Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2014/2015
Student Effort
Number in the Semester/s
12
6
6
12
Total hours
24
12
12
48
Assessment:
Assessment Focus
Group (2-3)
Unseen
Exam
Semester
Weight %
Assessment Type
30%
Mini-project using
Mentor Graphics or
alternative CAD
tool
4, 5, 6
Technical
report and
Discussion
10%
In-class Midterm
Exam (individual
1, 2, 3
One hour
60%
Unseen Exam
1, 2, 3
End of S1
Reading List
Exam/
Written
Coursework
Length
ILOs
Assessed
2 hour
Recommended/Required Reading:
N. Weste and David Harris, "CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems
Perspective", Addison Wesley, ISBN: 978-0321547743, 2010.
Erik Brunvand, Digital VLSI Chip Design with Cadence and Synopsys CAD
Tools, Addison-Wesley, ISBN-13: 978-1926567556, 2009.
Additional References: