# Accelerating Complex Analog IC Design: The Power of Early Reliability Verification

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2025-07-28
- Length: 18m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2025-07-28-accelerating-complex-analog-ic-design-the-power-of-early-reliability-verificatio
- Listen: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/147349521/

## Summary

Matthew Hogan, Product Management Director at Siemens Digital Industry Software, explains how Insight Analyzer enables 'shift-left' reliability verification for complex analog and mixed-signal IC designs. He details how the tool performs topological state-based analysis on pre-layout netlists to identify leakage paths and domain crossing issues before simulation. Hogan highlights the tool's automatic circuit recognition and integration with Cadence and Siemens Custom IC environments to help designers catch subtle errors early in the flow.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2025-07-28-accelerating-complex-analog-ic-design-the-power-of-early-reliability-verificatio#t=3) Introduction and Shift-Left Context
- [4:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2025-07-28-accelerating-complex-analog-ic-design-the-power-of-early-reliability-verificatio#t=263) Insight Analyzer vs. Traditional ERC Tools
- [7:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2025-07-28-accelerating-complex-analog-ic-design-the-power-of-early-reliability-verificatio#t=476) Designer Workflow and Cadence Integration
- [10:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2025-07-28-accelerating-complex-analog-ic-design-the-power-of-early-reliability-verificatio#t=639) Automatic Circuit Recognition and Visualization
- [13:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2025-07-28-accelerating-complex-analog-ic-design-the-power-of-early-reliability-verificatio#t=815) Case Study: Leakage in Bluetooth SOC
- [15:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2025-07-28-accelerating-complex-analog-ic-design-the-power-of-early-reliability-verificatio#t=944) Continuum with Caliber PERC and Sign-Off

## Topics

- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Analog & power electronics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/analog-and-power-electronics)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Siemens (company)
- Insight Analyzer (tool)
- Caliber PERC (tool)
- Cadence (company)
- Siemens Custom IC (tool)
- Spice (tool)

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