOSFET
DVS - Dynamic Voltage Scaling
DFS - Dynamic Frequency Scaling
DVFS - Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling
E
EDA - Electronic Design Automation
ECO - Engineering Change Order
ESD - Electrostatic Discharge
EDP - Energy Delay Product
ETC - Equivalent Time Circuit
EIF - Early Input Feedback
EOS - Electrical Overstress
ECO = Engineering Change Order
EM - Electromigration
E-MOSFET - Enhancement-Type MOSFET
F
FIFO - First In First Out
FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array
FSM - Finite State Machine
FET - Field-Effect Transistor
FLP - Flip Chip
FSI - Front Side Interconnect
FEOL = Front End Of Line
FDSOI = Fully Depleted Silicon On Insulator
FPU - Floating Point Unit
G
GDS - Graphic Data System
GDSII - Graphic Database System II
GPIB - General Purpose Interface Bus
GPI - Generic Power Interface
GPA - Gate Power Amplifier
GND - Ground
H
HCI - Hot Carrier Injection
HDL = Hardware Description Language (Verilog / VHDL )
HLD - High-Level Design
HDVL = Hardware Description & Verification Language (System Verilog)
HSPICE - High-Performance Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis
HTR - High-Temperature Reliability
HEMT - High Electron Mobility Transistor
H.264 - Video Compression Standard
I
IC - Integrated Circuit
IDE - Integrated Development Environment
I2C - Inter-Integrated Circuit
I2S - Inter-IC Sound
IBIS - Input Output Buffer Information Specification
IPC - Interconnect Protocol Controller
IP - Intellectual Property
I/O - Input/Output
IIR - Infinite Impulse Response
J
JTAG - Joint Test Action Group
JEDEC - Joint Electron Device Engineering Council
L
LDO - Low Dropout Regulator
LLD - Low-Level Design
LNA - Low Noise Amplifier
LVS - Layout Versus Schematic
LO - Local Oscillator
M
MCM - Multi-Chip Module
MUX - Multiplexer
MOS - Metal Oxide Semiconductor
MOST - Metal Oxide Semiconductor Transistor
MOSFET - Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MPW - Multi-Project Wafer
MEOL = Middle End Of Line
Mask Layers: Each IC is manufactured with successive mask layers(10 – 15 layers).
MEMS - Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
ML - Machine Learning
MISO - Master In Slave Out
MSB - Most Significant Bit
MSV - Multiple Supply Voltages
N
NMOS - N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
NPT - Negative Power Transistor
NBTI - Negative Bias Temperature Instability
NRE - Non-Recurring Engineering
NOR - Logical NOR Gate
NOT - Logical NOT Gate
O
OA - Open Access
OASIS - Open Artwork System Interchange Standard
OTP - One Time Programmable
OPA - Operational Amplifier
OR - Logical OR Gate
P
PLL - Phase-Locked Loop
PCB - Printed Circuit Board
PMOS - P-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
PMU - Power Management Unit
PDN = Power Delivery Network
PD = Power Domain
PD = Physical Design
PNR - Place aNd Route
PT - PrimeTime
PVT - Process, Voltage, and Temperature
PWM - Pulse Width Modulation
Q
QDR - Quad Data Rate
R
RAM - Random Access Memory
ROM - Read Only Memory
RTL - Register Transfer Level
S
SD - Secure Digital
SDC - Synopsys Design Constraints
SDRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SI - Signal Integrity
SOC - System On Chip
SOI - Silicon-On-Insulator
SPICE - Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis
SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
SERDES - Serializer/Deserializer
SV - System Verilog
STA - Staic Timing Analysis
STI = Shallow Trench Isolation
SPI - Serial Peripheral Interface
SR - Set-Reset
T
TSV - Through Silicon Via
TCL - Tool Command Language
TDP - Thermal Design Power
U
UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UVLO - Under Voltage Lock Out
ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration
USB - Universal Serial Bus
UTSOI = Ultra-thin Silicon On Insulator
UPF - Unified Power Format
V
VER - Verification
VGA - Video Graphics Array
VHDL - VHSIC Hardware Description Language
VIP - Verification Intellectual Property
VLSI - Very Large Scale Integration
VCO - Voltage Controlled Oscillator
VERA - Verification
VCC - Voltage Common Collector
VCD - Value Change Dump
W
WLR - Wafer-Level Reliability
X
XOR - Exclusive OR
XILINX - FPGA Manufacturer
Y
YIN - Yield in Integrated Nodes
Z
ZIF - Zero Insertion Force
