Week 1

Introduction & Overview

• Semiconductor Devices
  
  

• VLSI Design Flow
  
  

Fundamentals of Analog & Digital IC Design

• Standard Cell Design Practice
  
  

Week 2

VLSI Digital Design Flow – Front-End Design
RTL Design with Verilog/SystemVerilog

• Hands-on RTL Coding and Simulation Practice
  
  

Week 3

VLSI Digital Design Flow – Back-End Design
Digital System Design on FPGA

• Implementation using FPGA Evaluation Kit
  
  

Week 4

ASIC Physical Design

• Design Implementation and Layout with OpenROAD Tools
  
  

• Hands-on Physical Design Practice
  
  

Week 5

Automatic Test Pattern Generation (ATP) – Part 1

Week 6

Automatic Test Pattern Generation (ATP) – Part 2

Week 7

PCB Design – Part 1

• Introduction to PCB Tools and Schematics
  
  

Week 8

PCB Design – Part 2

• Routing, BOM Generation, and Manufacturing Prep
  
  

Course Summary

• Review of VLSI Design Flow (Front-end & Back-end)
  
  

• Overview of ATP and PCB Design Integration
  
  

• Final Project/Assessment Guidelines