• DocumentCode
    874087
  • Title

    From system design to IC design in 14 weeks-teamwork makes it possible

  • Author

    Chen, Tom

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    2/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    137
  • Lastpage
    140
  • Abstract
    A VLSI system design course that provides students with an opportunity to learn about and experience the entire VLSI chip design from the system level down to the layout level is described. The full-custom design project has a time constraint of 14 weeks, one semester. It is shown that students not only understand design issues at the system and logic levels, but also experience the impact of design decisions at system level on the chip layout
  • Keywords
    VLSI; educational courses; integrated circuits; network synthesis; project engineering; teaching; IC design; VLSI; education; educational courses; layout level; logic; project; students; system level; teaching; Digital systems; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Field programmable gate arrays; Microelectronics; Process design; Signal design; Signal processing; Silicon; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Education, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9359
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/13.204833
  • Filename
    204833