ICON Design Automation is a premier design engineering company specialising in RF & Microwave solutions, EDA Tools, and Semiconductor Fabrication. Founded in 1997, we have spent over 29+ years building the mission-critical systems that India's defense and space programmes depend on.
We bridge the gap between complex technical specifications and real-world deployment — from MMIC design and ASIC development to MIL/Space qualification. Our partnerships with ISRO and DRDO, and our 2024 Transfer of Technology milestone with NSIL, reflect the trust placed in us at the highest levels of India's defense ecosystem.
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End-to-end development of ASICs and MMICs — from initial specifications through design, fabrication, and fully-tested devices ready for deployment.
Complete delivery from design concept to MIL/Space qualification. Indigenous design, fabrication, and system integration for mission-critical applications.
Authorised partners for the world's leading EDA and simulation platforms. We bring best-in-class tools directly to your engineering workflow.
ICON has designed and qualified over 50 MMIC products covering the full microwave spectrum. Our in-house design team works from specification through tape-out, leveraging proprietary design kits and 29 years of process knowledge to deliver first-pass silicon success.
From wideband DRFM modules to jamming transmitters and ESM receivers, ICON designs EW sub-systems for airborne, naval, and ground platforms. Our indigenously developed GaN power amplifiers and ultra-low-noise LNA chains set the benchmark for sensitivity and EIRP.
ICON supports T/R modules, up/down converters, and beamforming networks for active-electronically scanned array (AESA) radars. Our designs are qualified for airborne pulse-Doppler, ground surveillance, and shipboard fire-control radar programmes.
Every component in a satellite must survive launch vibration, thermal cycling from −40°C to +85°C, and years of operation in vacuum. ICON's space-grade MMIC products are designed, tested, and qualified to ISRO STTL standards — supporting LEO, MEO, and GEO missions.
From L-Band ground surveillance to Ka-Band satellite links — ICON designs and qualifies MMICs across the full tactical RF spectrum.
ICON has supported dozens of ISRO missions over the decades — supplying space-qualified MMIC & ASIC products for PSLV, GSLV, and SSLV launch vehicles, as well as GEO and LEO communication satellite payloads.
Our 2024 Transfer of Technology agreement with NSIL marks a new chapter in supporting India's commercial space ambitions.
Customers in this sector include ISRO (SAC, ISTRAC, URSC, VSSC), NSIL, and private new-space companies building on the liberalised IN-SPACe framework.
ICON has been a supplier to India's major radar programmes for over two decades — providing T/R MMICs, LNA chains, and phase shifter assemblies for airborne, naval, and ground-based AESA radar systems developed by DRDO, HAL, and BEL. Our X-Band and S-Band products have featured in multiple fielded platforms.
Key customers include DRDO DARE, DRDO LRDE, HAL, BEL, and Tata Advanced Systems Limited.
India's electronic warfare landscape is rapidly modernising, and ICON has been at the centre of this transformation. We supply wideband LNAs, GaN power amplifiers, and phase shifter arrays to EW system integrators developing jamming, ELINT, and DRFM-based self-protection systems for the Indian Air Force, Army, and Navy.
Key customers include DRDO DARE, ECIL, and private-sector EW system integrators under DRDO ToT programmes.
ICON's EDA business serves India's top research institutions, defence PSUs, and private RF design houses. From IIT labs pioneering 5G mmWave research to BEL's MMIC design centre deploying Cadence Microwave Office — ICON provides the tools, training, and ongoing support that India's RF engineering community depends on.
EDA customers include IITs (Bombay, Madras, Delhi, Kanpur), NITs, DRDO labs (DLRL, LRDE, SAG), BEL, HAL, Wipro, and a growing ecosystem of private defence design companies.
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Whether you need indigenous MMIC design, systems integration, or EDA software — our team is ready to discuss your project requirements.
