Christoph Studer: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2021 |
Name | Prof. Dr. Christoph Studer |
Field | Integrated Information Processing |
Address | Integrierte Informationsverarbeit. ETH Zürich, ETZ J 83 Gloriastrasse 35 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
Telephone | +41 44 632 05 44 |
cstuder@ethz.ch | |
URL | https://iip.ethz.ch |
Department | Information Technology and Electrical Engineering |
Relationship | Associate Professor |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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227-0076-00L | Electrical Engineering II | 4 credits | 2V + 2U | C. Studer | |
Abstract | Sinusoidal signals and systems in the time and frequency domain, principle of operation and design of basic analog and digital circuits as well as analog-digital conversion. Basic power electronic circuits, design of magnetic components, electromechanical energy conversion, principle of operation and characteristics of transformators and selected rotating electrical machines. | ||||
Objective | see above | ||||
Content | Beschreibung von sinusförmigen Signalen und Systemen im Zeit- und Frequenzbereich, Funktion grundlegender analoger und digitaler Schaltungen sowie von Analog-Digital-Wandlern. Grundlagen leistungselektronischer Konverter, Berechnung magnetischer Kreise, elektromechanische Energiewandlung, Funktionsprinzip von Transformatoren und ausgewählter rotierender elektrischer Maschinen. | ||||
227-0147-10L | VLSI 3: Full-Custom Digital Circuit Design | 6 credits | 2V + 3U | C. Studer, O. Castañeda Fernández | |
Abstract | This third course in our VLSI series is concerned with full-custom digital integrated circuits. The goals are to learn how to design digital circuits on the schematic, layout, gate, and register-transfer levels. The use of state-of-the-art CAD software (Cadence Virtuoso) in order to simulate, optimize, and characterize digital circuits is another important topic of this course. | ||||
Objective | At the end of this course you will - understand how the main building blocks of state-of-the-art digital integrated circuits are designed - be able to design and optimize digital integrated circuits on the schematic, layout, and gate levels - be able to use standard industry software (Cadence Virtuoso) for drawing, simulating, and characterizing digital circuits - understand the performance trade-offs between speed, area, and power consumption | ||||
Content | The third VLSI course begins with the basics of metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) field-effect transistors (FETs) and moves up the stack towards logic gates and increasingly complex digital circuit structures. The topics of this course include: • Nanometer MOSFETs • Static and dynamic behavior of complementary MOS (CMOS) inverters • CMOS gate design, sizing, and timing • Full-custom standard-cell design • Wire models and parasitics • Latch and flip-flop circuits • Gate-level timing analysis and optimization • Static and dynamic power consumption; low-power techniques • Alternative logic styles (dynamic logic, pass-transistor logic, etc.) • Arithmetic and logic circuits • Fixed-point and floating-point arithmetic • Memory circuits (ROM, SRAM, and DRAM) • In- and near-memory processing architectures • Full-custom accelerator circuits for machine learning The exercises are concerned with schematic entry, layout, and simulation of digital integrated circuits using a disciplined standard-cell-based approach with Cadence Virtuoso. | ||||
Literature | N. H. E. Weste and D. M Harris, CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspective (4th Ed.), Addison-Wesley | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | VLSI3 can be taken in parallel with “VLSI1: HDL based design for FPGAs” and is designed to complement the topics of this course. Basic analog circuit knowledge is required. |