Number of hours
- Lectures 12.0
- Projects 30.0
- Tutorials -
- Internship -
- Laboratory works -
- Written tests -
ECTS
ECTS 2.5
Goal(s)
At the end of the course, the students will be able to specify analog and digital system architectures in order to outsource design and manufacturing of integrated systems
Specific objectives
- Microelectronics trends and physical limitations
- ASIC architecture exploration, specification, design and verification flows
- ASIC technologies
Responsible(s)
Vincent BEROULLE
Content(s)
- Introduction to microelectronic
- Context, trends and issues
- ASIC design flow
- Microelectronic principal actors
- ASIC technologies (pre-diffused, pre-characterized, full custom)
- Logic gate design in CMOS pre-characterized technology
- Transistor level schematic of CMOS digital gates
- Delay and metastability
- CMOS ASIC fabrication (photolithography)
- CMOS layout design
- TOP-DOWN design flow
- Principles of analog and mixed simulation
- Analog and mixed simulation
- VHDL-AMS language bases
- VHDL-AMS standard
- VHDL-AMS general writing
- VHDL-AMS new objects
- Simultaneous instructions
- Language attribute and kernel synchronization
- Solvability criterion
Laboratories
Architecture system exploration using VHDL-AMS language
Programmable components (FPGA, CPLD), logical synthesis (VHDL or verilog front-end design flow), electrical characteristics of MOS transistors (nMOS, pMOS), Analog simulation tools (Spice), sensor instumentation, C for embedded systems
Test
- E1 = final written exam (session 1), , written, 1h30, only allowed document "Syntaxe VHDL-AMS", no calculator
- P = project (no second session)
- E2 = final written exam (session 1), , written, 1h30, only allowed document "Syntaxe VHDL-AMS", no calculator
Calendar
The course exists in the following branches:
- Curriculum - EIS - Semester 7
Additional Information
Course ID : 4AMEE410
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Bibliography
- CMOS VLSI Design, A circuit and Systems Perspective, 3ème édition, N. Weste, D. Harris, Addison Wesley
- Digital Digital of Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective by Jan M. Rabaey, Prentice Hall; ISBN: 013178609
- VHDL-AMS : Applications et enjeux industriels » de Y. Hervé
- The system designer’s guide to VHDL-AMS, de P.J. Ashenden et all.,Elsevier science
- The designer’s guide to Verilog AMS de K.S. Kundert et all., Kluwer