AMS Licensing

AMS 0.35 micron Design Kits

Access to this technology is based on a site license. Each institute (e.g., university) is required to get licensed only one time and multiple researchers can access the technology. Check with your STC Administrator to determine if your site has already been licensed.

To obtain the license for accessing the technology, these steps are usually followed by the Technical Contact/STC Administrator:

You may access this technology if your university has signed certain agreements with AMS and CMP, as described below .

 

HOW TO GET LICENSED

Access to this technology is based on a site license. Each institute (e.g., university) is required to get licensed only one time and multiple researchers can access the technology. Check with your STC Administrator to determine if your site has already been licensed:

       List of STC Administrators

To obtain the license for accessing the technology, these steps are usually followed by the Technical Contact/STC Administrator:

1. Fill out the on-line form at: http://cmp.imag.fr/products/DK/dkrequest.php
   
   

   Foundry: austriamicrosystems
   Process: C35B4C3, C35B4O1, H35B4D3

Technical Contact is the person who will install the design kit and DRM (Design Rules Manual). In some universities it is a professor who requests the kit; in others it is the STC Administrator (system administrator).

The Confidentiality Agreement (CA) should be signed by the Authorized Signatory for your university (usually the Vice-President of Research or Head of Research Services).

2. After the online form is submitted, the Technical Contact will receive the CA and Confidentiality and License Agreement (CLA) by email from CMP.  Return these to CMP, and then CMP will clear the licensing with AMS (expect about two weeks for this to occur).

3. Email to licensing@cmc.ca confirmation of the Confidentiality Agreement and Confidentiality and License Agreement that you received from CMP.

4. AMS will generate a “CA number” for your university, which CMP will forward to the Technical Contact.  Using this number, create an account on the AMS website at:
   http://asic.austriamicrosystems.com/cgi-bin/register.cgi

5. Once you have generated your AMS account, email CMP to ask them to open access to license generation for this process.  CMP will respond to let you know when this has been enabled.

6. Generate a FlexLM license from the AMS website, for Hit-Kit version 4.00, and enter the host name and host ID for the machine where your license will be installed:
   http://asic.austriamicrosystems.com/cgi-sbin/cis/amslmd.cgi

7. AMS will send the license by email, for the Technical Contact to install.

HOW TO GET AND INSTALL THE DESIGN KIT

The System Administrator at your university, responsible for maintaining the Supported Technology Configuration of CAD tools and design kits supported by CMC, is the person authorized to get and install this kit.

     You may already have the kit installed in your university, check with your STC Administrator .

     If you are the first to request the kit, ask your STC Administrator to download it and install it for you. He/she can contact licensing@cmc.ca if they need a copy of the Product and Service Announcement which provides the specific instructions for this kit.

HOW TO ACCESS THE FABRICATION SERVICE

Designers must:

     Make sure that their designs are DRC clean, based on the most current version of the design kit, before submitting designs for fabrication.

     Submit packaging instructions at the time of design submission to ensure no unnecessary delay is introduced in the fabrication cycle.

Your main steps to access the fabrication service through CMC:

1. Identify target run from our fabrication schedule 
2. Estimate cost for design fabrication: http://www.cmc.ca/en/WhatWeOffer/Make/FabPricing.aspx

3. Book space with CMC using the Request for Manufacturing Resources (RFMR) form:
   https://competitions.cmc.ca/CMC/HomePage.aspx

4. After ensuring your design is DRC clean based on the most current version of the design kit, submit a Request for Implementation (RFI) form to CMC. The RFI contains (beside other important information) the exact dimensions of the design and packaging requirements which determine CMC's invoice to the designer. See:
   https://www4.cmc.ca/forms/rfi_form.php

HOW TO SUBMIT A TEST REPORT

Designers must submit a test report to CMC within three months after receiving the chips. For relevant information, go to: https://www1.cmc.ca/clients/prototyping/test_reports.php

  HOW TO GET SUPPORT

CMC provides engineering support on a best-effort basis while it is getting familiar with the technology. Please use CMC’s support request form:

https://www1.cmc.ca/clients/support_request.php

Users are encouraged to use CMC's discussion forum to obtain support from peers by going to the AMS 0.35-micron CMOS forum at:

https://forums.cmc.ca/