• Small physical size: The space constraints of many detectors, most notably pixel vertex detectors, absolutely require custom microelectronics. Even when commercial electronics can be used, small ASICs can often be positioned closer to the sensor than would otherwise be possible. This reduces input capacitance and improves noise performance. In many cases the size of the cable plant is also re...

Advances in integrated circuit design, image and audio coding and computer architecture have made it possible to develop desktop-based multimedia telecommunications systems at modest cost. We examine how desktop multimedia telecommunications using various network technologies between workstations have been used to allow non-experts to perform tasks typical of their day-to-day work, and show tha...

This paper describes the experience in teaching integrated circuit design using an educational tool called Microwind through a Project-Based Learning approach. The evolution of the tool in the context of technology scale down is described, with focus on nanoscale technologies. An evaluation of the courses taught in two institutions (INSA France, and UniSA Australia) shows high levels of student...

Amid the blizzard of design-automation technologies, the analytical MOSFET models (and their associated model parameter sets) receive scant attention from the design community. However, these models and parameter sets are fundamental to the design process, since they represent the critical "communication link" between a design group and its wafer foundry. In particular, analog integrated circui...

An integrated circuit design facility has been established at APL to help tap the vast potential of very large scale integrated circuits for space applications. A custom N-channel metal-oxide semiconductor chip containing 7000 transistors has been successfully fabricated by a silicon foundry using the design database produced by the APL facility. This project is a tangible step toward creating ...

We present the structure of an analog integrated circuit design laboratory to instruct at both, senior undergraduate and entry graduate levels. The teaching material includes: a laboratory manual with analog circuit design theory, pre-laboratory exercises and circuit design specifications; a reference web page with step by step instructions and examples; the use of mathematical tools for automa...

1 Tamer Çatalkaya, Department of Integrated Circuit Design, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, [email protected] Abstract  As an initiative to produce low-cost / low-time Computer Base Training (CBT) material for the education of Chip Design, we introduce our multimedia reference model and our multimedia lab. The reference model enables the cost efficient production, where t...

ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It has been a great privilege to be a graduate student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the Texas Tech University and work closely with my advisor Prof. Dr. Kwong S. Chao. His keen insight into system and integrated circuit design is the key factor in the success of this research. I would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Sunanda Mitra, for her willingness...

SIGMA Adequate and understandable MOSFET models are presently a must for the design of integrated circuits. Most of the existing MOSFET models, however, are too complex andor do not comply with basic principles of physics. We propose here the use of ACM model, a very simple transistor model, together with a set of easily implemented experiments to determine the ACM parameters for the training o...