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Chip Design and Verification (9057)

Coordinating lecturer:

Prof. dr. ir. Nele MENTENS

Credits: 5,0

Study load hours: 135

Period: semester 1 (5sp)

Language of instruction: English

Exam contract: not possible

2^nd Chance Exam¹: Yes
Final grade²: Numerical
Tolerance³: See included in these programmes

Sequentiality

No sequentiality

Content

Application lecture:

System engineering
Statistics and corner simulations
Semiconductor memories
Extreme temperature range
ESD & EMC
Functional safety, defect testing and reliability
Design for test
Memory testing
Screening methods
Industrialization

Labs:

System example
Monte Carlo simulation on an analog block
Measurement techniques
Mixed-signal simulation

Mandatory software

To participate in the course, the following software components are essential. The listed packages are available free of charge and can be installed on the student’s own PC. The recommended combination is a VPN client together with MobaXterm. MobaXterm supports both SSH and VNC, so normally no separate SSH client or VNC viewer is required. Equivalent alternatives are allowed.

VPN client

Name and version of the package: OpenVPN Connect or an equivalent VPN client, preferably the most recent stable version.
License type: free of charge.
Download location: OpenVPN Connect - VPN For Your Operating System | OpenVPN

Remote access software
Name and version of the package: MobaXterm Home Edition, preferably the most recent stable version.
License type: free for individual use.
Download location: https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/

< p>As an alternative to MobaXterm, students may also use a separate SSH client and, if needed, a separate VNC viewer. Examples are PuTTY as an SSH client and TightVNC as a VNC viewer.

Text editor
Name and version of the package: Visual Studio Code, or alternatively Notepad++.
License type: free of charge.
Download location:
Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
Notepad++ : https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Organisational and teaching methods

Organisational methods
	Application Lecture ✔
	Practical ✔
Teaching methods
	Exercises ✔
	Report ✔
	Seminar ✔

Evaluation

Semester 1 (5,00sp)

Evaluation method

Practical evaluation during teaching period

25 %

Transfer of partial marks within the academic year

Yes, with condition

Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic year

Transfer of partial marks within the academic year

Written exam

75 %

Closed-book

✔

Open questions

✔

Additional information

For specific guidelines and possible consequences regarding the use of AI, please consult Toledo/Blackboard.

Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt

Explanation (English)

There is no second exam chance for the practical evaluation during the
teaching period (project). The mark from the first exam period is
transferred to the second exam period.
Only the written exam can be retaken.

The mark of the project can be transferred to the next academic year if
the mark is at least 12/20.

Learning outcomes

EC = learning outcomes DC = partial outcomes BC = evaluation criteria

Master of Electronics and ICT Engineering Technology

EC	EC1 - The holder of the degree thinks and acts professionally with an appropriate engineering attitude and continuous focus on personal development, adequately communicates, effectively cooperates, takes into account the sustainable, economical, ethical, social and/or international context and is hereby aware of the impact on the environment.
	DC	DC-M8 -can evaluate knowledge and skills critically to adjust own reasoning and course of action accordingly.
		BC	The students can debug the designed subcomponents in the project and adapt them to obtain a working solution. The students can debug the designed interfaces between the subcomponents in the project and adapt them to obtain a working solution.
	DC	DC-M10 -can function constructively and responsibly as member of a (multidisciplinary) team.
		BC	The students can divide their project into subcomponents that will be designed separately. The students can combine the subcomponents in the project in discussion with each other in order to obtain a working solution.
	DC	DC-M12 - shows a suitable engineering attitude.
		BC	The students can correctly interpret, process and benchmark the experimental results of the project in an independent and correct way. The students can optimize the digital system designed in the project towards small area or high speed.
EC	EC5 - The holder of the degree has specialist knowledge of and insight in principles and applications within the domains of digital electronics, in which he/she can independently initiate, plan, critically analyse and create solid solutions with eye for data processing and implementation, with the help of simulation techniques or advanced tools, while being aware of potential mistakes, practical constraints and with attention to the topical technological developments.
	DC	DC-M1 - has knowledge of the basic concepts, structures and coherence.
		BC	The students can explain the treated concepts related to CMOS testing.
	DC	DC-M2 - has insight in the basic concepts and methods.
		BC	The students can apply the treated concepts related to CMOS testing in dedicated exercises.
	DC	DC-M5 - can analyze problems, logically structure and interpret them.
		BC	The students can apply the treated concepts related to CMOS testing to analyze a given test method. The students can apply the treated concepts related to CMOS testing to analyze a given digital circuit.
	DC	DC-M7 - can use selected methods and tools to implement solutions and designs.
		BC	The students can apply the treated concepts related to CMOS testing to design and implement a test strategy for a given digital circuit. The students can apply hardware verification techniques to a digital design.
EC	EC6 - The holder of the degree has specialist knowledge of and insight in principles and applications within the domains of analogue electronics, in which he/she can independently initiate, plan, critically analyse and create solid solutions with eye for data processing and implementation, with the help of simulation techniques or advanced tools, while being aware of potential mistakes, practical constraints and with attention to the topical technological developments.
	DC	DC-M1 - has knowledge of the basic concepts, structures and coherence.
		BC	The students can explain the treated concepts related to semiconductor memories. The students can explain and apply the treated concepts related to several discussed failure mechanisms, such as temperature, variability, ESD, etc.
	DC	DC-M2 - has insight in the basic concepts and methods.
		BC	The students can apply the treated concepts related to semiconductor memories in dedicated exercises. The students can apply the treated concepts related to several design for test strategies in industry.
	DC	DC-M5 - can analyze problems, logically structure and interpret them.
		BC	The students can apply the treated concepts related to semiconductor memories to analyze a given circuit. The students can apply the treated concepts related to several design for tests strategies in industry.
	DC	DC-M6 - can select methods and make calculated choices to solve problems or design solutions.
		BC	The students can apply the treated concepts related to semiconductor memories to design a circuit. The students can apply the treated concepts related to several discussed design for test strategies.

Included in these programmes	Tolerance³
Exchange Programme Engineering Technology	Y
Master of Electronics and ICT Engineering Technology	Y

¹ Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2.

² Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3.

³ Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2.