VLSI Design, 12 credits

VLSI-konstruktion, CDIO, 12 hp

TSEK06

Main field of study

Electrical Engineering

Course level

Second cycle

Course type

Programme course

Examiner

Atila Alvanpour

Director of studies or equivalent

Tomas Svensson

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 60 h
Recommended self-study hours: 260 h

Available for exchange students

Yes
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Course offered for Semester Period Timetable module Language Campus ECV
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1, 2 4, 4 Swedish/English Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 1 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYI Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYY Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1, 2 4, 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CYYY Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 1, 2 4, 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CYYY Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 1, 2 4, 4 English Linköping, Valla C/E
6CDDD Computer Science and Engineering, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1, 2 4, 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CDDD Computer Science and Engineering, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 1, 2 4, 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CDDD Computer Science and Engineering, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 1, 2 4, 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6MELE Electronics Engineering, Master's programme (Analogue/Digital and RF IC Design) 2 (Spring 2017) 1, 2 4, 4 English Linköping, Valla C
6MELE Electronics Engineering, Master's programme (System-on-Chip) 2 (Spring 2017) 1, 2 4, 4 English Linköping, Valla C
6CITE Information Technology, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 1, 2 4, 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CITE Information Technology, M Sc in Engineering (Electronics) 8 (Spring 2017) 1, 2 4, 4 English Linköping, Valla E
6CITE Information Technology, M Sc in Engineering (System-on-Chip) 8 (Spring 2017) 1, 2 4, 4 Swedish Linköping, Valla E

Main field of study

Electrical Engineering

Course level

Second cycle

Advancement level

A1X

Course offered for

  • Computer Science and Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
  • Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
  • Electronics Engineering, Master's programme
  • Information Technology, M Sc in Engineering
  • Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering

Specific information

The Entrepreneurship part overlap with other CDIO courses and cannot be included more than once in a degree.

Exchange students may apply for the course after arrival to LiTH but before it starts. The international officer for exchange studies must be contacted before applying.

Entry requirements

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Prerequisites

Good knowledge in fundamentals of electronics, digital technique, MOS transistors and CMOS technology, digital and analog integrated circuits. The following courses cover most of the above knowledge: Introduction to VLSI Design (TSTE86), advanced VLSI Design (TSEK36), and Analog and Discrete-Time Integrated Circuits (TSTE80)

Intended learning outcomes

This course is intended to give knowledge and experience in design and fabrication of CMOS VLSI chips. This includes:

  1. Deep insight in physical design of VLSI chips.
  2. Knowledge and experience of using professional CAD tools for design, simulation, layout, and verification of VLSI chips.
  3. Design of a ‘real’ and functional chip, starting from the idea and behavioral modeling to detailed circuit design at transistor level, circuit layout, and final verifications.
  4. Complete the project using a systematic and professional approach required by industry to run large and complex VLSI projects:
    • Organize a project group, make project plan, and divide the task efficiently among the group members.
    • Promote teamwork, create a dynamic and functional group, and actively monitor the progress of the project.
    • Apply the knowledge from previous courses, search for supplementary knowledge and material, take the initiative, and find creative solutions.
    • Meet the project milestones and the final deadline, document the project, and show the progress by written reports and oral presentations.

A purpose for the course is also for the students to acquire knowledge and abilities within the general area of entrepreneurship, with particular focus on business planning for new ventures. After the course, students should be able to:
  • account for models that describe what it takes for a new venture to have a stable basis for further development and to asess the level of development of ventures using such models; and
  • account for the information and analyses needed to evaluate a development project from a business point of view and have the ability to collect and analyse relevant information for the purpose.

    Course content

    Labs include: a small project-example intending to demonstrate a full custom (handwork) and an automated VLSI design flow as well as introducing major CAD tools to be used throughout the design projects.

    Design project includes: Team building, project planning, project management, pre-study of the project, architectural exploration, behavioral modeling and verifications, logic and transistor-level design and circuit simulations, circuit layout, layout verifications, tape out, and the final project documentation.

    Lectures support the project moments including: Course description, introduction to VLSI design methodology, project description, advanced circuit and layout techniques, interconnect interface circuits, on-chip power delivery, clock distribution, synchronization techniques, IO drivers, and pads, testability and reliability considerations, and other related topics.

    Teaching and working methods

    Lectures, labs and the chip design project, where the task is: Design, simulation, and fabrication-ready layout of VLSI functional blocks on a chip in 0.35µm CMOS Technology.
    The core of the course is the project, which will be selected and carried out by a group of 4-to-8 students in an independent manner. The complete chip-design should be ready by the end of Vt2, and a written report should be handed to a supervisor (one for a design team). The chips can be fabricated provided the design is accepted and the students declare to attend the course Evaluation of an Integrated Circuit.
    The course runs over the entire spring semester.

    Examination

    UPG1Entrepreneurship Assignments3 creditsU, G
    LAB1Laboratory Work1.5 creditsU, G
    PRA1Project Work7.5 creditsU, G
    Grades are given as ‘Fail’ or ‘Pass’.

    Grades

    Two-grade scale, U, G

    Other information

    Supplementary courses: Evalution of an Integrated circuit.

    Department

    Institutionen för systemteknik

    Director of Studies or equivalent

    Tomas Svensson

    Examiner

    Atila Alvanpour

    Course website and other links

    http://www.isy.liu.se/en/edu/kurs/TSEK06/

    Education components

    Preliminary scheduled hours: 60 h
    Recommended self-study hours: 260 h

    Course literature

    Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha Chandrakasan, Borivoje Nikolic, "Digital Integrated Circuits", Prentice Hall, Second Edition (International edition), ISBN 0-13-120764-4 Kompendium om projektmodellen LIPS (köps på Bokakademin).
Code Name Scope Grading scale
UPG1 Entrepreneurship Assignments 3 credits U, G
LAB1 Laboratory Work 1.5 credits U, G
PRA1 Project Work 7.5 credits U, G
Grades are given as ‘Fail’ or ‘Pass’.

Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)

The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.

LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva. 

Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha Chandrakasan, Borivoje Nikolic, "Digital Integrated Circuits", Prentice Hall, Second Edition (International edition), ISBN 0-13-120764-4 Kompendium om projektmodellen LIPS (köps på Bokakademin).

Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.

I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
I U A Modules Comment
1. DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING
1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level)
X

                            
1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level)
X
X

                            
1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level)
X
X
X

                            
1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level)

                            
1.5 Insight into current research and development work

                            
2. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving
X
X
X

                            
2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery
X
X
X

                            
2.3 System thinking
X
X
X

                            
2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning
X
X

                            
2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities
X
X

                            
3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION
3.1 Teamwork
X
X
X

                            
3.2 Communications
X

                            
3.3 Communication in foreign languages
X

                            
4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT
4.1 External, societal, and environmental context

                            
4.2 Enterprise and business context

                            
4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management
X
X
X

                            
4.4 Designing
X
X
X

                            
4.5 Implementing
X
X
X

                            
4.6 Operating

                            
5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS
5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development

                            
5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development

                            
5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects

                            
5.4 Execution of research or development projects

                            
5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects

                            

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