Context educational needs the commercial chip design tools available today are very powerful

Design tools should be easily accessible. Most of the work is done out of regular teaching hours (e-learning, project-based..)

Target course and practical training duration: 15 H

MICROWIND

• Technology scale down, where we come from, where we are (45 nm), where we go..

• A tutorial on MOS devices, based on problem-based learning

• The design of inverters, and a simple ring oscillator, and a small student contest.

• The design of basic logic gates introducing interconnect design, compact design strategies, and impact on switching speed and power consumption.

• The design of analog blocs introducing amplification, voltage reference, addition of analog signals, and mixed-signal blocs

• A design project, e.g. converter, processing unit, OpAmp, radio-frequency block, etc..

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