Integrated Circuits Structures

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Synopsis:

The student will understand the issues involved in the design of integrated circuits and integrated systems.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Historical overview of the development of integrated systems and integrated circuits, design methodologies, perspective trends.

2. Methodology of analog, digital and mixed-signal integrated systems (top down, bottom up), the design abstraction levels, Application Specific Integrated Systems ASIC - principles of ASIC hierarchy, comparing the performance, economics aspects

3. Fabrication integrated circuits processes - materials, wafer preparation, types of lithography (DUV, EUV, electron, X-Ray), etching (plasma, RIE)

4. Fabrication integrated circuits processes - ion implantation, diffusion, epitaxial growth, chemical vapor deposition CVD, PVD, planarization, copper metallization, ICs packaging and testing.

5. The CMOS process technology step by step, IC topology and layout, routing, CMOS tech. design kits.

6. Modern sub-micron IC technologies, Silicon on Insulator (SOI) technology, Strained silicon technology, Radio Frequency ICs, multilevel metallization (dual Damascene), fin FET technology.

7. CAD tools for the design of integrated circuits, IC circuit simulations analysis (DC, Transient, AC, Noise, PSS, PAC), testing and diagnostics. Design methodologies of digital, analog and mixed integrated systems.

8. Design of Analog Integrated System - technological requirements, concept of analog design and hierarchical structure (Hierarchy editor) models and libraries for analog blocks; Layout and ICs topology, design rules, parasitic structures and parasitic extraction.

9. Digital integrated system technology requirements, specifications and abstraction methods Digital design methodologies. IC technology (Design Kit) selection, Hardware Description Language HDL, Synthesis.

10. Digital circuit Physical Synthesis - chip topology, floorplaning, routing; design rule check, parasitic extraction. Placement of functional blocks, power distribution, clock distribution, chip verification methods.

11. Mixed-signal design methodologies, technology requirements abd design specifications, hierarchical classification, component models for analog and digital blocks.

12. Micro-electro-mechanical systems MEMS - technologies, applications.

13. Testing and diagnosis of integrated systems, design for manufacturing and yield.

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Study Objective:

The student will understand the issues involved in the design of integrated circuits and integrated systems.

Study materials:

1. James D. Plummer and Peter B. Griffin: Integrated Circuit Fabrication: Science and Technology 1st Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2024. ISBN 978-1009303583.

2. P. Gray, P Hurst, S. Lewis, R. Mayer: Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits (4th Edition). John Wiley and Sons, 2001. ISBN 0-471-32168-0.

3. Yuan Taur and Tak H. Ning: Fundamentals of Modern VLSI Devices 3rd Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2022. ISBN 978-1108480024.

4. Mark Zwolinski: Digital System Design and VHDL (2nd Edition). Pearson, 2003. ISBN 978-0130399854.

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