Freescale Semiconductor LLC, Moscow at a Glance
Fast Facts
Web Site
http://www.freescale.com/Russia and http://www.freescale.ru
Location
Moscow, Zelenograd
General Director
Sergey Somov
Established
1995: as Moscow Research Laboratory of
Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector
# of Employees
~100 (women=25%, PhD’s=20%)
Business Units
Analog and Sensors 
Analog Mixed-Signal & Power Design Center (~25 employees)
Automotive and Industrial markets
R&D
Manufacturing Operations 
Technology Solutions Organization (~75 employees) 
- Process Design Kit (PDK)
- Digital Design Kit (DDK)
- Input-Output Libraries (IO)
- Flows & Methodologies (FAM)
All Freescale markets
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Moscow Freescale site synergy
GDS to Fab
DDK
AMPD
Design
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FAM
PDK
Vendor EDA tools
Packaging data
Foundry data
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IO
Moscow Freescale R&D: Process Design Kit
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Since 1999, 25 employees (biggest PDK team in Freescale)
Mission:
Enable and support IC design for successful project tape outs by high
quality interoperable technology abstraction collaterals across all current
and road-mapped process technologies
Enabled IC designs in ~40 semiconductor process technologies
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CMOS, SOI, BiCMOS, RF, NVM, High Voltage, High Power, MEMS, GaAs
2014-2015 major focus on:
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Leading edge CMOS process: 16nm FinFET
− High Vt. BiCMOS (110V) + High PowerFET (110A) co-design enablement
− ASIC+MEMS co-design enablement
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PDK content:
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Spice models
− Technology files (incl. P&R specs and LPE)
− Transistor level device library
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Schematic symbols, Parameterized layouts, other CAD views
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Physical verification rule decks
− Tool setups and Design acceleration utilities
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Moscow Freescale R&D: DDK and IO
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Since 1997, ~40 employees
• Development of standard cell libraries
is done exclusively
• Mission:
Provide on-time and high quality
competitive libraries to SoC teams
Technology nodes – from 180nm down
to the latest 16nm
• Interface examples: DDR, LVDS, USB,
SD-card, PCI, MMC-card
• Libraries content:
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DDK: Logic and sequential elements
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I/O: Input/output buffer cells (high-speed
transmitters and receivers, ESD circuits)
with CAD views for block/IO ring synthesis in
modern digital design frameworks
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Focus areas:
EDA tools for standard cell layout
synthesis/optimization (new process
technology, new Process-VoltageTemperature (PVT) variation)
− Design service: migration of ready IP
to a new process technology
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Technology nodes: from 180nm
down to the latest 16nm
Challenging R&D tasks requiring
expertise in programming, math,
microelectronics and IC design flow
 Outcome:
cell layout
target cell schematic
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synthesis
9 patents issued
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migration &
optimization
source technology
IP layout
target cell layout
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Since 1995, (1st Motorola/Freescale
R&D team in Russia)
Mission:
Shortest time-to-market for IP’s by
layout synthesis automation
source cell layout
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cell schematic
Moscow Freescale R&D: Flows and Methodologies
target technology
IP layout
migration &
optimization
Analog Mixed-Signal & Power Design Center in Moscow
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Products we develop:
High performance IC’s for automotive applications and for industrial power
management
 Alternator regulators
 eXtreme Switches for lighting and motor control
 CAN and LIN Transceivers
 Engine control ASICs
Our products are used in:
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Electric vehicles, airbags, antilock braking systems (ABS),
body controllers, engine and powertrain control
− All major vehicle manufacturers are Freescale AMPD customers
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We sell millions IC’s per year
It’s very likely that your or your family car includes products we designed here in Zelenograd
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Close cooperation with AMPD centers in
Tempe (Arizona), Detroit (Michigan) and Toulouse (France)
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AMPD IC design is based on unique Freescale internal High Vt. BiCMOS
and High PowerFET process technologies
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Moscow AMPD product examples
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Alternator Regulator
keeps output voltage stable with
changing rotation speed and load
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eXtreme Switch
to turn Lights ON/OFF
− Challenge:
Alternator
Regulator
Brush Holder
same switch needs to work
under all conditions in a bulb!
Condition in bulb
Filament Inrush current
60W bulb: Light is OFF
100 A
60W bulb: Light is ON
11 A
LED bulb: Light is ON
100 mA
High Vt. ASIC
control die
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Thin gold
bonding
Thick
aluminium
bonding
65V trench FET
Dual 6 mΩ power
die
2 brushes deliver
current to rotor
Freescale internship program:
General information
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Applicable for bachelors
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All Moscow Freescale departments involved
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Duration: 2 years
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Obligations for the program graduates: No
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Freescale’s intention (not a promise):
Convert internship graduates to full time employees
depending on performance and business needs
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Dedicated mentor assigned to each intern for the whole program
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We offer our interns:
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Intensive training in IC design flow, analog/digital circuitry and layout
− Hands on experience with leading edge technologies and EDA tools
− Working experience in global organization with offices from Japan to USA
− Unique and competitive Master's thesis
− Innovation opportunities
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This includes patents, internal and external publications, R&D conferences
Usually the internship program graduate is qualified as junior engineer
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Freescale internship program:
Candidate expertise areas and skill sets
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The following educational background is a MUST!
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Mathematical analysis, linear algebra, differential equations and algebra of complex numbers
 Electrostatics, EM Fields
 Circuit theory
 Solid state physics, physics of semiconductors, physics of semiconductor devices
 Semiconductor manufacturing process and IC design flow
 Discrete mathematics
 Programming
 English with ability to write, read and understand live conversations
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Desired skills:
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UNIX/Linux platform
 Programming experience in UNIX shell, С/ С++, Perl, Tcl, Python or Cadence SKILL®
 Electronic Design Automation tools (Cadence is preferred) and correspondent CAD views
 Any experience in CAD view generation, IC design and design verification
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These skill sets will be grown and/or accelerated during Freescale internship
Freescale provides opportunities for its college hires to grow professionally!
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Job search https://freescale.taleo.net/careersection/fsl_cs_glob/jobsearch.ftl
High class of Moscow FSL technical level is confirmed by the leading hi-tech FSL
clients who are using our solutions
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