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How Chips Are Designed

Robert Feranec via YouTube

Overview

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This course provides an overview of full-custom analog and millimeter-wave ASIC design, covering the flow from schematics, libraries, and simulation through layout, packaging, and protection structures. It also discusses transistor technologies, manufacturing costs, and the roles of design tools and reusable IP blocks.

Syllabus

What is this video about
Difference between analogue and digital chip design
Schematic of a chip, libraries, PDK
Simulation of a chip
Software used to design a chip
Price: How much does it cost to manufacture a custom chip
How to learn chip design
Doing layout of a chip
Parasitic extraction
Design rules
Layers in chip design
NMOS / PMOS transistor
Package design for a chip
Nanometers technologies - what does it mean?
What is FinFET and why it exists?
How many people design a chip?
Joren's chip
Why to design ASIC
CMOS vs Bipolar
Making resistors in a chip
Making capacitors in a chip
Thickness of metal layers
Parameters of a transistor
THz chip example
Making perfect chips from imperfect components
ESD protection in chips

Taught by

Robert Feranec

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  • Great course to get an impression of how chips are designed and what kind of tools you can use for it. Very informative and a very good conversation between both speakers.

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