Structure for 2-year M. Tech Course
REGULATION FOR TWO-YEAR M.TECH. COURSE IN
VLSI DESIGN
UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
(With effect from academic session 2006-2007)
[1]
The eligibility for general candidates to apply for admission to the 2- year M.Tech. course in “VLSI Design” offered by the Department of Radiophysics & Electronics, University of Calcutta, hereinafter referred to as “the M. Tech Course”, will be any one of the following along with a valid GATE Score:
(I) B. Tech. degree in Radio Physics & Electronics of the University of Calcutta.
(II) B.Tech. degree in Information Technology or Computer Science and Engineering or Electronics Engineering from any University recoganized as such by the University of Calcutta.
(III) B. Tech Degree in Electrical Engineering from an Indian Institute of Technology.
(IV) A degree, equivalent to (I) above from any other University recoganized as such by the University of Calcutta
(V) A degree equivalent to (II) above from any other University recoganized as such by the University of Calcutta
The requirement of a valid GATE score will not be mandatory in case of candidates sponsored by any industry engaged only in VLSI related activities.
[2]
Admission to the M. Tech course for general candidates will be on the basis of the merit list in an Admission Test to be conducted amongst the eligible applicants as mentioned in [1] above.
The admission for the sponsored candidates will be on the basis of an interview conducted amongst the applicants in the sponsored category only.
[3]
The duration of the M.Tech. course will be divided into 4 semesters, each of six months duration. At the end of each semester, an examination of the courses covered in that semester will be held. This examination will be referred to as M.Tech. Examination of that Semester.
[4]
The course will be run as a Self-Financed course. The Tuition Fees will be Rs. 24,000/- per semester per student for general candidates. The same for sponsored candidates will be Rs. 36,000/- per student per semester. Examination and other fees as decided by the University will be payable in addition to the Tuition fees.
[5]
The academic programme to be pursued during the M.Tech. Course will be as follows :
(i) 8 compulsory theoretical papers of 50 marks each.
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3 elective theoretical papers of 50 marks each
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3 compulsory practical (laboratory) papers of 100 marks each.
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Compulsory General Viva Voce of 50 marks.
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Compulsory Seminar of 100 marks
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Compulsory thesis work of 600 marks.
The total marks for the M.Tech. course will be 1600.
The distribution of papers/marks in the examinations of the different semesters will be as follows:
(I)
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Semester 1
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6 Theoretical papers of 50 marks each and 1 Practical paper of 100 marks
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Total 400 marks
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(II)
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Semester 2
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5 Theoretical papers of 50 marks each, 1 Practical paper of 100 marks and “General Viva-voce” of 50 marks
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Total 400 marks
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(III)
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Semester 3
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1 Practical paper of 100 marks, “Seminar” of 100 marks and “Thesis Preliminary Work” amounting to 200 marks
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Total 400 marks
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(IV)
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Semester 4
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Thesis work for
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400 marks
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[7]
The Thesis work should preferably be done completely in a relevant industry or Research Laboratory/Institute under the guidance of a qualified supervisor. To facilitate this, the 3rd semester is split into two halves. The First Half (3 months) will cover the course work followed by the examination on course work and Seminar. Thesis work will start from the second half of the 3rd semester and continue through the entire 4th semester. The marks of the “Thesis Preliminary Work” in the 3rd semester will be awarded by the Thesis supervisor on the basis of sessional assessment. A valid score/pass marks in the “Thesis Preliminary Work” is a pre-requisite to continue the “Thesis Work” in the 4th semester. The marks of the “Thesis Work” in the 4th semester out of total full marks of 400, will be awarded on the basis of
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Sessional assessment
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Written Project Report
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Presentation/Public seminar
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Viva voce to be conducted by a board to be appointed by the Board of Examiners constituted of all full time teachers of the department and the Guest Lecturers taking part in the teaching of the M. Tech course.
[8]
The student will have to bear the travel and all other expenses to be incurred in connection with the pursuing of the Thesis work in an industry / other institute.
[9]
There will be at least 30 but not more than 40 lecture hours devoted to a 50 marks theoretical paper. In addition to the lectures, the instructor(s) will be required to assign problems to the students and evaluate their solutions and also make sessional evaluation of each student on the basis of viva voce and/or mid-semester examinations. The semester-end examination for each theoretical paper will be of 2 hours duration and will be conducted for full marks of 50. However, the final marks on the paper will be computed on the basis of the following weightages:
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Assignments : 30%
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Sesional Assessment : 30%
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Semester-end examination : 40%
The Board of Examiners for theoretical papers will be appointed from the faculty members of the Department of Radio Physics and Electronics and the Guest Lecturers for the M.Tech course.
[10]
There will be no examination of the practical papers. Assessment of performance in the practical papers will be made as follows:- 50% marks will be set apart for the sessional work and laboratory report, and the rest 50% marks will be for viva voce test, which will be conducted by a board of examiners appointed from the faculty members of the Department of Radio Physics and Electronics and the Guest Lecturers for the M. Tech Course.
[11]
(i) All candidates will be given the topic of the Thesis Work in the 3rd Semester. He/she will have to carry out the thesis work under the guidance of at least one supervisor in the industry/institute where he/she will be placed for carrying out such work. The supervisor will be selected by the department in consultation with the concerned industry/institute.
(ii) All candidates, carrying out thesis preliminary work in the 3rd semester, will have to submit a written Progress Report to his/her supervisor. The supervisor will examine the Progress Report and conduct a viva voce examination on the same and allot marks out of a full marks of 200 on the basis of such examination. A candidate will be allowed to continue with the thesis work in the 4th Semester only if he/she obtains a pass mark in the examination of the thesis preliminary work in the 3rd Semester.
(iii)At the end of the 4th Semester, the Thesis work of all the students will be assessed by a Board of Examiners consisting of supervisers, joint supervisers and external examiners .
[12]
During the 3rd semester examination, all students will have to present a Seminar to a board of examiners appointed from the faculty members of the department, Guest lecturers in the discipline and External Examiners.
[13]
In order to pass in a particular paper (Theoretical, Practical, Seminar, Thesis and Viva Voce), a student must secure at least 50% of the full marks in that paper.
[14]
The 2nd 3rd and 4th Semesters will begin immediately after the completion of the respective previous Semester examinations.
[15]
In order to be eligible for appearing in a Semester examination, a candidate shall have to pursue a regular course of studies in the subject and attend at least 65% of the theoretical and practical classes separately during the academic session. Candidates, who qualify to appear but fail in any paper and appear for the same at subsequent chances, need not attend classes for that paper.
[16]
If a student fails to attend at least 65% of the theoretical and practical classes separately during the academic session of a semester, he/she will not be allowed to continue in the next semester and will have to revert back to the beginning of the same semester in the following academic session.
[17]
(i) A student who qualifies to appear in any semester examination but does not pass in one or more papers in a Semester examination, will be allowed to continue in the next Semester but he/she will have to appear for those papers at the examination of the corresponding Semester in the next academic session.
(ii) The Syndicate will publish a list of registered candidates of a Semester examination arranged alphabetically. Candidates who will be found to fail in one or more papers and/or is ineligible to appear in any examination because of failure to attend at least 65% of the classes as mentioned in [17] above or otherwise, will have two more consecutive chances to clear those papers.
(iii) The marksheets of the candidates of a Semester examination will show the marks obtained in each paper they appeared in.
[18]
A candidate, who fails to clear all the papers within the allowed chances, will not be permitted to continue the M.Tech course.
[19]
If a student, who has successfully completed (i) 1st and 2nd semester examinations (ii) examination of the course work of the 3rd semester, wishes to temporarily discontinue the M.Tech. programme, he/she will have to inform, in writing, the Head of the Department. If such a student has an acceptable performance, he/she may be allowed to resume the programme within five years from the date of first admission.
[20]
The Syndicate shall publish a list of successful candidates in order of merit on the basis of combined results of the four Semester examinations and also a separate list of candidates who complete the M.Tech. course in more than one chance. A candidate who fails to clear any paper in one chance, will be deprived of his/her position in order of merit, but will be awarded the class he/she obtains.
[21]
Students securing 66% or more of the total full marks (1600) for the M.Tech. course will be placed in the first class and those securing 50% or more but less than 66% will be placed in the second class.
[22]
A consolidated marksheet showing the combined results of four Semester examinations of the M.Tech. course, will be issued to a candidate only after he/she successfully clears all the papers of the course.
[23]
The course structure and distribution of marks for the M.Tech Semesters I – IV, shall be as follows :-
M. Tech in VLSI Design
Course Structure
Semester – I
Course No.
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Description
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Marks
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T1
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CT1: Discrete Mathematics – Graph Theory & Combinatorics
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50
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T2
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CT2: Data Structures and Algorithms – Graph algorithms relevant to VLSI Design
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50
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T3
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CT3: Physics of VLSI Devices
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50
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T4
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CT4; Microelectronics Technology
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50
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T5
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CT5: VLSI Circuits and Systems
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50
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T6 (Any 1 out of ET1 & ET2)
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ET1: OOProgramming and Language Translation
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50
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ET2: Physics of Semiconductors
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L1
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CAD Techniques : I – Spice, VHDL/Verilog (design entry & simulation)
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100
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Total
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400
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Semester – II
Course No.
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Description
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Marks
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T7
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CT6: Design Verification and Testing
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50
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T8
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CT7: Low Power Design
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50
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T9
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CT8: RF, Analog and Mixed Signal Design
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50
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T10 & T11 (Any 2 out of ET3 through ET8)
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ET3: Processor Organization and Architecture
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50+50
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ET4: Digital Signal Processing
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ET5: Embedded Systems
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ET6: Design of VLSI CAD Tools
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ET7: ASIC/Memory Design
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ET8: Nanoelectronics
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L2
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CAD Techniques : II – Physical Design, DRC, Parameter Extraction, Simulation
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100
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General Viva-voce
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50
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Total
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400
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Semester – IIIA (3 months)
Course No.
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Description
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Marks
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L3
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FPGA Lab
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100
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Seminar
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100
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Total
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200
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Semester – IIIB (3 months)
Course No.
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Description
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Marks
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Thesis Preliminary
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200
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Total
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200
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