Cad Design of Digital Vlsi Systems I (Juniors)
3.0
creditsAverage Course Rating
An introductory course in which students, manually and through computer simulations, design digital CMOS integrated circuits and systems. The design flow covers transistor, physical, and behavioral level descriptions, using SPICE, Layout, and VerilogHD1 VLSI CAD tools. After design computer verification, students can fabricate and test their semester-long class projects. Juniors Only. Recommended Course Background: EN.520.142, EN.520.216 or equivalent; Corequisite: EN600.333, EN.600.334, EN.520.349 or EN.520.372
Fall 2014
Professor: Robert Glaser
Students praised the way this course gave them a thorough, satisfying and useful experience with the subject matter. Students’ least favorite aspect of this course was the laboratory equipment which many students often found in poor repair and difficult to work with. Students believed the course could benefit from additional explanatory course materials beyond the textbook. People considering taking this class should know that students found it required a substantial time commitment. They also thought having previous experience with programming was important.