EE425: Introduction to VLSI System Design



Professor: Richard Lethin (richard.lethin@yale.edu
TF: Dzmitry Maliuk (dzmitry.maliuk@yale.edu)

 

Projects

Our design projects will be fabricated using the AMI C5F/N Process. This is a 0.6um (lambda=0.3um) 2 poly, 3 metal process. We will use the SCMOS_SUBM rules. For details see The Mosis Website.
  • 2009 Projects
  • 2008 Projects

See the projects page at Projects 2008 for details on this year's projects.

  • Previous Projects
See the projects from earlier classes at Previous Projects.

  

Cadence

We will be using a tool suite from Cadence Design Systems called Front to Back Design Environment 5.1.41 and hereafter just referred to as "Cadence". The first thing to do is to get Cadence set-up on your account by following the Install Guide. Next you will want to learn the basics of Cadence by following the Cadence Tutorial.