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Learning Methods

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Module Offerings

7533ESIST-JAN-PAR

Aims

To develop skills related to digital design. To develop advanced skills in digital circuit design, at the transistor and gate levels. To develop expertise in modern digital electronic circuit design and testing.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Review of clocked and pulse mode circuits, sequential circuit design. Asynchronous digital circuit design, fundamental mode circuit design. Design for test, Built-in Self Test (BIST/BIT), Boundary Scan testing, IEEE 1149.1 and variants. Review of MOS technology, properties of MOS circuits, MOS Design rules, Transistor level design of MOS logic functions. Semi-custom design, Selection of PLA/PLD/CPLD/FPGA/ROM based designs. Introduction to languages for digital design, e.g. VHDL and Verliog, levels of design and simulation. Emerging technologies, future important devices, new design methods.
Additional Information:This level 7 module gives the student an advanced knowledge of the design and test techniques required for modern digital electronic integrated circuits, at the transistor, register and silicon level, with practical design techniques. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 4. Quality Education 7. Affordable and Clean Energy 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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