Semiconductor Electronics Design

Semiconductor Electronics Design

Its a masters level course generally taught in the Winter semester every year.

 
Module leader: Prof. Dr. B. Choubey

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. B. Choubey

Language: English


Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes of the course Semiconductor Electronics Design is to 

• Understand the design principles used in electronic systems 
• Acquire working knowledge of computer based modelling, simulation and testing tools used in electronics design
• Understand manufacturing processes and supply chain of electronic components needed in design.
• Understand properties of materials used in integrated systems
• Understand building blocks of integrated electronic systems
• Emphasize problem definition, design conceptualization, modelling, approximation techniques, optimization and  prototyping in the context in microelectronic systems

Syllabus

In this course, the elementary design processes in the microelectronics industry are considered. The students will first be taught lecture based courses followed advanced learning of software tools. It will consist of  

• Design approaches – top-down, bottom-up, divide and conquer, structured design, object oriented design
• Manufacturing process for VLSI
• Materials - Micro-electronic properties 
• Analog and digital building blocks of integrated electronic systems
• Modelling and simulation methods including SPICE
• Practical skills in an advanced design tool leading to a full system design with communication, analogue and digital components

Media: Presentations placed online on Moodle

Textbook

1.  Integrated Circuit Design, by Neil H.E. Weste and David M. Harris, Pearson 
2.  CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits, Sung-Mo Kang, Yusuf Leblebici and Chulwoo Kim, McGraw Hil