Learning objectives
This module completes the educational activities devoted to digital circuits and systems. It deals with design techniques and related CAD tools. Students are required to develop a relatively complex design, with reference to widely diffused industrial technologies.
Prerequisites
Digital Integrated Systems
Course unit content
Design methodologies: description of a digital system and abstraction levels. Top-down and bottom-up design approaches.<br />
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Implementation styles: ASIC, FPGA, MPGA, ROM/PLA.<br />
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Typical design flow for a complex digital system.<br />
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Design and verification CAD tools.<br />
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Scaling of CMOS integrated circuits: theories, limits and perspectives. ITRS roadmap.<br />
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CMOS low-power design issues.<br />
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Static power: junction-leakage currents, gate-leakage currents, subthreshold currents. Technological and architectural solutions to reduce static power consumption.<br />
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Dynamic power: statistic evaluation of dynamic power consumption, activity rates. Circuit solution to reduce dynamic power consumption.
Full programme
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Bibliography
J.M. Rabaey, A. Chandrakasan, B. Nikolic<br />
Digital Integrated Circuits<br />
Second Edition<br />
Prentice-Hall
Teaching methods
Oral discussion on the project work developed in small students groups. Classroom exercises and lab work (design and simulation).
Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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