Title :
A VLSI circuit design course for practitioners and researchers
Author :
Carlson, Bradley S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Abstract :
Graduate students can usually be classified in two categories: research engineers and practicing engineers. The microelectronic systems education of these two groups of students have different objectives. This paper describes a one semester course developed to meet the objectives for both groups of students. The course lectures cover custom and semicustom CMOS VLSI circuit design, and the laboratory utilizes a mixture of public domain and commercial CAD tools
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; computer aided instruction; educational courses; electronic engineering education; integrated circuit design; logic CAD; ASIC design; CAD tools; VLSI circuit design course; custom CMOS circuit design; graduate students; microelectronic systems education; one semester course; practicing engineers; research engineers; semicustom CMOS circuit design; Analog integrated circuits; CMOS analog integrated circuits; CMOS logic circuits; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Laboratories; Logic design; Logic testing; Performance analysis; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronic Systems Education, 1997. MSE '97. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7996-4
DOI :
10.1109/MSE.1997.612525
