Corporate strategy for the success of our customers
Innovation and advanced thinking leads eesy-ic
Since 2012 our core competence is designing Integrated Circuits (ICs) and developing appropriate laboratory and production test solutions. We believe that our exceptional team is the most important success factor of our company. Our team has worked together for many years and has successfully led many projects from specification into production.
eesy-ic is certified according to ISO 9001:2015.The standard ensures consistently high product and service quality and thus stands for effective quality management.
- In the team to top performance
Our goal is to use the unique technical knowledge and long experience of our employees to develop leading-edge technologies and offer our customers new products and solutions with added value, increased efficiency and better quality.
- Our objective
Our company prevails in an atmosphere of innovation and we are constantly seeking new challenges. We do everything possible to get the best result and promote our ideas. We constantly strive to redefine our boundaries and set new standards in our work and in the industry.
- Our products
eesy-ic is a reliable partner to our customers. We provide them with maximum benefits and place great importance on customer care and long-term cooperation. We ensure that we meet their needs and requirements and provide them comprehensive solutions that are tailored to their concerns. Our objective is to bring you and your products to success. We create customer value by offering the optimum solutions to complicated problems with the best possible outcome. Our working method is characterized by high flexibility, short communication channels and a fast decision-making process. Our modern world offers people nearly endless possibilities. Our objective is to develop outstanding products of tomorrow and to expand into new markets. We have everything we need to achieve these goals: Emerging markets, excellent skills and highly motivated employees. In the future we plan to strengthen and to develop the eesy-ic brand even more.
Smart minds for a strong team
Our experienced employees
Andreas Rother
Managing Director
Andreas Rother has many years of experience in corporate management, finances and business administration. His core competencies are development of growth-oriented organizations, reorganization of businesses and creation of necessary control systems and processes. Furthermore, Mr. Rother is founder and shareholder of QuarterMill Technologies GmbH.
Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Wickmann
Analog IC
Competencies: Design and layout of analog integrated circuits for power management and signal processing. Experience: Andreas Wickmann graduated as an Electrical Engineer from the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany in 2008. He began his career at Texas Instruments, Germany where he was an Analog Design Engineer from 2008 to 2012 developing 16-bit SAR A/D converts and isolated amplifiers for current shunt measurement applications. In 2012, he joined eesy-ic Ltd, where he has been involved in the design of low-voltage/ ow-power analog circuits. Mr. Wickmann holds three patents in circuit design of data converters and has published several technical papers. Since 2011, Mr. Wickmann has been teaching Analog IC Signal Conditioning at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg dealing with the design of the integrated analog circuits.
Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Georg Schinner
Digital-IC
Competencies: Design, verification and synthesis of digital circuits, low power design methodology, microcontroller Experience: After his graduation from Friedrich-Alexander- University Erlangen-Nuremberg in 1995, Mr. Schinner worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS-A on different customer projects and in IP development. Afterwards, he joined Ericsson where he was in charge of the top-level integration of 4,5 MGate ASICs. From 2003 to 2012 he was with Texas Instruments and was in charge of the development of the CPU for the ultra-low power microcontroller MSP430. Since 2012 he has been working at eesy-ic in the design and verification of different digital modules for mixed signal ASICs. In addition to this, he is responsible for the FPGA implementation of complex systems.
Dr.-Ing. Frank Ohnhäuser
Chief Technical Officer
Dr.-Ing. Frank Ohnhäuser started his career in analog IC development after finishing his studies in Electrical Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 1996. At Burr-Brown/Texas Instruments (Tucson, USA), he developed high precision ADCs, and founded and led a development center in Erlangen beginning in 1999 where he was a Senior Member of Technical Staff. He was responsible for product definition of ADCs in the field of industrial applications and IC design and layout as well as the verification, characterization, qualification, and production test of the team’s products. The success was based on customer satisfaction and technical application focus. He currently holds nine patents, has four patent applications, and is author of numerous scientifically recognized publications. He also teaches the Analog-Digital and Digital-Analog Converters class at the Freidrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Current publications: You will find an outline of the book “Analog-Digital Converters for Industrial Applications Including an Introduction to Digital-Analog Converters” online. Click here.
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Reinhold
Mixed Signal-IC; IC-Verification & Characterization
Competencies: Design and layout of mixed-signal integrated circuits such as data converters and isolation Experiences: Michael Reinhold has 20 years of professional experience in delopment of integrated circuits (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits and Texas Instruments). His experience lies primarily in the specification and the development of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits. Examples of his work include:
- ADCs:Successive approximation and delta-sigma
- Analog circuits: Bandgap references, LDOs, operational amplifiers, oscillators, current sources, switched capacitor circuits, low voltage/low power techniques, high voltage signal isolation
- Mixed signal: Interface between digital and analog blocks and mixed mode simulation
During his time at Texas Instruments he was promoted to be a member of technical staff for his contribution, deep knowledge, and experience. He currently holds seven patents in electronic circuit design.
Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Röber
RF-IC
Competencies: Development of integrated mixed-signal and high-frequency circuits Experiences: Many years of experience in the development of RF ICs with the previous main focus on RF frontends for digital satellite broadcasting, transceiver ICs for medical technology and RF circuits for mobile radio applications.
Dr.-Ing. Martin Allinger
IC-Production Test
Competencies: IC production test in the fields of power management and high-precision-analog; test platforms: Verigy 93k, LTX-Credence X-Series, Teradyne Catalyst, Eagle Experiences: Martin Allinger studied Electrical Engineering with focus on microelectronics at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. He started his career in 2007 at Texas Instruments as a Development Engineer with focus on production test solutions for high-resolution data converters. In 2012, he acquired his doctorate degree at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and joined the eesy-ic development team in Nuremberg.
eesy-ic – the connective link between research and industry
Innovation is the result of strong networks
Research and development are key to creating new technologies. The connection between science and practical work enables people to produce new ideas and transform them into marketable products and services. This forms the basis of long-term economic success of eesy-ic.
- Cooperation between science and industry
Our employees are among the best and experienced minds in the development of ICs. Our close relationship to science, regular communication with research experts, and cooperation with our partners allow us to stay keep up with current trends in IC development. We have close contact to some of Germany’s top research institutions. eesy-ic is engaged in a variety of active collaborations with the Chair of Technical Electronics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Georg-Simon-Ohm University Nuremberg, Coburg University, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits Erlangen, as well as with the Institute for Integrated Circuits at the Johannes Kepler University Linz.
- A strong network of research and companies
We are always looking for new research institutes, partner companies and funding programs to support us in realizing future-oriented projects. We can assist companies in selecting the suitable funding program if you plan to develop for example a cost-effective ASIC for your product. If you would like to cooperate with us or find out more about our work, do not hesitate to contact us.
Findings on integrated circuits
Papers from eesy-ic employees
We would like to present these scientific publications of our staff to you:
Trim techniques for DC specifications for A/D converters based on successive approximation Ohnhaeuser, F; Allinger, M; Huemer, M. – Published in AEU -International Journal of Electronics and Communications, vol. 64 Issue: 8, 2010 A 1.5mW 1MSPS 16bit SAR ADC with high performance Ohnhaeuser, F.; Bialek, J. – Published in Semiconductor Conference Dresden-Grenoble (ISCDG), 2012 International Novel Method to Measure the Capacitive Matching of A/D Converter Based on Successive Approximation Ohnhaeuser, F.; Reinhold, M.; Wickmann, A.; Allinger, M. – Published in Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on. Volume:62, Issue: 10 Modeling and simulation of quantizer and DAC nonidealities of a continuous time ΔΣ modulator Schmid, K.; Raschbacher, S.; Ohnhauser, F. – Published in Semiconductor Conference Dresden-Grenoble (ISCDG), 2013 International A trimmable precision bandgap voltage reference on 180 nm CMOS Timm, S.; Wickmann, A. – Published in Semiconductor Conference Dresden-Grenoble (ISCDG), 2013 International A Floating CDAC architecture for high-resolution and low-power SAR A/D converter Wickmann, A.; Ohnhauser, F. – Published in Semiconductor Conference Dresden-Grenoble (ISCDG), 2012 International
