Advanced VLSI System Design credit:

4 Hours

Students will work in teams on a semester-long project to design and fabricate their own digital, analog, or mixed-signal chip using modern EDA tools. Each team will propose a design in the form of specifications, write an RTL (or equivalent) model for their chip and its components, design schematics, create a testing/debug strategy, and perform layout, integration, and verification of their chip. Final GDS files will be sent to foundry at the end of semester. 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ECE 425 and either ECE 411 or ECE 483 .