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Valid for year : 2002
 
TSEK35 Advanced VLSI Design, 4,5 ECTS credits.
/Avancerad VLSI-konstruktion/

For:   D   IT   SOC   Y  

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Subject area:

  Advancement level (A-D): C

Aim:
The aim of this course is to give the student knowledge and experience in analog, mixed analog-digital and communication-constrained design. The primary objective of the course is that the student shall learn basic techniques for analog and mixed analog-digital design in VLSI, and gain further insight into System-on-Chip possibilities and limitations.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
TFYY62TSEK30 Introduction to VLSI Design and its prerequisites.

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.

Organisation:
11 lectures, 7 tutorials and 12 hours laboratory exercises. The course combines an overview of the area with careful treatment of selected parts; especially basic analysis of analog circuits (gain, stability, bandwidth, large signals and nonlinearity, noise and distortion) and transmission line theory, including RC-lines.

Course contents:
Introduction to device and circuit modeling from an analog perspective. Brief introduction to analog circuit simulation. Small and large signal perspectives. Basic analog circuits: Gain stages, differential amplifiers, operational amplifiers, sample and hold circuits, oscillators, and phase-locked loops. Problems and solutions in mixed analog-digital circuits. Advanced wire modeling. Advanced issues in signaling, timing and clock distribution. Synchronous, mesochronous and asynchronous communication, and the use of phase-locked loops. Power distribution and supply and substrate noise. System partitioning related to communication and timing limitations. The scaling perspective and future prospects.

Course literature:
Not decided.

Examination:
Written exam
Laboratory work
2,5 p
0,5 p
 



Course language is English.
Department offering the course: ISY.
Director of Studies: Tomas Svensson
Examiner: Christer Svensson

Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Last updated: 08/07/2003