Undergraduate VLSI Curriculum and Laboratory Emphasizing Mixed

Undergraduate VLSI Curriculum and Laboratory Emphasizing Mixed-Signal Circuit Design

NSF CCLI Adaptation and Implementation Grant DUE-0088489

Dr. Tina A Hudson

Dr. Edward R. Doering

In this project we developed a two-course sequence in VLSI that teaches the basic concepts underlying digital, analog, and mixed-signal integrated circuit design to undergraduates. Custom chips have been developed to support the laboratory component of the courses, and these lab materials are made available to other educators through this website. The website also includes documentation for the laboratory equipment.

Hardware Labs -- http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~hudson/Labmaterials.html

Digital Lab -- demonstrates effects of clock skew and power/ground bounce on an array of flip-flops
Current Mirrors Lab -- demonstrates the effects of process variation and nonidealities on transistors and current mirror circuits
Substrates Lab -- demonstrates the effects of digital circuits on nearby analog circuits

Instrumentation Documentation -- http://ece.rose-hulman.edu/labs/instrumentation/default.htm

Agilent 54622D Mixed-Signal Oscilloscope
Agilent 33120A Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Agilent 34401A Digital Multimeter
Agilent E3630A Power Supply
Keithley 487 Picoammeter/Voltage Source
Keithley 485 PicoAmmeter*

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