Low Power Design and Test of Circuits and Systems

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Department of Microelectronics

Synopsis:

This course covers advanced VLSI design and test techniques for low power circuits. Topics covered include aspects of the design of low voltage and low power circuits including process technology, device modeling, CMOS circuit design, memory circuits and subsystem design. Course also covers aspects of testing and reliability of low power circuits and systems. Various types of defects observed in practical designs will be discussed. Focus will be also on on- and off-chip techniques for defect detection, failure analysis and diagnosis. This will be a research- oriented course based on team projects.

Requirements:

Four assignments will be given out. Your solutions will be graded.

Grading Scheme:

Assignments40%

Midterm20%

Project40%

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Low-Power VLSI Design: An Overview

2.Low-Voltage Process Technology

3.Low-Voltage Device Modeling

4.Low-Voltage Low-Power VLSI CMOS Circuit Design

5.Low-Power Memory Circuits

6.Low-Power VLSI CMOS Subsystem Design

7.Low-Power VLSI Design Methodology

8.Low-Power Testing and Design for Reliability and Yield

9.Class presentations

10.Class presentations

11.Class presentations

12.Class presentations

13.Class presentations

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. - 13. Student project

Study Objective:

Study materials:

[1] A. Bellaouar and M. I. Elmasry, Low-Power Digital VLSI Design : Circuits and Systems

[2] Pedram, Rabaey Low-Power Methodology

[3] Sanches-Sinencio, Andreou Low-Voltage Low-Power Integrated Circuits and Systems

[4] Published articles from IEEE Conferences and Journals

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Further information:

https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/course/view.php?id=542

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: