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Digital Integrated Circuits, 6 ECTS credits.
/Digitala integrerade kretsar/
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 60
Rec. self-study hours: 100
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Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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Aim:
The course aims at providing knowledge on the design of digital integrated circuits. After the course is completed the students should be able to perform the following:
- use methods and techniques for implementation and verification of circuits
- understand the possibilities and limitations of circuits in System-on-Chip design
- comprehend and apply electrical models of integrated components and interconnect
- estimate circuit performance.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Knowledge on basic electrical components like resistors, capacitors, inductors, and semiconductors. Ability to solve basic electrical, switching theory, and logical design problems.
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:
Low Power Electronics
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Organisation:
The course consists of lectures, and in connection to those, exercises and laboratory work. The course is given in Ht1 and is completed within one study period.
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Course contents:
The lectures, exercises, and laboratory work treat the following subjects:
- review of CMOS processes and semiconductor technology
- electrical and geometrical properties of the MOSFET
- modelling of wires and interconnect
- design of basic logic circuits, such as static and dynamic gates, latches and flip-flops
- digital circuit timing and clocking
- estimation of performance and power dissipation
- logic and arithmetic blocks, data paths, control units and memories
- I/O and chip packaging
- layout strategies and CAD tools
- overview of ASIC design flow from logic synthesis to layout
- overview of design verification including estimation, simulation and testing.
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Course literature:
Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha Chandrakasan, and Borivoje Nikolic:
Digital Integrated Circuits, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, 2003.
ISBN 0-13-120764-4.
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Labratory work
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4,5 ECTS
1,5 ECTS
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The examination problems test the student's comprehension of circuit structure and function, circuit design skill, and ability to analyse the circuit performance. Three laboratory work passes demonstrate and test CAD tools, circuit design, and physical hardware behaviour. The laboratory work is complete when all mandatory exercises are completed. |
Course language is English.
Department offering the course: ISY.
Director of Studies: Tomas Svensson
Examiner: Mark Vesterbacka
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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