Introduction to Integrated Circuit Design

Manufacturing processes

- Concept of technological stages

- Manufacturing masks

Analog circuit design:

- Basic CMOS cells

- CMOS amplifiers: 1 stage, 2 stages, 3 stages; advanced structures

- Electrical simulation of cells and AOPs

Digital circuit design:

- Simple logic gates - Complex ANDORI gates

- Domino logic

- Speed optimization

Master the fundamentals of designing and simulating analog and digital CMOS blocks.

Enable students to analyze, simulate, and characterize the CMOS op-amp configurations most commonly used in the microelectronics industry (2- or 3-stage CMOS op-amps) as well as certain more conceptually advanced structures (such as transconductance amplifiers (OTAs)).

Enable students to use a digital integrated circuit design flow using specific industrial tools (CAD).

Basics of electronics.

Recommended prerequisites:

Know the different types of transistors and logic

Knowledge assessment is based on an exam and continuous assessment. Continuous assessment is calculated based on the average of course/tutorial reports, tutorial/practical reports, and a written exam.

The course is divided into two parts:

• a section on digital electronics and microelectronic manufacturing processes
• an analog electronic component

The course portion of the analog section takes the form of group tutorials. Sessions begin with a review of useful concepts, after which students work in groups on proposed exercises. During the session, regular breaks are taken to add information or revisit points that students do not seem to have mastered. At the end of the session, each group submits a report. For the practical work in both the analog and digital parts, the structure is more like a tutorial-practical, where a theoretical study must be carried out before simulations can be performed on computers. The computer is only used to illustrate the manufacturing processes and validate the previous theoretical studies.

CM: 1:30 p.m.

Practical work: 12 hours