Analog IC Design Process?

 Broadly analog IC design process can be classified into the following steps:-

1. Electrical Design: It is a process of designing a circuit solution to meet the required specification. Electrical design requires electrical models for creating the design, verifying the design, and to also determine the robustness of the design.

2. Physical Design: It is the process of representing the electrical design in the form of a layout (i.e. putting together various distinct geometrical rectangles at various levels). This layout is then used to create a 3-dimensional integrated circuit (IC) through a process called fabrication.

3. Packaging: Packaging is done to protect the IC, power the IC, and provide electrical & mechanical connections between the IC and the outside world.

4. Testing: Process of measuring the IC performance i.e. to compare the experimental performance with the specifications and the simulation results.