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ECE 4540 VLSI Circuit Design I
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Fall 2014

Professor

Dr. Joseph G. Tront
359 Durham Hall
jgtront@vt.edu
(540) 231-5067

Announcement

  • Send E-Mail to Class Discussion Group: ECE4540_82331@listserv.vt.edu

  • Table of Contents

  • Syllabus
  • Schedule
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  • Tutorial Materials Please review these materials to get started
  • Classroom Presenter from the University of Washington Use CP3 version Build 2233 in CP3 Downloads
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  • Project
  • Majority Function Discussion
  • Silicon Run video
  • SPICE Models AMI 1.5um AMI 05.um
  • PSpice Model Editor Help (10 MB file)
  • Student version of PSPICE from OrCAD
  • Student version of PSpice local copy (version 10.0 old - 172MB)
  • Student version of PSpice local copy (version 16.6 recommended - 810MB)
  • MOSIS Design Rules
  • Class Notes can be obtained by using Classroom Presenter in the lectures

    • Homework

  • Homework 1
  • Homework 2
  • Homework 3
  • Homework 4
  • Homework 5
  • Homework 6
  • Homework 7

    • Lab Assignments

  • Lab 1
  • Lab 2
  • Lab 3
  • Lab 4
  • Lab 5

    • The Use of Cadence Tools

  • VT CADENCE users guide
  • Cadence university alliance program page
  • Step by step by step Doc file The Setup of Cadence for VTVT users
  • A Tutorial to Cadence Tools: Virtuoso and Spice
  • A tutorial to Virtuoso from Penn state university
  • Instructions for plotting
  • Additional Instructions for plotting

    • Web Sites

  • Installing PSpice
  • PSpice inverter simulation DC
  • PSpice inverter simulation transient
  • Boolean Minimization tool for up to 6 variables
  • CAD Tools
  • FinePrint - a tool to print pdf files
  • The Semiconductor Applet Service - A set of tutorial Java-based presentations
  • Spice Overview - Tutorial overview of SPICE
  • VTVT HSPICE Tutorial
  • HPSICE Manual - Online manual for a version of SPICE
  • Berkeley BSIM3v3 User's Guide
  • Errata for Weste & Eshraghian
  • Errata for Weste & Harris

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    Last Updated on October 2014