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Advanced VLSI design

EE-431

Lecturer(s) :

Burg Andreas Peter
Leblebici Yusuf

Language:

English

Summary

In this course, students collect hands-on experience with the design of full-custom digital integrated circuits. The course guides through a design project in which a high-performance adder based on dynamic logic is developed and implemented.

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

• EE-429: Fundamentals of VLSI
• EE-490(b): Lab in EDA based design (EDA-TP)

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Design complex full custom integrated circuit building blocks
• Optimize the performance of a circuit
• Draw a corresponding layout
• Illustrate its operation in a presentation

Transversal skills

• Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.
• Assess progress against the plan, and adapt the plan as appropriate.
• Use both general and domain specific IT resources and tools

Teaching methods

• Short presentations, tutorials, guided examples
• Hands-on experience through a guided project