| TSEK05 | VLSI Design, 4,5 ECTS credits. /VLSI-konstruktion/ |
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| Advancement level
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| Aim: The course will give practical design knowledge of VLSI circuits. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Preferably TSTE 84 Digital circuits, TFFY 34 Semiconductor Technology, and TSEK30 Instoduction to VLSI design. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Supplementary courses: TSEK10 Evalution of an Integrated circuit. |
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| Organisation: The course will focus on the design of an integrated circuit (a complete chip) in CMOS technology. A series of lectures will introduce students to VLSI-design methodology and CAD tools available at LiTH. A series of laboratory exercises will introduce the CAD tools practically. Design projects will be run in teams of 2-3 students and each team can select one project from a project catalogue. It is possible for the students to run their own projects as long as the projects are appropriate. The students in each team must finish their chip design and deliver a written report before the end of period 4. The chip designs can be fabricated and the students can evaluate their own chips experimentally in period 1, year 5, if they attend the course TSEK10 Evaluation of an Integrated Circuit. |
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| Course contents: Introduction to CAD and design methodology. Electrical characterization. Performance analysis. Logic design and clocking. Subsystems in CMOS. Design for test. Future development. |
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| Course literature: Probably one of the following text books: N. Weste and K. Eshraghian, "Principles of CMOS VLSI Design", Addison-Wesley 1993, ISBN 0-201-53376-6. J.M. Rabaey, "Digital Integrated Circuits", Prentice Hall, 1996, ISBN 0-13-394271-6. |
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| To pass the course, the chip design and the report have to be satisfactory. |
3 p |
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| The grades are Pass/Fail. | |||
Course language is English. Department offering the course: ISY. Director of Studies: Tomas Svensson Examiner: Dake Liu Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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