Session 1- IC Design Specialty
7/17-7/26,2024 

Offered by PICD: Program on Integrated Circuit Design

Course A: Digital IC Design and Synthesis (3 credits)

The next-generation electronic system will have billions of transistors on a chip. To design such a complex system, designers must understand system design issues to cope with this daunting task. The course targets senior undergraduate or fresh graduate students to provide adequate background for designing a moderate-size system and emphasizes the balance between theory and hands-on. Upon completing this course, you shall have a. This course will teach you 1) VLSI system design flow, 2) primary EDA tools, and 3) moderate-size HDL coding.



Prerequisite: C or C++ Programming Skills, Logic System Design, Computer Organization

Appropriate level: senior undergraduate and fresh graduate students
Language: Taught in English

Number of Participants: 30 students, domestic and overseas

Format: In-person 

Completion: NCKU transcript






Topics and lab work include

Prof. Lih-Yih Chiou


PhD,  VLSI and Circuit Design, Purdue University


Dept. Electrical Engineering & Program on Integrated Circuit Design, NCKU

Area: IC Design/ Electrical Engineering

Course B: Analog IC Design and Layout  (3 credits)

Analog integrated circuits are integrated circuits that represent continuous signals in electrical form. They are circuits dealing with signals free to vary from zero to full power supply voltage. Analog integrated circuits include operational amplifiers, power management circuits, and sensors. To design such a circuit, designers must understand the device physics, transistor amplifier, differential amplifier, and operational amplifier. The course targets senior undergraduate or fresh graduate students to learn the basic design of analog integrated circuits and simulation. Upon completing this course, you shall learn the following skills: 1. Basic MOS Device Physics, 2. Single-stage amplifier, 3. Frequency response, 4. Operational amplifier.

 


Prerequisites: Electronic Circuits (intermediate level)、Microelectronic Circuits

Appropriate level: senior undergraduate and fresh graduate students

Language: Taught in English

Number of Participants: 30 students, domestic and overseas

Format: In-person 

Completion: NCKU transcript



Topics include

1.      Basic MOS Device Physics and Single-Stage Amplifiers

2.      Current Mirrors and Frequency Response

3.      Ideal OPAMP and Finite gain and bandwidth effects

4.      Basic OPAMP Architecture

5.      Fully differential OPAMP and Advance Current Mirror

6.      Stability and Frequency Compensation

7.      Two-Stage OPAMP and Layout

Lab work

1.      Basic MOS Device Physics and Single-Stage Amplifiers

2.      Current Mirrors and Frequency Response

3.      Ideal OPAMP and Finite gain and bandwidth effects

4.      Basic OPAMP Architecture

5.      Fully differential OPAMP and Advance Current Mirror

6.      Stability and Frequency Compensation

7.      Two-Stage OPAMP and Layout

 

Tools include: HSPICE, Technology FileS

Prof. Shuenn-Yuh Lee

PhD, Electrical Engineering, NCKU

Dept. Electrical Engineering & Program on Integrated Circuit Design, NCKU

Area:

Implantable telemetry device

Bio-signal (ECG) acquisition system on a chip (SOC)

Low-power circuits for wireless biomedical circuits and systems

Digital system: DSP chip for feature extraction, baseband chip for healthcare system

Wearable device with internet of thing (IOT) system on a chip (SOC)

※Two courses run in parallel. Students will choose Course A or Course B to attend when applying to the summer school. 

※The above information is subject to change.