Course Catalog 2006-2007

TKT-1506 ASIC DESIGN II, 5 cr
ASIC Design II

Courses persons responsible
Olli Vainio

Lecturers
N.N.

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - - 2 h/week 2 h/week -
Exercise - - - 1 h/week 1 h/week -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
To learn post-synthesis (backend) design of ASICs.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Transistors, wires, and parasitic components in ICs.       
2. Floorplanning, clock tree generation, supply wiring, and the nonidealities therein.       
3. Placement and routing of standard cells, netlist extraction, backannotation.       
4. Cell design and optimization, timing issues, memory cell design.       
5. Large system chips. Testability.       

Requirements for completing the course
Exam and compulsory exercise work.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

  • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Book Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective J.M. Rabaey, A. Chandrakasan, B. Nicolic 0-13-120764-4   2nd edition Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TKT-1216 TKT-1216 Digital Design II 5 Recommendable
    TKT-1236 TKT-1236 Digital Systems Laboratory 3 Recommendable
    TKT-1400 TKT-1400 ASIC Design I 5 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

  • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

  • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 48
    Exercises 36
    Assignments 16

    Study materials Hours
    Book 30

    Other scaledHours
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 133

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    Last modified 20.04.2006
    Modified byOlli Vainio