The development of an uncommitted integrated circuit for combined digital and analogue applications

An uncommmited integrated circuit is a standardized integrated circuit needing only a fraction of the normal processing steps to program it for a required application. The result is a reduction in the time, money and knowledge required to develop an integrated circuit. The development and industrialization of an uncommitted circuit for combined digital and analog applications are described. Integrated Injection Logic (I2L) is used to realize digital functions, and standard analog techniques, based on a bipolar process, are used to realize analog functions. A novel architecture, as well as the use of three masks to realize a required interconnection pattern, results in a very high efficiency in terms of the number of components that was used.