About the Program
Various Sectors like Automotive, Energy, Telecommunication, Consumer Electronics, Edge AI etc. are drifting with Smart sensors, RF Products, SoC’s etc. This Paradigm shift creates smart, efficient, and market leading Integrated circuits demand. Future Engineering employability scope is centered around such Integrated circuits. This stack on Semiconductor Design Framework for Industrial ICs aims to offer IC related knowledge and skill for graduates to equip them with abilities of IC Design, IC Fabrication and IC Testing. Specifically, the ASIC and SoC based Design, Fabrication and Testing will be demonstrated with relevant industry practicing exercises and use-cases.
Courses
    Credits Semester
  • Product Design Thinking Framework 3 II
  • Embedded Computing Principles 3 III
  • Product Architecture Models and Firmware 3 IV
  • VLSI Principles, RTL Design and Verification 3 V
  • Logic Synthesis, DFT and Chip Timing Analysis 3 V
  • Physical Design and Graphic Design System 3 VI
  • SoCs Design Principles for Industrial Automation Practices 3 VII
  • Foundry Process of IC Manufacturing 3 VIII
    Credits Semester
  • IT World Essentials: Your Digital Entrypoint 3 I
  • Product Design Thinking Framework 3 II
    Credits Semester
  • Career Readiness in Digital Era 3 VI
Mode of Delivery
  • Self-paced learning + Expert session (VILT) – 30 hours
  • Project work – 15 hours
  • Face-to-face instructor led sessions / VILT sessions – 45 hours (including project work)
Job Roles
  • Physical Design Engineer
  • EDA Validation Engineer
  • VLSI Engineer
  • VLSI Programmer
  • IC Testing Engineer
  • DFT Engineer
  • RTL Design Engineer
  • Embedded Engineer
  • IoT Engineer
  • Verification Engineer
  • ASIC Design Engineer
  • Layout Engineer
  • FPGA Design Engineer
Software Tools
  • Xilinx
  • Vivado
  • IDE (Arduino , Thonny)
  • Cisco Packet Tracer
  • KiCAD - NgSpice
  • iverilog
  • coco TB QFlow
  • Open Lane
  • Cadence
  • Xilinx -> Artix Edge 7
  • Xilinx -> PYNQ Z2
Skills
  • Design: System, Schematic and Layout
  • Testing: Code, STA and CDC
  • Programming: C, Embedded C, Python, Micropython, HDL, Vlog, Tcl and System Verilog
  • Interfacing: Linux and API