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Welcome to ourlecture course

VLSI I ... III Dr. Hubert Kaeslin of the Microelectronics Design Center(DZ), lecturer with a focus on IC design

Dr. Norbert Felber of the Integrated Systems Laboratory(IIS), lecturer with a focus on IC testing

dipl. Ing. ETH Christian Senning (IIS), coordinator further assistants and employees of IIS and DZ acting

on and behind the stagehk, last update 17.2.09


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Agenda

Eight reasons why you should care aboutmicroelectronics. What do you expect from this course?

Syllabus from the 6th through to the 8th term. What you must know as a VLSI student.


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German or English ?

All written documentation in English

Oral presentations in German Student questions and examinations accepted

in English and German

Questions also accepted in French and Italian

A first question to all those attending our VLSI lectures

Regular offer:

Balanced compromise to the benefit of all.

Willing to lecture in English if a majority of studentswants me to do so.


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1. Because microelectronics is the base technology.

Computers

Telecommunication

Consumer and multimedia

Watches

Automotive

Drives

Aerospace

Automation

Metrology and sensors

Medical devices

Ciphering

Electronic payment

Security

Nano technology

Microelectronics is the driving force behind innovationsin many downstream applications and industries.

Why you should care about microelectronics


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2. Because the significance, pervasiveness, and impact

of microelectronics are bound to grow.

Microelectronics is a fascinating challenge for everyengineering student with an interest in hardware.

standard components such as 74... dead no potential

microcomputers incl. peripherals importantessentially

software design

field-programmable components(FPGA, CPLD)

important configuration of prefabricated circuits block

Mask-programmed components(VLSI, ASIC)

important

versatile from system architecture overcircuit design down to device physics

much room for innovations

investments and risks ask for competenceand long-sighted decision making



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3. Because there exist career opportunities, even in Switzerland.

Job opportunities are by no means confined to a fewmanufacturers of semiconductor devices.


Our directory www.dz.ee.ethz.ch/background/swissfirms.en.htmlincludes roughly 60 companies, the two largest of which are

Actel, Altera, Lattice, Xilinx (re)configurable logic

Nvidia graphics coprocessors

Broadcom, Qualcomm telecommunication chips

Sun Microsystems microprocessors (UltraSparc, Niagara)

Cirrus Logic with Crystalanalog and mixed-signal ICs,e.g. for audio applications

Examples of fabless semiconductor vendors from all over the world

Electronique Marin, Neuchtelwatch circuits, low power

microprocessors, RFID, LCD drivers,operates a fab

ST-Ericsson (ex NXP, ex Philips

Semiconductors), Zurich and Geneva

chipsets fr GSM, UMTS, etc.fabless

operation


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Infineon Technologies (formerlySiemens Halbleiter), Munich, 4

IBM, Burlington and YorktownHeights, 3

Toshiba, Kawasaki, 2 Intel, Santa Clara, 2 Connexant Systems (formerly

Rockwell Semiconductors),

Newport Beach, 2

Dallas Semiconductor, Dallas,1

Apple, Cupertino, 1 Maxim Integrated Products,

Sunnyvale, 1

Broadcom, Santa Clara, 1 Synopsys, Portland, 1 Micronas, Munich, 1 AMD, Dresden, 1

Transmeta, Santa Clara, 1

Qimonda, Munich, 1 Giesecke & Devrient, Munich, 1

Microelectronics experts formed at ETHhave a wide range of professional perspectives.


A couple of companies abroad where former students of IIS are or havebeen working:

4. Because the semicon industry operates and recruits globally.


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5. Because long-term perspectives remain intact

in a growing industry.

A cyclic economy notwithstanding, the outlook is good.


The semicon industry grows at a faster rates than all otherindustries.

Integration densities augment faster than design productivity,in spite of all achievements in electronic design automation.

There is a substantial demand for professional engineerscompetent in VLSI system- and circuit design (digital and analog)and in semiconductor technology.

The shrinking to nanometer dimensions is bound to raise theneed for advanced technology and for professional competencefurther as more effects come into play.


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The economic importance of microelectronics

for other industries

EDA software &virtual components

Semiconductor componentsElectronic components

Electronic goods(computers, mobile phones,home entertainment equipment, etc.)

Applications: Goods with embedded electronics(machines, cars, cameras, watches, etc.)

Information technology services(corporate IT, Internet, music download, etc.)

World-wide gross domestic product 2006: 48.2 TUSD/y

2006: 248 GUSD/y


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6. Because designing a microchip imparts valuable experience.

Learn how to manage and carry out ambitious andmultidisciplinary projects in a high-tech environment. .


Mastering complex circuits and systems Insights into the current state of microelectronics Hard- versus software design, analogies and differences

Commitment to first-time-right design

High productivity with automatic circuit synthesis tools Capabilities and limitations of electronic design automation Models of cooperation in the electronics industry Understanding economic and markt-related preconditions Current state and prospects of semiconductor technology Making theoretical knowledge work in practice


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7. Because ETH is committed to a first class education

in microelectronics engineering.


You are given the opportunity to design a chip according to yourideas and to hold it in your hands before completing your studies

Chip design takes place as a term project during the 7th term Chips are manufactured externally, but you will carry out the testing You are entitled to keep circuit samples

Workstations Industrial CAE/CAD software ($)

Financial means for having chips manufactured ($) Test- and measurement equipment ($) Training and supervision ($)

ETH makes available:

Only few universities can make such a generous offer.


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8. Because chip design means constructing, not just analyzing.


Quote of a 6th grade D-ITET student:

Lecturers of other courses have told us many timesYes, this function can be implemented with a microchip.

Now I want to learn how that is actually done.

Hands-on experience in real-world circuit design. More art than science as it is often impossible to

capture problems with mathematical models alone.

Sometimes tough because many details tend to hide thelarger picture and because physics cannot be fooled.

The result is very small, actually it is almost invisible.


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The bottom line VLSI is an implementation technology.

Telecommunication, image processing,medical devices, cryptology, digital audio,multimedia, control, robotics, etc. areapplication technologies.

To turn abstract concepts into successfulproducts, it takes the combination ofapplication and implementation know-how.


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Poll

What do you expect from the course

in Digital VLSI Design and Test?


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Syllabus

Preview on our courses in

Digital VLSI Design and Test

from the 6th to the 8th term.


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Digital VLSI Design and Test

Lectures VLSI I:

Architectures of VLSI Circuits

VLSI III: Fabrication and

Testing of VLSI Circuits

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Key topics

Degree Bachelor Master

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DesignProposal

(optional)Student project

Fabrication on MPWs

Specification

Testing

Exercises From VHDL to FPGA Testing of fabricated ICs

Milestones

Calendar

! Architecture design

! VHDL

! VLSI testing! CMOS fabrication

Integrated Systems LaboratoryDr. Norbert Felber

Microelectronics Design CenterDr. Hubert Kaeslin

! Functional verification

! Technology outlook

IC design through to final layout

VLSI II:

Design of VLSI Circuits

! Clocking & synchronization! Back-end design

! VLSI economics

! Parasitic effects

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test vectors test report

yllabus of ETH Zurich in

Apr Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr MayAug Sep Oct NovMay Jun Jul

8th term6th term

Feb Mar

7th term


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VLSI II:Design of VLSI Circuits

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! yield and cost models, economics! project and technology management

! timing verification, ERC

! physical design

! switching noise and crosstalk

! acquisition of asynchronous signals! clocking disciplines, clock distribution! design for test

! low power design

! gate- and transistor-level design

Exercises IC design through to final layout

! test insertion

! floorplanning! clock tree generation! timing verification! place and route! physical design verification

Courses in Digital VLSI Design and Test Integrated Systems LaboratoryDr. Norbert Felber



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8th term

VLSI III: Fabrication andVerification of VLSI Circuits

! CMOS fabrication process

! automatic test pattern generation! fault models and fault coverage! testing and metrology

! where is microelectronics heading to?

! physical analysis techniques! hardware test equipment

! what are the limits?

! built-in self test

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Exercises Testing of fabricated ICs

! prober handling!

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! automatic test equipment operation! IC testing

! automatic test pattern generation! physical analysis techniques

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Exercise Organization

presented by Christian Senning


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What you must know

as a student of VLSI I to III


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What you must know as a student of VLSI I to III

VLSI I Architecture Design: H. Kaeslin VLSI II Circuit Design: H. Kaeslin and N. Felber (3 lessons) VLSI III Fabrication and Test: N. Felber and H. Kaeslin (2 lessons)

Who is in charge of what?

Lectures and course handouts: to be addressed to [email protected] or [email protected] respectively

Exercises: address to coordinator [email protected]

Comments, corrections and suggestions for improvements

IC Testing and Design for Test: N. Felber, all the rest: H. Kaeslin

Exercises in VLSI I: C. Senning

Please report all errors that relate to content in thedocumentation (texts, equations, graphics) and methodology.!


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Textbook

Digital Integrated Circuit Design:

from VLSI Architectures to CMOS Fabrication

by H. Kaeslin, Cambridge University Press,

ISBN: 978-0-521-88267-5, 868 pages, hardback.

weight 2.2 kp

list price 45 GBPPolybuchhandlung 75 CHF

or in the auditorium Friday 20.2.09

Updates freeCorrigenda http://dz.ee.ethz.ch/

background/textbook/corrigenda.txt


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Open to students of D-ITET, D-INFK, D-PHYS, and D-MAVT


To be studied on your own in case of a backlog,examination may extend into these matters.!

Combinat. and sequent. logic includingstat. and dyn. behavior(in appendix A)

Finite State Machines(in appendix B)

Basic electrical engineering (Ohms law,capacitance, inductivity, Kirchhoff s laws,equivalent circuits, basics of metrology,orders of magnitude of phys. quantities)

Read and nicely draw circuit diagrams,

electrical und logic icons,Icon library forTgif available from http://dz.ee.ethz.ch/support/schemadraw.en.html

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VHDL simulation: Mentor Graphics VHDL synthesis: Synopsys Back-end (place & route) : Cadence Layout verification: Mentor Graphics Cell library: Virtual Silicon or Faraday

Fabrication process: UMC

Usage of industrial CAE/CAD tools and fabricationtechnologies at a university

Tools dominate markets,but also complex withmany Interfaces

Legal litigations are absolutely to be avoided!User will be held personally responsible in case of misuse!

Software, libraries, and technology data are subject tocontractual limitations relating to legal use and disclosure.These rules are binding for students too. More particularly,usage is strictly confined to teaching and academic

research at ETH! All data are considered confidential!

Detailed Rules: http://dz.ee.ethz.ch/regulations/index.en.html


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Background information for family and friends

Popular Introduction to Microelectronics

Interactive presentation intended for a wide audience(college level) http://dz.ee.ethz.ch/background/how.en.html

Presentation is in need of a major facelift. Any volunteers?

Thank you for your attention!

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