Teaching digital HW-design by implementing a complete MP3 decoder

Author

Hedberg, Hugo ; Lenart, Thomas ; Svensson, Henrik ; Nilsson, Peter ; Öwall, Viktor

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electrosci., Lund Univ., Sweden

fYear

2003

fDate

1-2 June 2003

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

32

Abstract

This paper describes a project course that focuses on all the different stages in an ASIC design flow. The project starts at algorithm level, followed by architecture selection, netlist generation, down to physical layout, fabrication, and finally verification. The scope of the project, implementing a complete MP3 decoder in VHDL and sending it for fabrication, motivates the students to work hard towards a common goal.

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; educational courses; electronic engineering education; hardware description languages; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit testing; teaching; very high speed integrated circuits; ASIC design; MP3 decoder; VHDL; VHSIC HDL; application specific integrated circuits; digital HW-design; educational courses; hardware description languages; hardware design; integrated circuit fabrication; integrated circuit verification; integrated circuits architecture selection; netlist generation; project course; teaching; very high speed integrated circuits; Algorithm design and analysis; CMOS technology; Decoding; Design automation; Design methodology; Digital audio players; Education; Fabrication; Hardware; Integrated circuit noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronic Systems Education, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1973-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MSE.2003.1205241

Filename

1205241