CTU FEE Moodle
Integrated System Structures
B251 - Winter 25/26
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Integrated System Structures - BE2M34SIS
Main course
| Credits | 6 |
| Semesters | Winter |
| Completion | Assessment + Examination |
| Language of teaching | English |
| Extent of teaching | 2P+2C |
Annotation
Student learn main design methodologies of analog, digital and optoelectronic integrated systems; Detailed description of the technological process for the IC production; CMOS technologies and its advanced sub-micron trends; IC chip topology, layout and design rules; Technology of micro-electro-mechanical systems MEMS.
Study targets
Students will understand the problems of the design of integrated circuits and integrated systems.
Course outlines
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 technology 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.
14. Reserve
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 technology 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.
14. Reserve
Exercises outlines
1. Introduction to work under UNIX and introduction to CADENCE design tools
2. CMOS design kits, simulation of analogue ICs, simulator Spectre.
3. Parameters of logic gates and characteristics of CMOS transmition gate.
4. Analog IC design flow, testbenches
5. Influence of processing variances, Corner analysis, Monte Carlo analysis.
6. Layout of analogue IC.
7. Layout of analogue IC.
8. Design rule check, parasitic extraction.
9. Digital IC design flow, simulations.
10. Synthesis and verification of digital IC design.
11. Design of optic devices for sensors and informatics
12. Design of optoelectronic devices for sensors and informatics, substitute circuits.
13. Principles of optical and optoelectronic IC design
14. Work presentation, final assessment
2. CMOS design kits, simulation of analogue ICs, simulator Spectre.
3. Parameters of logic gates and characteristics of CMOS transmition gate.
4. Analog IC design flow, testbenches
5. Influence of processing variances, Corner analysis, Monte Carlo analysis.
6. Layout of analogue IC.
7. Layout of analogue IC.
8. Design rule check, parasitic extraction.
9. Digital IC design flow, simulations.
10. Synthesis and verification of digital IC design.
11. Design of optic devices for sensors and informatics
12. Design of optoelectronic devices for sensors and informatics, substitute circuits.
13. Principles of optical and optoelectronic IC design
14. Work presentation, final assessment
Literature
Michael Smith: Application-Specific Integrated Circuits, Addison-Wesley, 2008
P. Gray, P Hurst, s. Lewis, R. Mayer: Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, John Wiley and Sons, 2000
E. Sinencio, A. Andreou: Low-Voltage/Low-Power Integrated Circuits and Systems, John Wiley and Sons, 2008
Mark Zwolinski : Digital System Design and VHDL , Prentice-Hall, 2000
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P. Gray, P Hurst, s. Lewis, R. Mayer: Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, John Wiley and Sons, 2000
E. Sinencio, A. Andreou: Low-Voltage/Low-Power Integrated Circuits and Systems, John Wiley and Sons, 2008
Mark Zwolinski : Digital System Design and VHDL , Prentice-Hall, 2000
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Requirements
The students are expected to have a good understanding of the electronic components principle (unipolar and bipolar transistor, etc.) and electronics circuit analysis. Students are expected to have knowledge of modelling and simulation of electronic circuits.
Systems on Chip - BE4M34ISC
| Credits | 6 |
| Semesters | Winter |
| Completion | Assessment + Examination |
| Language of teaching | English |
| Extent of teaching | 2P+2L |
Annotation
Main responsibilities of integrated circuits designer; design abstraction levels - Y chart. Specification designation, feasibility study, criteria for technology and design kits selection. Analogue and digital integrated systems design and simulation methodologies. Main features of application specific ICs - full custom design, gate arrays, standard cells, programmable array logic. Design aspects mobile and low power systems. Hardware Description languages (HDL). Logic and physical synthesis. Frond End and Back End design. Floorplanning, place and route, layout, parasitic extraction, time analysis, testbenche construction and verification.
Study targets
None
Course outlines
1. Main tasks of analogue and digital integrated circuits designer; design methodologies (top down, bottom up), design abstraction levels - Y chart.
2. Application specific integrated circuits systems types, full custom design, gate array, standard cells, programmable array logic; main features, economical aspect of the design.
3. Full customs integrated systems, feasibility study, specification, criteria for technology and design kits selection.
4. World standards and CAD tools for analog and mix-signal integrated circuits design, design of RF and mobile low power systems.
5. Design tools for automatic generation of analog behavior models, bottom up design methodology, macro blocks.
6. Design principles of mix-signal integrated circuits, purpose of hierarchical design, digital and analogue block interface, CAD design tools for automatic circuit generation; functional and static time analysis, formal verification; Verilog-A, Verilog-AMS, VHDL-A.
7. Hardware description languages -VHDL, Verilog, Verilog-A, Verilog-AMS.
8. Design tools and methodologies for digital integrated circuits and systems; language VHDL, Verilog; library cells; parameters extractions for library cells development.
9. Frond end design - functional specification, RTL, logic synthesis, Gate-level netlist, behavioral stimulus extraction.
10. Back End design - specification of Design Kit, mapping of the design, Floorplanning, place and route, layout, parasitic extraction, layout versus schema check (LVS).
11. Methods of physical synthesis, placement of functional blocks, power lines design and distribution, simulation of interconnect continuity, design verification.
12. Clock signal distribution, delay calculating, static and dynamic timing analysis.
13. Testing, design of testbenches, design verification methods.
14. Tape out and fabrication, integrated systems verification, scaling and design mapping to different technologies.
2. Application specific integrated circuits systems types, full custom design, gate array, standard cells, programmable array logic; main features, economical aspect of the design.
3. Full customs integrated systems, feasibility study, specification, criteria for technology and design kits selection.
4. World standards and CAD tools for analog and mix-signal integrated circuits design, design of RF and mobile low power systems.
5. Design tools for automatic generation of analog behavior models, bottom up design methodology, macro blocks.
6. Design principles of mix-signal integrated circuits, purpose of hierarchical design, digital and analogue block interface, CAD design tools for automatic circuit generation; functional and static time analysis, formal verification; Verilog-A, Verilog-AMS, VHDL-A.
7. Hardware description languages -VHDL, Verilog, Verilog-A, Verilog-AMS.
8. Design tools and methodologies for digital integrated circuits and systems; language VHDL, Verilog; library cells; parameters extractions for library cells development.
9. Frond end design - functional specification, RTL, logic synthesis, Gate-level netlist, behavioral stimulus extraction.
10. Back End design - specification of Design Kit, mapping of the design, Floorplanning, place and route, layout, parasitic extraction, layout versus schema check (LVS).
11. Methods of physical synthesis, placement of functional blocks, power lines design and distribution, simulation of interconnect continuity, design verification.
12. Clock signal distribution, delay calculating, static and dynamic timing analysis.
13. Testing, design of testbenches, design verification methods.
14. Tape out and fabrication, integrated systems verification, scaling and design mapping to different technologies.
Exercises outlines
1. CADENCE design system
2. CMOS Design kit description, library cells
3. Demonstration of mix-signal design - hierarchical structuring, design cells abstraction.
4. Demonstration of mix-signal design - simulations, interface definition, Spectre AMS simulator, corner analysis.
5. Analogue layout, parasitic extraction, design rule check, postlayout simulation.
6. Demonstration of mix-signal design - digital flow, back end, frond end.
7. Digital layout (Back End design), Floorplanning, routing, timing analysis.
8. Student project - design of mix-signal IC.
9. Student project - design of mix-signal IC.
10. Student project - design of mix-signal IC.
11. Student project - design of mix-signal IC.
12. Student project - design of mix-signal IC.
13. Student project - design of mix-signal IC.
14. Student project presentation, final assessment.
2. CMOS Design kit description, library cells
3. Demonstration of mix-signal design - hierarchical structuring, design cells abstraction.
4. Demonstration of mix-signal design - simulations, interface definition, Spectre AMS simulator, corner analysis.
5. Analogue layout, parasitic extraction, design rule check, postlayout simulation.
6. Demonstration of mix-signal design - digital flow, back end, frond end.
7. Digital layout (Back End design), Floorplanning, routing, timing analysis.
8. Student project - design of mix-signal IC.
9. Student project - design of mix-signal IC.
10. Student project - design of mix-signal IC.
11. Student project - design of mix-signal IC.
12. Student project - design of mix-signal IC.
13. Student project - design of mix-signal IC.
14. Student project presentation, final assessment.
Literature
Michael Smith: Application-Specific Integrated Circuits, Addison-Wesley, 1998
P. Gray, P Hurst, s. Lewis, R. Mayer: Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, John Wiley and Sons, 2000
P. Gray, P Hurst, s. Lewis, R. Mayer: Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, John Wiley and Sons, 2000
Requirements
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