COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ECE 520	B	2	3	2	0	4	7.5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Prof.Dr. Betim Çiço bcico@epoka.edu.al , Monday 14.30-20.00, Tuesday 13.30-17.00, Thursday 9.00-13.00
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered)	Master of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Classroom and Meeting Time:	As in the time table but also, Monday 14.30-20.00, Tuesday 13.30-17.00, Thursday 9.00-13.00
Code of Ethics:	Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement:	N/A
Course Description:	-
Course Objectives:	This course will try to cover in breadth and depth integrated circuits analysis and design techniques while being accessible for a first course in VLSI, The goal is to provide an overview of the entire field, while elaborating on specific topics relating to CMOS technology based integration. The course will ,also, provide extensive references for those who need to delve deeper into topics introduced, in order to outline research topics in the field, . the best practices that are used in industry and warn of pitfalls and fallacies.

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE

1	CMOS Logic, CMOS Fabrication and Layout
2	MOS Transistor Theory, Nonideal I-V Effects, DC Transfer Characteristics 3:CMOS Processing Technology, Layout Design Rules Week 4:Layout Design Rules, CMOS Process Enhancements 5:Delay Models: RC Delay Model, Linear Delay Model and other models analysis. 6:Logical Effort of Paths and Timing Analysis of Delay Models 7:Power perspective in integrated circuits. Dynamic and Static Power, Energy-Delay Optimization 8:Interconnect Modelling Perspective and Engineering 9:Robustness analysis, Reliability Analysis and Statistical Analysis of Variability
3	CMOS Processing Technology, Layout Design Rules Week
4	Layout Design Rules, CMOS Process Enhancements
5	Delay Models: RC Delay Model, Linear Delay Model and other models analysis.
6	6:Logical Effort of Paths and Timing Analysis of Delay Models
7	Power perspective in integrated circuits. Dynamic and Static Power, Energy-Delay Optimization
8	Interconnect Modelling Perspective and Engineering
9	Robustness analysis, Reliability Analysis and Statistical Analysis of Variability
10	Circuit Simulation, SPICE and VHDL programming

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction, CMOS Logic, CMOS Fabrication and Layout
2	MOS Transistor Theory, C-V Characteristics
3	MOS Transistor Theory, Nonideal I-V Effects, DC Transfer Characteristics
4	CMOS Processing Technology overview
5	Layout Design Rules, CMOS Process Enhancements,
6	Delay Models overview
7	RC Delay Model, Linear Delay Model and other models analysis
8	Logical Effort of Paths and Timing Analysis of Delay Models
9	Power perspective in integrated circuits overview
10	Dynamic and Static Power, Energy-Delay Optimization
11	Interconnect Modelling Perspective and Engineering
12	Robustness analysis, Realiability Analysis and Statistical Analysis of Variability
13	Circuit Simulation, sPICE tutorial and VHDL tutorial
14	Circuit Simulation, SPICE and VHDL programming

Prerequisite(s):	Basic electronic circuit analysis and design
Textbook(s):	Neil H. E. Weste and David Money Harris, "CMOS VLSI Design : A Circuits and Systems Perspective", Pearson, 4th Edition, 2011, ISBN 10: 0-321-54774-8
Additional Literature:	Hubert Kaeslin, "Digital Integrated Circuit Design : From VLSI Architectures to CMOS Fabrication", Cambridge University Press, 2008, ISBN-13 978-0-521-88267-5
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	To understand in breadth and in depth integrated circuits analysis and design techniques while being accessible for a first course in VLSI.
2	To provide an overview of the entire field, while elaborating on specific topics relating to CMOS technology based integration.
3	To provide extensive references for those who need to delve deeper into topics introduced, in order to outline research topics in the field, the best practices that are used in industry and warn of pitfalls and fallacies.
4	To understand circuit simulation based on SPICE and VHDL or other simulation package.
5	To understand integrated systems design topics as timing analysis, power dissipation analysis, interconnect modelling and reliability analysis.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering Program
1	Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice.	5
2	Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations	5
3	Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects.	5
4	Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies.	4
5	Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions.	5
6	Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue.	5
7	The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence.	4
8	Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in foreign language.	4
9	Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology.	5
10	Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics.	5
11	Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues.	5
12	Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity.	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	0
Project	1	40
Final Exam	1	60
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	3.6	57.6
Mid-terms	1	3	3
Assignments	4	19	76
Final examination	1	3	3
Other			0
Total Work Load:			187.6
Total Work Load/25(h):			7.504
ECTS Credit of the Course:			7.5

CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

The students are expected to complete the project to be considered for the final exam.