Singapore University of Social Sciences

The course takes you through the processes of implementing a silicon chip from the physical definitions through to the design and simulation of the chip’s functions. Emphasis is focused on building an understanding of integrated circuit (IC) design from the bottom up and includes important topics such as the characteristics of CMOS transistors, the CMOS processing technology, the IC design methodologies, the physical implementation of combinational and sequential logic network, and the physical routing and placement issues, which are essential to the practice of VLSI design as a system design discipline. Computer aided design (CAD) and simulation packages will also be introduced to you in the areas of digital and analog signal design and simulation. These tools are used to layout the circuit designs, to predict the circuit performance and to verify the correctness of the circuits and logic.