Chun-Lin Ko
This course is a basic introduction to full-custom IC design concepts, including basic IC concepts, full-custom IC design flow and an introduction to related software. Detailed explanations will help beginners quickly understand general CMOS process data, IC design simulation analysis and circuit layout process and skills. The course will introduce EDA software including Cadence, HSPICE and Calibre. The course also includes a CMOS overview, schematics, circuit simulation, physical layout design, layout verification (DRC, ERC, LVS, LPE) and other common design verification environments and overall processes in today’s industry. The aim is to equip students who have taken this course with the foundation and layout concepts of full-custom IC design.
1. Introduction
2. Basic device
3. Transistor behavior
4. Circuit simulation
5. Circuit layout
6. Layout technique 1
7. Layout technique 2
8. Layout verification
Aout TSRI
The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI) under the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs) is a consolidation of the National Chip Implementation Center (CIC) and National Nano Device Laboratories (NDL). An integrated research environment for related fields of study in Taiwan is urgently required to enhance the overall cultivation of quality talents in response to the introduction of the 3-nm node; rapid development of new applications (e.g., artificial intelligence, quantum computers, next-gen magnetic random access memory, high-speed computers, and 5G network); and challenges posed by countries including European countries, the United States, Japan, and South Korea.