Digital IC Design (EE-0166)
Spring 2026 · EE 0166 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate
Full design of a custom integrated circuit. Register-transfer-level (RTL) design using Verilog hardware description language (HDL). Design integration in an Arm-based system on chip (SoC) architecture. Floorplanning, place & route, and signoff steps to achieve timing closure based on design specifications. Gate-level simulation and physical verification of design rule checks and layout vs schematic comparison. Generation of GDSII files for manufacturing.
Course codes: EE-0166, EE 0166, EE0166, EE-166, EE 166, EE166
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