The VLSI course was evaluated anonymously by the students
The VLSI course was evaluated anonymously by the students
UNISA course evaluation questionnaire containing ten core questions and open text response.
The students rated the course very highly in all the evaluation items.
The course in the in the top-5 courses offered in engineering in UniSA.
(off-line: Dr. Aziz won the “top teacher of the year” in Australia 2009)
Answers to questionnaire
Answers to questionnaire
The best student reports are put on-line on www.microwind.org > Student reports
The best student reports are put on-line on www.microwind.org > Student reports
Student works from other institutes and countries are also placed on-line
“From just a few logic gates, we have created a 4-stage binary counter and compiled it into layout. It also gave us the basic concepts to understand the operation of the transistors in order to extract their models.”
“From just a few logic gates, we have created a 4-stage binary counter and compiled it into layout. It also gave us the basic concepts to understand the operation of the transistors in order to extract their models.”
“The 24-hours clock project was a good exercise which permitted us to see how it is inside a semiconductor and how it works.”
“We learned a lot about designing integrated circuit. We faced some practical problems, and tried to solve them or to understand them.”
“This study allows us to understand the DAC running. In spite of some design problems, we managed to make the DAC work well.”
“Before doing this project, we hadn’t thought that there are as many ways to realize an amplifier. It’s an area not easy to understand. Each technique has its limit. We tried to optimize our operational amplifier design to maximize the gain.”
Application notes on 90, 65, 45 & 32nm technologies
Application notes on 90, 65, 45 & 32nm technologies
Evolution of MOS devices and interconnect performances
Synthesis of the state of the art (Intel, Samsung, ST-microelectronics, ITRS…)
Illustration and discussion on technology advances