SENIOR ELECTIVE / GRADUATE COURSES

                                                           

 

 

 

NEW COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SUMMER 2013

 

1- ELEN-4304-32 / ENGR-5301-32  “VLSI Design and CAD tools”

 

    This introductory course will address following topics:

 

·        CMOS Processing Steps, Fabrication Process Flow,

·        N-Well CMOS Technology, Twin Tub process, SOI

·        CMOS layout design using Microwind layout and verification software

·        Layout Simulation and parasitic extraction

·        VLSI interconnect modeling and optimization techniques 

·        Crosstalk Noise calculation and prediction techniques

·        Interconnect Delay Calculation, Miller factor formulation    

·        Use of the Synopsys HSpice to simulate RC/RLC interconnects 

·        Alternative interconnect technologies

·        Optical interconnect (VCSEL, MQW) and RF Interconnect technologies

·        Silicon LED based optical interconnect links

·        Hardware Description language (HDL), VHDL Design and modeling

·        VHDL simulation and verification  

·        Synopsys HSpice simulation

 

 

 

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SUMMER 2013

 

2- ELEN-4304-32 / ENGR-5301-32  “Low Power, Radiation Tolerant Microelectronics Design”  (NASA/TSGC funded course)

 

     The goal is to introduce low power design techniques that are radiation tolerant and energy efficient at the same time.

 

·        CMOS low power design

·        Low Power Design Methodologies:  Leakage power Control

·        Multithreshold CMOS, VTCMOS, dynamic voltage scaling

·        Body bias techniques, input vector control etc.

·        Space Radiation Environment   

·        Radiation Effect Modeling

·        CMOS Reliability, Radiation Effects on Commercial Electronics

·        Single Event Soft Error Mechanisms , hard errors

·        Soft Error Mitigation

·        The effect of power optimizations on radiation tolerance

·        Low power and radiation tolerant designs.

·        HSPICE Simulations to model radiation effects

 

·       COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SPRING 2013

 

3-Topics in VLSI Design and Testing

 

·        VLSI and Scaling Trends, Basics

·        VLSI Test Principles, ATE, Defects,

·        Stuck at Faults, Transistor stuck on/open faults

·        Fault collapsing: Fault equivalence and dominance

·        Controllability, Observability, SCOAP

·        Testability Design Techniques : Scan Design, BIST, Pseudo-random Test

·        Pattern Generation (LSSD) IDDQ/IDDT Testing

·        Advanced Diagnostic Techniques for VLSI 

·        Electron Beam Testing, Electro-optic probing

·        Technique based on optical emission from chip: Hot carrier light emission, PICA, Plasma-Optical Probe

·        Scanning Force Microscope, Contactless current measurement

·        Introduction to Low Power Design Techniques

·        Class Discussion on various topics (i.e.: testing challenges with leakage, effect of radiation etc.)

·        Crosstalk defect testing

 

 

 

 OTHER COURSES

                                                           

 

4-CMOS DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN      (Offered during Fall Semesters)

 

            Text:    Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits, Hodges and Jackson

 

·        VLSI and Scaling Trends

·        Basic MOS Transistor Theory

·        MOSFET Capacitances

·        MOS Inverter Circuits, Static and Dynamic Characteristics

·        NMOS Inverter with Enhancement Load,NMOS Inverter with Depletion Load

·        NMOS Logic

·        CMOS (Complementary) MOS Inverter, CMOS Transmission Gate

·        Construction of CMOS Gates, Complex Functions

·        CMOS Inverter VTC Characteristics

·        Dynamic Power Dissipation, Inverter Switching Threshold

·        Inverter Delay Calculation, Use of Cascaded Buffers for minimum Delay

·        HSPICE Introduction, SPICE Modeling of MOS Devices

·        Interconnect Design, IC circuit scaling vs. interconnect scaling   

·        Interconnection parameters: resistance, capacitance, 3-D capacitance, inductance

·        Skin effect, Inductance Interconnect Models

·        Delay modeling, Elmore Delay Model for RC trees

·        CMOS Inverter capacitances

·        Buffer Insertion Problem (Repeaters) for long interconnects.

·        Power and Ground Distribution

·        Power Grid Integrity, Electro-migration, MTTF

·        Power Routing, Decoupling Capacitances

·        Crosstalk analysis of RC lines

·        Low Power Design Issues:

·        Clocking and Timing Issues

·        Clock Uncertainties, Clock Distribution

·        Pass Transistor (Transmission Gate) Logic Design

·        Static Power Dissipation- Leakage Power in CMOS

·        Introduction to CMOS VLSI Testing

 

   Course Prerequisite(s)

 

ELEN 3321 and 3322 Electronics I and II

ELEN 3431 Logical Design of Switching Systems

References:

·        Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits, Hodges and Jackson 

·        Digital Integrated Circuits, Rabaey, Prentice Hall,2003

·        Circuits, Interconnections, and Packaging from VLSI, H.B.Bakoglu, Addison and Wesley, 1990.

·        CMOS Digital IC’s by Kang and Leblebici, McGraw Hill, 2003.

 

 

 

                                                           

 

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

                                                           

 

 

1-  ELEN 3421- ELECTRONICS I  (FALL SEMESTERS)

 

  Text:   Microelectronics: Circuit Analysis and Design, 4th Edition, by D. A. Neamen..

                                                                              

         References:

                     “Schematic Capture with Electronics Workbench Multisim”, Herniter, PrenticeHall

                   “Microelectronic Circuit Design”, Jaeger/ Blalock 

                     “Microelectronic Circuits”, Sedra/Smith 4th edition

       

         Course Topics:

Semiconductor Materials 

Diode Circuits 

Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) Circuits 

Basic BJT Amplifiers 

Field Effect Transistors: MOSFETs, JFETs  

FET Amplifiers  

Op-amp circuits. 

 

 

 

2-  ELEN 3322- ELECTRONICS II  (SPRING SEMESTERS)

 

Text:   Microelectronics: Circuit Analysis and Design, 4th Edition, by D. A. Neamen.

 

References:

                    “Schematic Capture with Electronics Workbench Multisim”, Herniter, PrenticeHall

                   “Microelectronic Circuits”, Sedra/Smith 4th edition

                   “Microelectronic Circuit Design”, Jaeger/ Blalock 

 

Course Topics:

Frequency Response 

Power Amplifiers

Integrated Circuit Biasing 

Differential And Multistage Amplifiers  

Feedback And Stability 

Nonideal Effects In Analog Ic’s  

Applications Of Integrated Circuits

 

         

 

 

 

3-  ENGR 2311- CIRCUITS I  

 

Text:  Engineering Analysis by Hayt&Kemmerly, McGraw-Hill, 2nd Edition

 

DC Resistive Circuits-  Kirchoff’s Laws, Nodal, Mesh Analysis, Superposition, Thevenin, Max. Power Transfer

Transient Circuits- RC, RL, RLC Circuits

AC Circuits- Sinusoids, Phasors, Nodal, Mesh Analysis, Superposition

  

 

4-  ELEN 2107  CIRCUITS LAB (During Spring Semesters)

(Now Part of Circuits I)

 

5-  ELEN 3108  ELECTRONICS LAB (During Fall)

(Now Part of Electronics I)

 

 

    6- ELEN 2310 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering online course for Winter Mini Session (NEW)