Leading the Revolution: ASIC Design and Fabrication Excellence

Explore the full range of services offered by DG CIRCUITS. We specialize in custom ASIC design and fabrication, providing cutting-edge solutions geared toward optimizing your applications in various high-demand industry and research. Get in touch with us to learn more.

What We Offer

ASIC Design and Fabrication

  • Very High Resolution: Achieve precision with charge resolutions of just a few electrons, ensuring detailed and accurate measurements.
  • Very Low Power Consumption: Our designs focus on deep sub-milliwatt per channel power usage, significantly reducing energy requirements and enhancing system longevity.
  • High Mixed-Signal Functionality and Programmability: Tailor your ASICs with high versatility, accommodating a wide range of functional needs.
  • Precision Charge and Timing Measurements: Trust in precise and reliable data collection is critical for nuanced applications.
  • Advanced Design Techniques: We employ the latest methodologies in ASIC design to deliver superior performance and reliability.

Front-End Optimization

  • Integrated and Discrete Circuits: We design both types of circuits based on your specific needs and constraints.
  • Sensor-Electronics Interconnection: Ensure high-quality connections between sensors and electronics, minimizing noise and enhancing performance.
  • Filtering and PCB for Low-Noise: We specialize in low-noise solutions, and we provide filtering and PCB design services that reduce interference and boost signal integrity.

Other Services

  • Consultation: Gain from our expertise in ASIC design and applications through detailed consultations.
  • Collaborations and Partnerships: Join forces with DG CIRCUITS to push the boundaries of what's possible in ASIC technology.
  • Knowledge Transfer and Mentoring: Empower your team with the knowledge and skills transferred from our seasoned experts, ensuring ongoing advancement and innovation.

Custom Features

  • Low-noise charge amplifiers
  • Low-noise and high dynamic range shapers
  • Peak detectors and analog memories
  • High-resolution timing circuits
  • High-speed multiplexers and derandomizers
  • Single- and multi-window discriminators
  • Anti-aliasing and waveform sampling circuits
  • Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters
  • Digital cores and digital signal processing
  • Fully-differential and high-speed analog and digital interfaces
  • Tailored low-noise ESD protections
  • Cryogenic and radiation-tolerant
  • CMOS 250, 180, 130, 65 nm and below
  • ASICs for spectroscopy
  • ASICs for high-rate photon counting
  • ASICs for particle tracking
  • ASICs for SiPD and SiPM

Motivation Behind Our ASIC Solutions

Front-end ASICs are transformative components that empower the creation of new classes of radiation detectors and other sensitive instruments. These circuits combine exceptional resolution and low noise with high programmability, functionality, and minimal power consumption—all in a compact footprint.

ASICs offer very high charge and timing resolution combined with:

  • Optimized Low-Noise Analog Front-End
  • Very High Programmability and User-Friendly Interface
  • Very High Functionality (Discrimination, Peak Amplitude, Timing, Waveform Sampling, Multiplexing, Photon Counting, ADCs, DACs, Etc.)
  • Very Low Power Consumption (Deep Sub-mW per Channel)
  • Very Small Physical Size (Many Front-End Channels per Millimeter Square)
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DG CIRCUITS was founded to make advanced ASIC technology accessible to customers and organizations without large design teams or major institutional support. Clients receive full ownership of their ASICs, with continuous consultancy and support at both detector and system levels, enabling critical applications across diverse industries. Once in production, the cost per front-end channel falls well below one dollar!

Front-end ASICs can operate with solid-state, liquid, and gas detectors and in extreme environments (radiation, temperature, etc.), for applications in a wide range of fields, including but not limited to:

  • Defense
  • Industrial
  • Medical
  • Physics
    • Safety
    • Security
    • Space
  • Defense
  • Industrial
  • Medical
  • Physics
  • Safety
  • Security
  • Space