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Semiconductor IP

Certus Semiconductor

From standard GPIO to radiation-hardened, high-temperature custom I/O libraries

  • GPIO
  • High-speed IO
  • ESD
  • TSMC
  • Samsung
  • GlobalFoundries

Certus Semiconductor is a custom RF/analog, digital I/O and ESD IP provider that works directly alongside customer design and reliability teams. Its libraries are silicon-proven across TSMC, GlobalFoundries, Samsung and UMC, with customers including NXP, Cisco, Microsoft and Micron, spanning area I/O and flip-chip, ESD pads for analog/RF/SerDes/HDMI, and radiation-hardened or high-temperature variants.

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Products & capabilities

Certus Semiconductor portfolio

GPIO

Standard I/O library

Covers 1.2V to 5V including switchable multi-voltage cells, with support for I2C fast mode/fast mode+, eMMC, RGMII, ONFI and LPDDR, plus LVDS TX/RX cells with built-in 100Ω termination, ultra-low leakage options and one-time-programmable capability.

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ESD protection

ESD pad library

High-voltage rated -18V to +30V, with ESD protection up to 16kV HBM / 1000V CDM meeting Mil-Spec, and system-level compliance to IEC 61000-4-2/4-4 — low capacitance and custom-tuned per specification.

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Special applications

Radiation-hardened / high-temperature library

Radiation-hardened (tested to 64 MeV proton) and 200°C+ high-temperature GPIO, analog and high-voltage libraries on TSMC and GlobalFoundries, built for aerospace, defense and industrial applications.

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Custom

Custom services

RF/analog circuit design (PLLs, amplifiers, drivers, PHY blocks), .LIB timing model generation, IBIS model creation and custom standard-cell design, plus ESD architectural review — claiming ESD footprints up to 20% smaller than foundry-sourced options.

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Want to know more about Certus Semiconductor?

We can arrange a vendor technical briefing, an evaluation licence and a deployment plan to get your team productive quickly.