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Schematic Design with Design
Architect
Simulation of Schematic and/or VHDL
Models in QuickSim II
VHDL Design and Simulation
with ModelSim EE
Using the Altera/Mentor Graphics
Interface for EPLD/CPLD Design
Using the Xilinx/Mentor Graphics
Interface for FPGA Design
Xilinx On-Line Documentation (Must be used within the College Network via netscape4)
VHDL Design Synthesis with
AutoLogic II for Xilinx FPGAs (now obsolete)
David Zar's
"Using the MOSIS Design Kit for Schematic Driven Layout"
ELEC 4000 SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS (3). Pr.,
senior standing and departmental approval. A capstone design project which draws on the
accumulated curricular experience. Particular project sections may have additional
requisites. Must be taken in consecutive quarters.
CAD Tools: Design Architect, Quicksim II, XACT, MAX+PLUS II, AutoLogic II, ICstation, GDT, Lsim, AutoCells, MCMStation
ELEC 4200 ADVANCED DIGITAL CIRCUIT DESIGN (4).
LEC. 3, LAB. 3.Pr., EE 430. Advanced design of digital logic circuits, using discrete
gates and programmable logic devices, hardware description languages, circuit simulation
for design verification and analysis, fault diagnosis and testing.
CAD Tools: Design Architect, Quicksim II, XACT, MAX+PLUS II
ELEC 6200 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN (3).
Pr., EE 430. Structural organization and hardware design of digital computers; register
transfers; micro-operations, control units and timing; instruction set design;
microprogramming; automated hardware design aids.
CAD Tools: ModelSimEE compiler and simulator
EE573 HYBRID ELECTRONIC DESIGN (4). LEC. 3,
LAB. 3. Pr., EE 374 or departmental approval. Technology and design of thick and thin film
hybrids for implementations of circuit schematics. Techniques are demonstrated in the
laboratory and a functional circuit is designed, fabricated and tested.
CAD Tools: MCM Station
EE575 ANALOG ELECTRONIC DESIGN (3). Pr., EE
475 and departmental approval. Design of analog integrated circuits; current sources,
differential amplifiers, output stages, operational amplifiers, frequency response.
Nonlinear circuits: multipliers and phase-locked loops.
EE576 INTRODUCTION TO VLSI DESIGN (3). Pr., EE
330, 371. The design of digital logic circuits and systems in very large scale integrated
circuit (VLSI) technology; bipolar and MOS logic families; full custom and semicustom CMOS
design methodologies.
CAD Tools: Magic (Changing to Design Architect, Quicksim II, ICStation)
EE676 DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN (3).
Pr., COI. Analysis, design simulation and layout of digital integrated circuits;
solid-state switching device behavior, design of logic gates, static and dynamic memory
and registers; and testability. Each student will be responsible for the design of a gate
array or equivalent chip along with logic circuit templates and performance data.
EE776 VLSI DESIGN (3). Pr., EE 676 or COI. May
be taken more than once for credit. Course will normally span at least two quarters.
Analysis, design, simulation and layout of very large scale integrated circuits,
comparison of logic families, design for testability, design tools including SPICE, RNL,
VHDL, MAGIC, etc., group projects include the complete design of a VLSI circuit.
CAD Tools: GDT, Lsim, AutoCells
Victor Nelson
- HEP Coordinator
Les Simonton
- System Manager
Charles Ellis -
Microelectronics Lab Manager
AMSTC - Alabama
Microelectronics Science and Technology Center
Mentor Graphics Corporation