Introduces students to the fascinating world of IC (integrated circuit) design methodology and techniques. The VLSI Design Lab is well equipped with state-of-the-art industry standard EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools from Cadence Inc.  The lab is designed to expose students to a set of tools for CMOS circuit design, starting from schematic capture to SPECTRE simulation, leading to physical layout, DRC/LVS cleanup, RC extraction etc.  Students gain knowledge of writing RTL for moderately complex design, simulate to verify the design, synthesize the RTL and take the design through physical implementation (P&R) to a fab-ready IC.

» Major components:

• PCs with high-resolution 24 inch monitor
• High-End Linux Server

» Software used:

• EDA Suit (30 licenses) from Cadence Inc.