Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy,
NY
Electrical,
Computer, and Systems Engineering Department
The
ECSE Dept. gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Cadence Design
Systems through their university program for providing EDA tools used in
classes and several ongoing research efforts within the department.
Classes using Cadence tools:
Electronic
Instrumentation: ENGR-2300 Circuits course for non-EEs, covering
linear RLC circuits, filters, strain gauges & bridges, op amps &
Schmitt triggers, logic gates & flip-flops, diode circuits and
steady-state Laplace transforms with simulations and laboratory exercises |
PSpice,
SPB |
Electrical Circuits: ECSE-2010 First circuits course, covering linear
RLC circuits, controlled sources, op amps, filters and Laplace transforms
with simulations and laboratory exercises |
PSpice,
SPB |
Introduction to Electronics: ECSE-2050 Introductory analog electronic
circuit design, analysis and simulation |
Allegro
PCB, PSpice, SPB |
VLSI Design:
ECSE-4220 (09/2011) VLSI Design:
ECSE-4220 (11/2003) Introduction to VLSI design - logic
circuit design, layout, simulation, & verification with CMOS devices
using ICFB, LVS, Spectre, & VHDL |
Virtuoso
IC, Spectre |
Advanced VLSI Design: ECSE-6680 VLSI design with device modeling
& design for test, SPICE simulation, placement & routing, and high
level design description using ICFB, LVS, Spectre,
& VHDL |
Virtuoso
IC, Spectre |
VLSI Design Automation: ECSE-6690 Advanced design with standard cells
& auto routing with BiCMOS HBTs using ICFB, LVS, VHDL, Verilog, Spectre, & ICCraftsman
|
Virtuoso
IC, Spectre, ICAD |
Research Programs using Cadence
tools:
Laboratory for Student Exploration
and Innovation (student projects designing analog and digital circuits: PCB
layouts, component pick & place, wave soldering, test instrumentation, ...) |
Allegro PCB, PSpice, SPB |
High speed custom analog and digital
circuit design, layout, parasitic extraction, simulation, verification, &
fabrication with SiGe BiCMOS HBTs using ICFB, LVS, DRC Spectre,
& VHDL |
Virtuoso IC, ICADVM, Spectre |
On-Chip Memory in 2D &
3D Technologies
Design and layout of memory cells for optimized
performance of interconnect and devices in 2 and 3D with MOSFETs using layout
tools, LVS and simulations Monolithic, Point-of-Load DC-DC Converter (joint with Center for
Power Electronics Sys.) Design of high-speed DC-DC converters for power delivery to high
performance ICs using layout tools, LVS and simulations |
Virtuoso IC |
Electrical Impedance Tomography Developing circuit boards for a
series of non-invasive medical imaging devices, Adaptive Current Tomographs (ACT), which produce
images of the interior of the body from electrical measurements made using
electrodes placed on its surface |
Allegro PCB |
Center
for Power Electronics Systems Designing masks and models for
simulation and fabrication of Si and SiC power
devices using ICFB |
Virtuoso IC |
SiGe High-Performance A/D
Conversion Design and fabrication of
high-resolution, high-performance analog to digital converters and
operational transconductance amplifiers with SiGe
BiCMOS technology using layout tools, LVS, simulations and DRC |
Virtuoso IC, Spectre |
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