The course provides a bottom-up, hierarchical approach to the subject of analog circuit and systems design using standard CMOS and BiCMOS technologies. Simple modeling techniques are used to gain an understanding of and insight into the function of circuits.
Computer simulation is used to predict circuit performance.
Techniques suitable to enhanced performance using integrated circuit technology are used. In addition, the implications of IC fabrication are used whenever possible to associate the electrical performance with the physical attributes of the circuit. The conference aims to bring together researchers and users from academia and industry working in this active area of research and will cover original research results, case studies, use of technologies across application domains, and reports on practical experiments. Papers describing original work in all aspects of formal hardware and system design and verification methods are invited. The Institute has developed a modular, professional development curriculum in industry-relevant test engineering.