Electrical and Computer Engineering

18722 – Advanced Digital Integrated Circuits Design

12 units

This course covers techniques for high-performance digital CMOS VLSI design. Topics will include device and interconnect modeling, high-performance logic families, latch and flop design, RAM design, ALU design, power and clock distribution, signal integrity, and I/O design. The final project involves the design of a sub-system of a high-performance processor. The course will require extensive use of SPICE.

4 hrs. lec.

Prerequisites: 18-322 and senior or graduate standing.

Last updated on March 21, 2007

ECE classifications

Undergraduate areas

Circuits

Graduate areas

Circuits

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Past semesters

S07, S06, S05

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