? Students can apply their learnings from modules ?Digital Integrated Circuits 1?, ?System Modelling and Verification? and ?Computer Aided Design 2? to a real-life project. ? They can implement an industry-conform, structured work flow for digital design, starting from a basic system level specification down to a digital layout, including all necessary steps of verification.

ILV ?Digital Integrated Circuits 1? ILV ?Computer Aided Design 2? ILV ?Introduction to Integrated Circuits Design Project? ILV ?System Modelling and Verification?

Over the course of this module, the project work for digital design in a consecutive mixed-signal IC design project (ISCD-project) is covered. ? Top-down, systematic IC development, divide-and-conquer methods ? Verification planning, 4-eyes principle ? Test specification and test methods, use case development ? Implementation of specification (virtual prototyping) and regression testing ? Discrete-event modelling of analog FE for verification in digital flow (RNM) ? HDL coding and test bench design ? Synthesis and P&R for digital design ? GDS generation to deliver to full-custom design (Module: Project-Ana)

Lecture material as provided in the course (required) Recommended reading as follows: ? F. Vahid, Digital Design with RTL Design, VHDL, and Verilog, Wiley, 2011. ? H. Kaeslin, Digital Integrated Circuit Design - From VLSI Architectures to CMOS Fabrication, Cambridge University Press, 2008. ? U. Meyer-Baese, Digital Signal Processing with FPGAs, Springer, 2004. ? B. Oppenheim, R. Schafer, Discrete-Time Signal Processing, Pearson, 2009. ? J. Sparso, Principles of Asynchronous Circuit Design: A System Perspective, Springer, 2002.

Project-based learning based on a concrete design example. Conceptual thinking to solve the given concept/design problems. Collaborative learning by exchanging work products between students.

Integrated module examination Final examination character: Presentation of project work, supported by project reports and one intermediate presentation in an early concept phase